Forwarded by Jeremy Butler, for more information, contact Mary Beth Haralovich <[log in to unmask]> >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 15:07:37 -0700 (MST) >From: Mary Beth Haralovich <[log in to unmask]> >Faculty Positions >Department of Media Arts >College of Fine Arts >The University of Arizona > > >Assistant/Associate Professor in Film Production > >The successful candidate will have a vision of production that integrates >film, video and digital technologies; be comfortable in a department that >integrates critical studies, production and professional studies; >demonstrate success in creative activity and teaching. Responsibilities >include: enhance production curriculum and lab facilities; sustain >significant agenda of creative work; teach film production and related >courses; advise and mentor production students; serve the administrative >and develop ment needs of the Department, College, and University through >committee work. MFA degree is required. Applicants with a university >degree and three years professional filmmaking experience will be >considered. Submit curriculum vitae; statement of inter est detailing >creative activity, teaching philosophy and goals, and vision of >production; vhs portfolio; names of three (3) recommending individuals. > >Assistant/Associate Professor in Industry Studies > >The successful candidate will be an outstanding scholar and accomplished >teacher in the areas of media industries, distribution practices, and >management; demonstrate ability to expand the Department's relationships >with media organizations. Responsibili ties include: sustain a >significant program of research; teach at undergraduate and graduate >levels; advise students; serve the administrative and development needs of >the Department, College, and University through committee work. PhD is >required. App licants with a university degree, three years professional >industry experience, and university-level teaching experience will be >considered. Submit curriculum vitae; statement of interest detailing >scholarship, teaching accomplishments and goals, and out reach experience; >names of three (3) recommending individuals. > >Submit materials to: Dr. Mary Beth Haralovich, Department Head, >Department of Media Arts, 226 Harvill Building, The University of Arizona. >P.O. Box 210076, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0076. Applicant review will begin >9-30-97 and continue until positions are filled. > >The University of Arizona is an EEO/AA Employer-M/W/D/V. > >The Department of Media Arts is an energetic department comprised of ten >faculty, a part-time faculty drawn from the local professional media >community, two academic professionals, 500 undergraduate majors, 20 >graduate students, and an administrative offi ce staff of four. The >Department offers BA, BFA and MA degrees in Media Arts. Undergraduate >programs include critical studies; film, video, television and new media >production; and media arts management. Undergraduate students have >opportunities for pr e-professional experience through the department's >internship program. The graduate program focuses on critical studies and >is expanding its curriculum in new media. The Department of Media Arts is >in the College of Fine Arts, which includes the Peter T reistman Fine Arts >Center for New Media. > >The University of Arizona is a land-grant institution, located in 157 >buildings on 351 acres. The UA enrolls 36,000 students in 11 colleges. >Among the campus resources for Media Arts are media collections and >substantial holdings of periodicals, microfi lm and archival materials in >an overall University Library collection of 4 million volumes. The UA's >internationally renowned Center for Creative Photography exhibits >photography in its gallery and houses a significant collection as well as >a library of books, periodicals and videos. > >Metropolitan Tucson is an arts-centered community of over 800,000 >residents. Surrounded by four mountain ranges, Tucson is located in the >Sonoran Desert valley at an elevation of 2400 feet. Recreational and >cultural facilities are excellent and wide-ran ging. Community support >for the media arts includes the Arizona Media Arts Center, which offers >regular screenings and an annual film/video festival, community access >cable and radio stations, annual series of independent film/video work and >guest artist s, theaters which exhibit independent and foreign films, and >the University's public television and radio stations. > > > > > >---------------------- >Mary Beth Haralovich >Department Head >Media Arts >[log in to unmask] ---- Jeremy Butler [log in to unmask] ScreenSite http://www.sa.ua.edu/ScreenSite Telecommunication & Film/University of Alabama/Tuscaloosa ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.sa.ua.edu/screensite