Please feel free to forward these listings, and apologies for cross-postings: 1. Assistant Professor - Film Studies Queens College-City University of New York Closing Date: 11-15-2008 Salary Range: $38,801 - $67,092 Description of Duties The Department of Media Studies at Queens College of the City University of New York (CUNY) announces an opening for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level to begin in Fall 2009. We seek a Film Studies specialist whose sub-specialties must include one or more of the following areas: African, Asian, Middle Eastern, post- colonial and diasporic cinemas. Must also be able to teach introductory undergraduate cinema history and media criticism courses, perform department and college service, conduct student advisement, and engage in ongoing original scholarship. Details about the department are available at www.qc.cuny.edu/mediastudies. Qualifications Ph.D. in hand by September 1, 2009; evidence of scholarly promise; evidence of excellence in teaching at the undergraduate level with potential to teach at the graduate level. Publications are a distinct plus. Benefits: Excellent. Candidates should submit by mail only a letter of application outlining research and teaching interests, curriculum vitae, a sample of scholarly writing, and contact information for at least three references by closing date. Please send application materials to: Professor Richard Maxwell, Chair Department of Media Studies Queens College/CUNY 65-30 Kissena Blvd. Flushing, New York 11367-1597 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/IRCA/ AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT EMPLOYER 2. Assistant Professor - Media Historian Closing Date: 11-15-2008 Salary Range: $38,801 - $67,092 Description of Duties The Department of Media Studies at Queens College of the City University of New York (CUNY) announces an opening for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level to begin in Fall 2009. We seek a Media Historian who specializes in one or more of the following areas: media technologies; political economy; television studies; policy and regulation; issues of media diversity. Must be able to teach courses in areas of specialization as well as introductory media history and criticism courses; perform departmental and college service; and do effective student advisement. Details about the department are available at www.qc.cuny.edu/mediastudies. Qualifications Ph.D. in hand by September 1, 2009; evidence of scholarly promise; evidence of excellence in teaching at the undergraduate level with potential to teach at the graduate level. Publications are a distinct plus. Benefits: Excellent. Candidates should submit by mail only a letter of application outlining research and teaching interests; curriculum vitae, a sample of scholarly writing, and contact information for at least three references by closing date. Please send application materials to: Professor Richard Maxwell, Chair Department of Media Studies Queens College/CUNY 65-30 Kissena Blvd. Flushing, New York 11367-1597 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/IRCA/ AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT EMPLOYER ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu