Working title:
ASSISTANT, ASSOCIATE, OR FULL PROFESSOR - VISUAL CULTURE STUDIES
Official title:
PROFESSOR(C20NN) or ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR(C30NN) or ASSISTANT PROFESSOR(C40NN)
Degree and area of specialization:
PhD, MFA, or in exceptional cases, outstanding professional accomplishments.
Minimum number of years and type of relevant work experience:
Work or teaching experience relating to the study or practice of "VISUAL CULTURE" with some
teaching experience
preferred.
Principal duties:
The home department of the successful applicant will be determined according to their area of
specialization and may involve a joint appointment.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is
seeking candidates for a full-time position in VISUAL CULTURE STUDIES beginning in the academic
year 2008-2009. The appointment may be made at the rank of assistant, associate, or full professor
and with a salary commensurate to the candidate's qualifications.
Applicants should have
strong records of achievement in scholarship and/or creative practice relative to their experience.
Candidates' work may focus on any aspect of Visual Culture, but must demonstrate a serious
commitment to interdisciplinary research. We will consider all candidates whose work addresses
issues of vision and visuality and whose work will complement, but not duplicate, the research
areas of our current cluster hire faculty. The University is particularly interested in attracting
candidates whose research and teaching interests engage issues of difference or identity, including
consideration of the body, the senses, globalism, or transnationalism.
New hires will join
the existing Visual Culture Cluster and should be prepared to participate in the development of new
curricula in visual culture studies as well as assume a leadership role in the activities of the
campus-wide visual culture research group. In addition, the new hire will need to meet the
teaching, research, and service expectations of their home department(s) and the University. This
hire is part of the Cluster Hiring Initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that was
developed to support new areas of knowledge, address complex societal issues, and provide
collaborative research opportunities. For information about the Visual Culture Cluster, see
http://www.visual culture.wisc.edu. For the history and objectives of the University of
Wisconsin-Madison Cluster Hiring Program, see http://www.clusters.wisc.edu.
Application
packages should include a statement about the nature of the candidate's interdisciplinary research,
their contribution to visual culture, and the other fields to which their work contributes, a
curriculum vitae, contact information for three references, and either a sample article or chapter
(preferably no more than fifty pages) or, for practitioners, documentation of no more than three
recent projects digitally stored on one disk. Do not send originals; candidates' materials cannot
be returned.
| Appointment type: | Faculty |
| Department(s): | SOHE/DESIGN STUDIES |
| Full time salary rate: | Minimum $50,000 ACADEMIC (9 months) Depending on Qualifications |
| Appointment percent: | 100% |
| Anticipated begin date: | AUGUST 25, 2008 |
| Number of positions: | 1 |
TO ENSURE CONSIDERATION
Application must be received by: JANUARY 01, 2008
HOW TO APPLY:
Unless another application procedure has been specified above, please send resume and cover letter referring to Position Vacancy Listing #57594 to
| PROF JILL H. CASID, CHAIR | Phone: 608-263-4594 |
| VISUAL CULTURE CLUSTER HIRE SRCH COMM | TTY: 608-263-2473 |
| C/O SCHOOL OF HUMAN ECOLOGY | Fax: N/A |
| 1300 LINDEN DRIVE | Email: hellmich@wisc.edu |
| MADISON, WI 53706 |