Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 17, No. 378.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
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Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 06:49:11 +0000
From: Elizabeth Horan <ELIZABETH.HORAN@asu.edu>
Subject: job opening asst prof
Deadline for applications is 26 Nov. 2003. Salary is competitive.
Assistant Professor, Information Literacy
Department of English
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona
Assistant Professor. Tenure track. Primary Specialization in Information
Technology and Information Literacy. Initial teaching load is 2/2 for
tenure track faculty with a significant research agenda, with opportunities
to teach and mentor at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Opportunities for reduced teaching loads will be based on strong enrollment
in IT workshops. Duties include: teaching courses that integrate technology
and information literacy skills in an English related field; assisting
English Department faculty and graduate students in designing and
implementing technological components in linguistics, rhetoric, writing,
literature, TESL, and culture courses; making connections in research
between information literacy and broader cultural concepts; being able to
communicate across different disciplines. In addition to disciplinary
expertise, employ expertise in information literacy and information
technology. Contribute to the implementation of college-wide curricular
initiatives dedicated to achieving information technology and information
literacy for all undergraduate college students. Faculty recruited for this
initiative will help provide leadership for the English Department to
restructure degree programs and existing courses as well as to develop new
courses to achieve the goals and competencies of this initiative. The
English Department at ASU consists of 57 tenure track faculty, 13
lecturers, 16 instructors, 50 faculty associates, 296 graduate students,
and 585 undergraduate majors.
Required qualifications: Ph.D in English or related field. Strong
background in the humanities or social sciences with demonstrated
experience in designing and implementing technological components in
English related classes. Evidence of a strong research commitment
integrating information literacy and technology with broader humanites
questions.
Desired: Two or more of: (a) web resource development, (b) data base design
and administration, (c) corpus linguistics' work, (d) textual data mining.
Application deadline: 26 Nov 2003, and each month thereafter until the
position is filled.
Send a letter of application stating qualifications, experience, and
research plans and teaching interests; a complete curriculum vita, graduate
school transcripts, 3 letters of reference, and samples of research and
writing (3 selected scholarly papers, book chapters, or web pages). Send
to: Chair, Information Technology/Information Literacy Search Committee,
Department of English, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 870302, Tempe, AZ
85287-0302
Elizabeth Horan, Professor
Department Chair, English
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Arizona State University
Tempe AZ 85287-0302
(480) 965-3535
(480) 965-8439 (voice)
<http://www.public.asu.edu/~ehoran>
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