Tenure-Track Position in Milwaukee

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Announcement of Position Vacancy

Assistant/Associate Professor of

Film/Video/New Genres

(Emphasis on Motion Graphics and Animation)

Position Title: Assistant or Associate Professor of Film/Video/New Genres, with an emphasis on motion graphics and animation, tenure-track or tenured, nine month (academic year), faculty appointment in the Film Department, Peck School of the Arts

Starting Date: August 18, 2008

Position The UWM Film Department is seeking a media

Description: artist, with an emphasis on motion graphics & animation, 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 motion graphics, 2/3D animation, digital environments, compositing and effects.

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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 Applicants should send a letter of application,

Procedure: a CV, samples of personal work, an artist’s statement and three letters of recommendation to:

Iverson White, Search Committee Chair

UW-Milwaukee Film Department

Mitchell Hall, Room B70

3203 N. Downer Ave.

Milwaukee, WI 53211

E-mail : filmwebsite@uwm.edu

Application Screening of candidates will begin

Deadline: 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.

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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.