Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Visual Studies Haverford Coll...
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Haverford College invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Visual Studies, to begin Fall semester of 2025.We seek a practicing fiction filmmaker and interdisciplinary thinker with experience in all aspects of contemporary visual storytelling: pre-production, production, post-production, and distribution.QualificationsThe successful candidate is a filmmaker who creates work that creatively engages with critical frameworks addressing gender, sexuality, disability, race, and/or class, and who has a global perspective on film and digital media. They will teach and mentor a diverse body of undergraduate students with a range of academic interests, experiences, and backgrounds. They will be engaged in interdisciplinary work in film and digital media production, film history, and film theory as they contribute to and are studied by different disciplines in a liberal arts context. They understand the technical and aesthetic features of camera operation, sound recording, lighting, and editing. They will teach introductory and capstone courses that anchor the Visual Studies program, in addition to courses in the area of their practical and scholarly expertise. They will support our efforts to promote environmental sustainability, accessibility, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are particularly interested in candidates who have administrative experience in building and growing programs, and who demonstrate the capacity to build a multidisciplinary program and establish productive collaborations with faculty and students across disciplinary boundaries.The candidate’s degree must be a PhD in art practice, an MFA in filmmaking, or a terminal degree in a related field.A full-time teaching load includes five courses a year: a combination of introductory and upper-level courses, as well as courses in the Visual Studies core curriculum, which includes VIST 142: Introduction to Visual Studies, and VIST 399: Visual Studies Capstone, the concluding course for senior Visual Studies minors in which students create work for a final exhibition.Application InstructionsTo apply for this position, candidates must submit to the Visual Studies Search Committee via Interfolio (http://apply.interfolio.com/152174) the following documents addressing the scholarly qualifications identified above:An artist statement of 1-2 pagesA work sample in the form of a document with a single vimeo (or similar platform) link to no more than twelve minutes of moving image media, either several complete works, or excerpts of longer works. No more than three works should be represented. The document should also include a brief contextualizing paragraph about excerpts and/or brief director’s statements about complete works. Links to complete works should be included if works are being excerpted.A teaching statement of 2-3 pages that articulates the candidate’s approach to pedagogy and mentorship. The statement should briefly discuss two of their courses and the candidate’s efforts to foster a diverse and inclusive academic environment.Candidates may include writing samples of 15-25 pages representing no more than three written works, which could include excerpts of essays or other critical writings and links to complete works if written works are being excerpted.Candidates invited to a Zoom interview will be asked to provide two sample syllabi for courses they would be excited to teach at Haverford, one a course for beginning students, another for advanced students.All candidates should submit names and contact information for three recommenders. Letters of recommendation will be solicited for finalists, those invited for on-campus interviews, in December.All application materials must be submitted by September 27, 2024 via Interfolio.Haverford College is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, social justice, and providing equal opportunities and access to all individuals regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, age, marital status, disability, or veteran status. Women, non-binary and transgender individuals, people of color, Indigenous people, and those with other or multiple historically marginalized and/or underrepresented identities are especially encouraged to apply.
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