Faculty Search in Digital Humanities
By Joseph Vaughan
Dean Stowell announced a search for a faculty member in Digital Humanities:
From: “Stowell, Tim” <TStowell@college.ucla.edu>
To: chairs.humnet@lists.ucla.edu
Subject: Digital Humanities Search
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:22:50 -0700
Dear Colleagues:
I have authorized an open-rank ladder faculty search this year in the field
of Digital Humanities. UCLA already has one of the most vibrant intellectual
communities of scholars engaging in innovative research and teaching in this
area, and one of our new Mellon programs is helping to foster ties among
this new community of scholars, together with those working in media
studies; http://www.digitalhumanities.ucla.edu/ for further information.
This open-rank search will allow us to strengthen our faculty base and
further increase our visibility in this area.
Given that digital and media studies span the full spectrum of fields in the
humanities, no home department has been designated for this search. If the
search results in a viable candidate, the home department(s) will need to be
determined based on the academic background of the successful candidate. For
this reason, and in order to cast the widest web possible, the search
advertisement has been published in a variety of listings and journals
across the humanities disciplines, in addition to the Chronicle and the main
digital humanities postings.
The text of the job advertisement is appended below, at the end of this
message. The application deadline is November 20, 2007. Please feel free to
forward the text of the ad to faculty members of your department and to
colleagues at other universities in your respective fields.
I have appointed an interdisciplinary search committee, chaired by Todd
Presner, Associate Professor of Germanic Languages and Chair of the CDH
Faculty Advisory Committee. Other members of the committee are Ali Behdad
(English/Comparative Literature), Steven Nelson (Art History), Joseph
Vaughan (Center for Digital Humanities), Willeke Wendrich (Near Eastern
Languages & Cultures) and Maite de Zubiaurre (Spanish & Portuguese).
The search committee is charged initially with recommending to me a short
list of candidates. Once the short list has been determined, the search
committee will be expanded to incorporate the relevant department chairs as
necessary, so that the likely home departments are included in the process
early on, and in a fully consultative manner. After the candidates have
visited the campus early in the Winter quarter, the search committee will
make a final recommendation to me regarding the appointment of a particular
candidate. This appointment will have to be made within one (or more) of our
existing departments, and will therefore have to be approved in a formal
vote by the faculty of the department(s) in question.
If you have further questions about this search, please don’t hesitate to
speak to me or consult with Todd Presner (presner@humnet.ucla.edu).
Tim Stowell
Dean of Humanities
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UCLA College – Division of Humanities – Digital Humanities
The University of California, Los Angeles, invites applications for an
open-rank faculty position in Digital Humanities beginning July 1, 2008.
Specializations may include, but are not limited to: new media and
cultural/literary studies, computational sciences and culture, globalization
and media, visual studies, GIS and cultural mapping, advanced visualization,
Internet culture, and media theory. The successful candidate will have a
demonstrated ability to work across disciplines on broad-based humanities
projects that build bridges between humanists and technologists through
interdisciplinary collaboration. Applicants should demonstrate a strong
commitment and innovative approach to teaching and research. Administrative
experience working with technology staff and funding agencies is desirable.
The successful candidate will be appointed in one or more academic
departments. He/she will work closely with interdisciplinary centers,
including the Center for Digital Humanities, and is expected to assume a
central role in UCLA’s vibrant digital humanities community. Please note
that UCLA is conducting two additional searches in the field of Digital
Humanities, as follows: A search by the Department of English in the area of
New Media and a search for a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Digital
Humanities. For more information, please visit:
http://www.digitalhumanities.ucla.edu
<http://www.digitalhumanities.ucla.edu/>
A Ph.D. is required by July 2008. To apply, please send an application
letter, CV, three letters of recommendation, and representative research
publications by November 20, 2007, to:
Chair of Digital Humanities Search Committee
2300 Murphy Hall, Box 951438
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1438
Position subject to final budgetary approval. UCLA is an Affirmative
Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and minorities are especially
encouraged to apply.
