One Year Instructor in Digital Video and Cinema, School of Media Arts and DesignJames Madison UniversityThe School of Media Arts and Design (SMAD) at James Madison University (JMU) invites applications for a One Year Appointment at the rank of Instructor, beginning in August 2024.
Interdisciplinarity is a SMAD hallmark. SMAD’s distinctive undergraduate major has four concentrations: Creative Advertising, Digital Video and Cinema, Interactive Design, and Journalism. Each empowers students to use mass media as a vehicle for storytelling. SMAD provides one of the finest media production facilities in the country offering instructional workspaces for creating video, audio, graphics, animation, websites, and apps. The School has about 700 undergraduate majors and more than 20 faculty members, who represent a blend of professional and academic interests. All SMAD faculty are actively engaged in teaching, service, and research or creative activities. For more information, go to http://www.jmu.edu/smad.
The School of Media Arts and Design is part of JMU’s College of Arts and Letters, which enrolls more than 3,100 undergraduate majors and about 150 graduate students across ten academic units. Home to several interdisciplinary centers and institutes, the College embraces the teacher-scholar model and encourage excellent applicants within our particular disciplines, as well as scholars and teachers eager to work across them.
Duties and Responsibilities:
SMAD seeks a student-oriented colleague to join our Digital Video and Cinema Concentration to teach a combination of SMAD foundation courses and intermediate level production courses. The ability to teach any of our writing classes is a plus. The teaching load is 4 courses each semester.
Qualifications:
A Bachelor’s degree in a related field and substantial related professional industry experience are required. A Ph.D. or Master’s degree in a related field along with prior teaching experience are preferred.
To learn more and to apply, go to jobs.jmu.edu and reference posting number 20000160. Review of applications begins March 25, 2024. Salary is commensurate with experience.
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