FILM/MEDIA STUDIES (2007-2008)
(last updated: see bottom right-hand corner of page)

Please note the other Media Studies categories on the wiki:
communication_studies
mass_communication__pr_adv_journalism

Also check the Scratchpad wiki http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Film_and_Media_Studies for updates.

Positions Filled and Failed/Cancelled Searches [doctorate-granting institution in CAPS]
Bentley College: ABD/UW-MADISON
Bryn Mawr College (Film Studies in English Dept.): ABD/BERKELEY
Carleton College:
Colby College (Asst. Film & Lit): ABD/CHICAGO
Depaul U (Asst. Media and Cinema Studies): ABD/EMORY
Emerson College (Asst. Media Studies): UCLA
Fordham (TT): IOWA
Grinnell College (Asst. Film History & Theory): ABD/RUTGERS
Harvard U (Assistant/Associate Professor of Film and Literary Studies): CANCELLED
Indiana U (Digital Media):
Lake Forest College (Media Studies): NORTHWESTERN
Middlebury College (Film/Media Production): MFA/IOWA
North Carolina State U (Asst. Film Studies): CHICAGO
University of California, San Diego (Television Studies): NYU with TT exp.
UC Santa Cruz (Critical Studies): CORNELL
University of Iowa (European Cinema/ Film Theory TT): ABD/BERKELEY
U of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (Mass-Com/Broadcast Studies): ABD/UW-MADISON
Wesleyan U (Film and American Studies): FAILED SEARCH

Job Postings
American U in Cairo (Film Historian/Theorist)
Arizona State University (Film and Media Studies/media industries and production cultures) spoke with someone in the department who said review of materials would begin in early December ack letter received Dec. 17 (dated Dec. 12) (2)
Bard College (Film History)
Brandeis (Post-Doc, digital humanities)
Bryn Mawr College (Film Studies, in English Department) Question: Has anyone heard from Bryn Mawr? Acknowledgment of receipt of app, perhaps? I have not. Just checking. A: I received an acknowledgment last week. AND ANOTHER QUESTION (!!): Has anyone heard more news, besides the acknowledgment, from Bryn Mawr? Thanks for any info. I haven't heard anything (12/7)
No. My research tells me they have an excellent VAP though. Swarthmore hired their VAP last year. Not sure what that indicates, but one notices these things. I am sure Bryn Mawr will interview at MLA though, so someone should hear from them soon. rejected: called 12/20. The admin assistant said all candidates have been notified.
California Baptist U (English & Film Studies, Open Rank)
Carleton College, (documentary) ack rec'd what form did this take?
Colby College (Assistant, Film & Literature)
Columbia College (Chicago)
Concordia University, Canada (Assistant, Film Studies) Q: Has the shortlist been made already?
DePaul University Chicago (Assistant Media and Cinema Studies) Review was announced to begin Oct 8 anyone heard from the committee yet?
East Tennessee SU (Assistant, Film Studies)
Edinboro college ack rec'd 12/31
Emerson Coll. (Asst. Media Studies) - accepted offer, mid-March
Fairfield U (production and studies)
Fitchburg (details?) 4-2 load
Florida SU (Assistant, Film Studies
Fordham (Visiting Assistant, Film and TV Studies)
Fordham (Assistant, Critical Cultural Studies) (anyone receive an ack?) they go out soon
George Mason (Cultural Studies, Visual Media) Has anyone heard more than an email?
Georgia State (Moving Image Studies TT)(6 positions!)
Georgia State (Film Studies Lecturer)
Georgia Inst of Tech (Assistant, Film Studies) - has anyone heard anything from these folks?
Georgetown, SFS (Culture and Politics) (deleted once - why?)
Grinnell College (Assistant, Film History & Theory) ack rec'd
Gustavus Adolphus College (Assistant, Film Studies)
Harvard U (Assistant/Associate Professor of Film and Literary Studies) - Search Cancelled
Hendrix College (Assistant, Film Studies)
Hofstra (film studies) Has anyone rec'd anything other than snail mail ack? looks like they'll make shortlist in mid Dec.
Indiana U (German Film)
Indiana U (Digital) - accepted offer, mid-March
Ithaca College (Film Production)
Lake Forest College (Media Studies) - accepted offer, late-Feb
Lehigh University (Journalism and Communication: Global Communication)
Macalester College (International Studies: film, media)
Middlebury College (Film/Media Production) - accepted offer, late-Feb
North Carolina SU (Assistant, Film Studies)
Northwestern U (details?)
New School - Eugene Lang College (Assistant Professor in Culture and Media)anyone heard a peep?
Ohio U (Triple appointment! Sounds fun...)
Pratt (details?)
Princeton U (Assistant, Literature or Lit & Film of Africa)
Rhodes College (Assistant, Film Studies)
Rollins (1 year)
Rutgers University (Media Studies, Department of English)
Salem State, Massachusetts (Assistant, t-t, Communications: PR or media generalist)
Southern Illinois (Visual Culture and Media) (ack received with AA card)
Texas A&M U (Gender & Film Studies)
Texas Christian (TV Studies)
Temple University (Broadcasting, Telecommunication, and Mass Media)(ack. rec'd by snail mail)
Tulane University (Media Studies)
UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles)(Digital Media, in English Department)
UCLA (CMS, Open-rank Film History)
University of Chicago (open-rank, Cinema and Media Studies) ack rec'd
University of Colorado, Boulder (Digital Media, in English Department)
U of Illinois, Chicago (Assistant, Dept of African American Studies, specializing in film and media studies, visual culture, music, historical, etc)
(ack. rec'd 11.20)
University of Georgia (film studies) adv. VAP job last year so may have internal candidate; ack rec'd 1/8
University of Iowa (European Cinema/ Film Theory TT) ack rec'd
University of Mary Washington (Assist. Prof. New Media)
University of New Hamsphire (Media Studies) 3-2 load
Did UNH interview at NCA?
University of Northern Colorado
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (technology)
U of North Florida (Assistant, Film Studies)
University of Rhode Island (film studies; visiting asst prof job was advertised last year so they may have internal candidate)
University of California, San Diego (Television Studies) - accepted offer, early March
University of San Diego
UC Santa Cruz (Critical Studies)- ack. rec'd via e-mail 11.20
U of Texas, Dallas (Assistant, Film Studies) - ack. rec'd via snail mail mid-november (2)
U of Texas, Dallas (Assistant, Emerging Media)
U of Toronto (Assistant, French-language Cinema)
U of Virginia (Media Studies) - Has anyone heard anything? e-mailed dept for update, contact is out of office until 12/12 committee meeting soon apparently anyone hear anything about Virginia job yet? (1/1)
U of Washington (Assistant, South-Asian Cinema)
U Wash Tacoma (Asst. Professor, Media studies & production) (Ack rec'd)
UW Oshkosh (Mass-Com/Broadcast Studies)
UW Milwaukee (film and new genres)
UW Madison (Visual Culture-open rank)
Ursinus College (Assistant Professor of Film Studies) rec'd snail mail ack
Vassar (Dept. of Film) ack rec'd, req for add'l materials rec'd 12/17
Washington U, St. Louis (Film Studies)
Wheaton College (World Cinema)
Westminster College {Utah} (Film Studies)
Wesleyan U (film and American Studies)
Wofford (Film)
York University (Cinema and Media Studies) ack rec'd

Rejections (please specify date)
Numbers in parentheses refer to the number of people using this wiki who have had a particular experience (requests, rejections, etc.)
Bentley - letter dated Dec. 7
Bryn Mawr - Letter dated Feb. 1
George Mason (Cultural Studies, Visual Media)via email 11/30 I checked status on this and was told I was never in the running as
I applied online on the day after the deadline. Just FYI, in case anyone else uploaded on the 13th or later.
(George Mason's search was sketchy, I think they might've had a candidate in from the very beginning).
Grinnell College - Letter dated 2/28
Gustavus Adolphus College 2/13 (email)
Lake Forest 11/20 (3)
Macalester College - International Studies position in Culture, Technology, Media and Information Flows - nice paper letter stating 170 people applied 11/19; (2), 11/19; (3), 11/21
Rutgers - via email, 12/18 (2)
Texas A&M
Tulane, letter dated 2/10; fwiw, the letter states that they were only approved for one - not three - hires.
U of Northern CO, via mail 12/04 (3)
University of Colorado, Boulder (Digital Media, in English Department), via email 12/7
University of Texas Austin, letter dated Jan. 4
Ursinus College, via email 12/7 (4)
UC-Santa Cruz Critical Studies, via e-mail 12/13 (2)
UCSD Ethnic Studies
UCSD Television Studies
Washington U in St. Louis - letter dated 12/18
Wofford - letter dated Dec. 19


Requests for Additional Material (please specify date of request)
George Mason (Cultural Studies, Visual Media) via email 10/19 (2) 11/20 (3) 11/20
Brandeis (Post-Doc, digital humanities) via email 10/30
Carleton College (Nonfiction Film) via email, 11/28 (What did they want?) recommendations. not sure if they requested them from everyone.
Colby College (Film and Literature) via email 11/30 Can you share with us what they asked for? [It seems like so much was required in the initial application.] Thanks! Yes, they requested a writing sample.
Emerson Coll. (Asst. Media Studies) 12/22
FSU via e-mail 11/5 - requested letters and dossier (2)
Georgia State (Moving Image Studies TT) via email 11/27 (2)
Gustavus Adolphus College, via email 11/20 (2)
Lehigh University - requested phone conversation with reference 12/3
Macalester College -International Studies position in Culture, Technology, Media and Information Flows - Writing sample, sample syllabi and teaching dossier requested on 10/24. No word since then.
Rhodes College, via email 11/15 (2) - What additional materials did they ask for?
Rutgers University, via email 11/8, 11/9, 11/19 - which position? (2)
Texas Christian, via email, 11/29
University of Mary Washington (Assist. Prof. New Media), via email 11/13 (2) 11/13
UCLA (Assist or Assoc Prof, New Media/English), via email 11/14 (2)
UCSD-TV Studies via email 12/9 (3)
University of Washington, Seattle, Assistant South Asian Cinema. Writing sample requested via e-mail around 11/10.
University of North Florida, Film Studies. Teaching philosophy statement and writing sample requested via email 11/16.
Ursinus College (Assistant Professor of Film Studies), via email 11/10
Vassar DEC. 17
Westminster College {Utah} (Film Studies), via email 11/15
UW Madison (Visual Culture-open rank) 2/11
Wofford College (SC) (Film), via email, 11/29

- Has anyone heard anything from Wesleyan's American Studies/Film studies job?? They asked for a SASE postcard and I haven't even gotten that back. Delivery confirmation tells me that they did receive materials but have heard nothing at all. (2)-I haven't gotten my SASE back either. (4), same situation, sent them an email last week, have heard nothing.
their admin assistant is very nice about updates.
A. Got an ack letter today: "The search committee expects to review the applications by the end of January 2008 and will contact you regarding our decision." For some reason, they didn't use the SASE I sent with my app. Huh. (arrived 12/8, dated 11/30) (2)
added 2/4 Wesleyan's committee apparently met last week. Has anyone heard from them yet? Rumor is that the search failed again...

-Q: Does anyone know of any Macalester updates? Has anyone been invited to campus? Did they cancel the job search? Thanks.

Request for Interview (please specify date and type: MLA, SCMS, phone, other)

Bentley College (Media Studies) - phone interview 12/7
Bryn Mawr (MLA 12/13) what time was the call? maybe there's still chance of today.
Colby College (MLA - 12/12)
Columbia College, Chicago Called to set up phone interview 11/20 (2)
DePaul University Chicago (Assistant Media and Cinema Studies) Phone interviews have taken place. (thanks!)
Fitchburg State College (Film Studies) Phone Interview (2/14)
Florida State - interview scheduled for MLA (12/5);(3)
Georgia Inst of Tech (Assistant, Film Studies)- phone interviews have taken place mid-Dec. will invite finalists in late Jan-early Feb.
George Mason (Cultural Studies) - phone (12/7)
Grinnell College (Assistant, Film History & Theory) (MLA, 12/10) (2)
Gustavus Adolphus College - MLA (invited via phone 12/13)(2)
Hendrix College (for MLA - 12/4)(2)
Lake Forest College (at NCA)
Lehigh University - phone interview on 12/5
Pratt Institute, phone interview set up via email for 12/ 7 Wow, fast committee response, less than two weeks after a deadline
and those two weeks included a holiday.
Rhodes College (Film Studies)- MLA (12/12)(2)
Texas A&M U (Gender & Film Studies) MLA (11/30)
University of Chicago (MLA 12/18)
University of Colorado, Boulder (MLA, 12/10)
University of Iowa (MLA, 12/14) (2)
U of Northern CO - phone interviews have taken place. will contact finalists in early Jan.
University of San Diego (at NCA - 11/16)
U Washington Tacoma- phone interview request by email 12/19
University of Washington, Seattle, Assistant South Asian Cinema - interview scheduled for MLA (12/4)
University of Wisconsin Osh Kosh (at NCA; phone interviews week of 12/10) What did you think of these folks. They were a bit negative about their students, but otherwise seemed nice.
Ursinus College (MLA 12/18) MLA or phone (2)
Westminster College (at MLA, 12/5)
Wheaton College (World Cinema)- MLA (12/12)
Brandeis Digital Humanities Postdoc, (MLA, 12/12)
Rutgers (MLA, 12/13)
University of California, Riverside - phone interview scheduled (1/15) Question: does anyone know if they've scheduled campus visits already? A: Yes, they have.

DOES ANYONE KNOW IF UCR HAS OFFERED ANYONE THE POSITION YET?

UT Dallas - phone interview scheduled (1/22) which job? film studies or emerging media? A: Phone interviews for film studies are taking place in the first two weeks of Feb. Do not know anything about emerging media.


Campus Visit Scheduled (please specify date)

Updates from scratch wiki- GMU, Bentley, Indiana U, UBC O, UCSC, USSD, Manitoba
have scheduled visits. looks like that may be more up to date than this listing. can you provide link? http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Film_and_Media_Studies
I've crossposted the new entries from here to there
Arizona State University (Film and Media Studies/media industries and production cultures)
Columbia College, Chicago (week of Dec. 3)
DePaul University Chicago - Finalists invited to campus.
Emerson College - late Feb. visit scheduled Q: Do you know when this was sent? Thanks Yes, email mid-Feb
Fordham - late Feb. visit scheduled
Georgia State - mid-Jan. campus visit scheduled
Georgia Tech - late-Jan. campus visit scheduled (1/7)
Lake Forest College - Invitation extended for January or February (2)
Middlebury College - mid-Jan campus visits
Temple University (Broadcasting, Telecommunication, and Mass Media) - December and January campus visits scheduled
University of Iowa - campus visit scheduled for late January (2)
U of Manitoba (Assistant, International/World Cinema) - Invitation extended for 3rd or 4th week of January
University of New Hamsphire (Media Studies) - December campus visit scheduled
University of North Florida - January Campus Visit Scheduled
University of San Francisco -friend contacted in early December for February visit
University of Washington, Seattle campus visit scheduled, 01/04