[Applications now closed and undergoing review]
MIT’s Comparative Media Studies/Writing section invites applications for two tenure-track Assistant Professor of Media Studies positions with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2025. These positions are part of a cohort hire with a concurrent search for a tenured professor (the latter will open for applications August 1).
Position Description: We seek scholars who work at the intersection of media and MIT’s traditional strengths in science and technology, with a focus on their combined role in transforming society. Possible areas of specialization include climate and environmental justice; disinformation and media manipulation; and pluralism and democracy. CMS/W welcomes a diverse set of approaches including but not limited to: data literacy and storytelling, computing and social inequity, documentary practice, infrastructure and resource extraction, and global/transnational perspectives.
Responsibilities: Faculty duties include teaching at the undergraduate level (with the possibility of graduate-level teaching in the future), conducting research, and providing service at the Institute, School, and Unit level. Candidates should be capable of teaching in our core media studies curricula.
Required Qualifications: Terminal degree (by the start of employment) in media studies, communication, or related field or comparable record of publication history or artistic accomplishment. Evidence of the beginnings of a substantial research program. In addition to scholars with a background in media studies, we welcome applicants from STS, anthropology, sociology, history, computational social science, area studies, digital humanities, and related fields. Applications from scholars with advanced degrees in science, engineering, or other technical fields are also invited to apply, so long as the social dimensions of science and technology are core to their work.
Preferred Qualifications: We encourage applicants whose portfolio includes public-facing work as well as applicants who are interested in building graduate programs.
Applications must include a cover letter including a description of research plans and teaching interests, curriculum vitae, up to three relevant publications or a portfolio, and three references (of whom letters may be requested at a later stage). Applications must be made online at Interfolio.com (job #140504) by August 30. Questions may be addressed to the Search Committee Chair, Prof. Paul Roquet at proquet@mit.edu.