[Microsound-announce] Media Arts Faculty Position at UWM

[Glenn Bach]

Hello, microsound.

My department here at UWM has opened a search for a 
faculty position that may interest some of you involved 
with interactive digital media (we're also working to 
build our sub-program in sound, so an interest in digital 
audio or film audio would be a plus).

Review of applications began November 15, but the position 
will be open until filled.

The job description can be found here 
(http://www4.uwm.edu/psoa/home.cfm).

Best,

G.

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Assistant or Associate Professor of Film/Video/New Genres, 
with emphasis on interactivity & new media, tenure-track 
or tenured, nine month (academic year), faculty 
appointment in the Film Department, Peck School of the 
Arts, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Starting Date: August 18, 2008

Position Description:
The UWM Film Department is seeking a media artist, with an 
emphasis on interactivity & new media, to be appointed to 
a tenure-track/tenured position in a department that has a 
long-standing commitment to experimental and innovative 
teaching, research and artistic practice. Qualified 
candidates will have a facility across a range of moving 
image media and demonstrate a strong record of personal 
creative activity.  Responsibilities will include 
developing curriculum, teaching undergraduate and graduate 
courses, providing service to the department, as well as 
an ongoing commitment to artistic production. Areas of 
interest include media interactivity, physical computing, 
scripting/programming and electronics, with practice 
relating to one or more of the following: installation, 
performance, internet art, gaming, robotics, sensor-based 
technology, human machine interface and internet 
resources.

The Film Department offers a BFA with three tracks 
--Film/Video/New Genres, Conceptual Studies and 
Photography -- and an MFA in filmmaking/moving image 
media.  Our curricula emphasize the ongoing collaboration 
of artists and scholars from a variety of disciplines, as 
well as from the other arts.

Qualifications:    Degree in the field and a strong body 
of production work is required.  Terminal degree is 
preferred. Teaching experience at the college level is 
desired.

Salary & Rank:    Position is tenure-track or tenured. 
 Salary is commensurate with qualifications and 
experience.

PSOA & UWM:   The UWM Peck School of the Arts (PSOA), 
www.arts.uwm.edu, is composed of five academic departments 
(dance, film, music, theatre, and visual arts), plus an 
inter-arts degree program that includes the 
interdisciplinary DIVAS track. It is also home to the UWM 
Institute of Visual Arts (Inova), which coordinates 
exhibits in four campus galleries.  The PSOA is one of the 
largest arts presenters in Milwaukee, scheduling over 350 
visual, performing and media arts events each year. The 
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), www.uwm.edu, is 
one of two public doctoral research universities in the 
state of Wisconsin.  Located on a 93-acre campus a few 
blocks from Lake Michigan and only minutes from downtown 
Milwaukee, UWM has an enrollment of over 29,000 students 
and offers 153 degree programs through twelve schools and 
colleges.

Application Procedure:
Applicants should send a cover letter, CV, an artist's 
statement, samples of personal work, list of courses 
taught and names of three references to:

Rob Yeo, Search Committee Chair
UW-Milwaukee Film Department
Mitchell Hall, Room B70
3203 N. Downer Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53211
E-mail : filmwebsite at uwm.edu

Application Deadline:   Screening of candidates will begin 
November 15,2007 and continue until the position is 
filled.

UWM is an affirmative action, equal employment opportunity 
employer.

All finalists for this position will require a criminal 
records review consistent with the Wisconsin Fair 
Employment Act.

For the UWM Campus Security Report, see 
http://www.cleryact.uwm.edu/ or contact the Office of 
Student Life, Mellencamp Hall 118, at (414) 229-4632 for a 
paper copy.

The names of nominees and applicants who have not 
requested in writing that their identities be withheld and 
the names of all finalists will be released upon request.