Assistant Professor, Media Production
Department of Electronic Media and Film
College of Fine Arts and Communication
COFAC-3700
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Position:
The College of Fine Arts and Communication invites applications for a tenure-track, 9-month Assistant Professor in Media Production in the Department of Electronic Media and Film, beginning August 2024.
Qualifications:
Terminal degree in film/media/broadcast production, or related field. Demonstrated success in teaching or demonstrated potential to teach media production courses at the undergraduate level. A demonstrated record of scholarship/artistic research activity is required. Applicants with specialties in the future of broadcast media (including internet media, livestreaming, podcasting), post-production, or immersive/new media are encouraged to apply. Outstanding candidates in other specializations of media production will be given full consideration. Applicants whose teaching draws from their professional experience and whose work shows a commitment to issues of diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion in the field are encouraged to apply. The successful candidate must have the ability to work with a diverse student population and be sensitive to the educational needs of these students.
Responsibilities:
Research-active faculty teach 6 classes over a 9-month academic year with undergraduate class size averaging 20 students per class. Undergraduate teaching may include: foundations media courses such as Introduction to Electronic Media and Film, Principles of Film and Media Production, and courses related to the successful candidate’s media production specialization. There may be opportunities to develop new courses in the candidate’s area of expertise and interest. Undergraduate advising is part of the position’s teaching responsibilities. Scholarly/artistic research productivity and service to the department, college, and university are expected. Ideally the candidate will have experience teaching in person as well as online and will have demonstrated consideration of diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion in their pedagogy.
The Department:
The Department of Electronic Media & Film (http://www.towson.edu/emf) is the largest and most comprehensive media and film department in Maryland. EMF provides a rigorous media arts education in which students learn to tell their own stories, hone their craft, and make meaningful media. EMF students choose from one of three concentrations: Film/Video/Digital Media, Radio/Audio, and Film and Media Studies. Within these concentrations, our 400+ EMF majors and minors develop skills in writing, media history and criticism, and professional media production for narrative, documentary, experimental, and new media forms. Towson University’s Electronic Media & Film department is made up of 15 full-time and over 20 part-time faculty, and staff members supporting our office and our Media Labs.
Towson University:
Towson University (http://www.towson.edu) was founded in 1866, is recognized by U.S. News and World Reports as one of the top public universities in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, is Baltimore’s largest university, and is the largest public, comprehensive institution in the University of Maryland System. TU enrolls almost 19,000 undergraduates and over 3,000 graduate students across six academic colleges (business, education, fine arts and communication, health professions, liberal arts, science & mathematics), has over 900 full-time faculty, and offers more than 65 bachelor’s, 45 master’s, and 5 doctoral programs. Our centrally located campus sits on 330 rolling green acres and is 10 miles north of Baltimore, 45 miles north of Washington, D.C., and 95 miles south of Philadelphia.
Application Process
Review of applications begins on October 15, 2023, and continues until the position is filled.
Submissions require the following:
• cover letter describing candidate’s job qualifications and professional experience, and including a statement on candidate’s artistic/scholarly research
• curriculum vitae
• a list of three references (including current contact information). Candidates who advance to the next stage of the process will be required to submit three letters of recommendation (sent under separate covers)
• an unofficial copy of graduate transcripts (official transcripts are required prior to hire)
• a teaching effectiveness portfolio that includes your teaching philosophy, potential or demonstrated evidence of teaching effectiveness, and a statement on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in teaching and service that will support TU and the department’s mission and identity
• a portfolio/reel (submitted as a PDF with descriptions and URLs of media projects) demonstrating your creative/scholarly work
Click here to apply. Please note that the search number for which you are applying is COFAC-3700.
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Towson University is an equal opportunity employer and has a strong institutional commitment to diversity, as detailed in “A More Inclusive TU: Advancing Equity and Diversity (2020 – 25).” TU is a national leader in inclusive excellence, the only institution in Maryland with zero achievement gap, and 68% growth in minority enrollment over the past 5 years. We encourage applications from a variety of (dis)abilities, cultural, ethnic, race, sex, gender identity/expressions, national origins, ages, veteran status, color, religious, socio-economic, sexual orientations and belief backgrounds.