ninch-announce: Position Available: Director, Center for Digita

Subject: Position Available: Director, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Virginia
NINCH-ANNOUNCE (david@ninch.org)
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 14:21:34 -0400

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June 18, 2001

                               Position Available
                Director of the Center for Digital Initiatives
                             University of Virginia

>Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 15:38:08 -0400
>To: snkatz@princeton.edu
>From: Johanna Drucker <jrd8e@virginia.edu>
>Subject: greetings and info
>Cc: david@ninch.org

The College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at the University
of Virginia invites applications for the position of Director of the
Center for Digital Initiatives. The newly established Center aspires
to a position of international leadership in the integration of
digital technology into the humanities and social sciences. The
Center will encourage multi-disciplinary collaborations and support
critical analysis of the cultural impact and transformative potential
of information technology. To this end, it will foster a broad range
of digitally mediated research, outreach, and teaching initiatives.
The Director will have primary responsibility for shaping the
Center's development and for overseeing the implementation of its
mission. The Director will work with existing programs and entities,
including the library's digital centers, the research centers in
humanities computing, and other academic units across the University
to coordinate activities and extend capabilities. The Director will
also contribute to the development of a larger vision for a planned
residential and academic complex designed to integrate digital
technology into liberal arts education. Additional duties will
include teaching in a new Master of Arts program in Digital
Humanities and integrating the activities of the Center and the M.A.
with those of the undergraduate program in Media Studies. This is a
rank-open faculty appointment. Accommodations for research and
teaching agendas will be made according to the candidate's individual
profile.

The ideal candidate will be an accomplished, imaginative scholar or
professional working at the intersection of computational methods and
humanities research or pedagogy, with interests in the broader
implications of information technology as a force for cultural
transformation. A Ph.D. or equivalent experience is required.
Successful applicants will have a demonstrated record of intellectual
distinction and administrative ability, entrepreneurial vision,
excellent interpersonal skills, a successful track record of
grantsmanship and/or fundraising, and a desire to create an
innovative intellectual enterprise. Salary is commensurate with
experience. The position is available immediately and will remain
open until filled. Review of applications will begin
April 1, 2001.

Interested candidates should send a letter of application, a list of
references, and vita to:

        Search Committee, Center for Digital Initiatives
        Office of the Dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts
& Sciences
        419 Cabell Hall
        University of Virginia
        P.O. Box 400772
        Charlottesville, VA 22903

THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR DIGITAL INITIATIVES

The College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Virginia invites applications for the position of Director of the Center for Digital Initiatives. The newly established Center aspires to a position of international leadership in the integration of digital technology into the humanities and social sciences. The Center will encourage multi-disciplinary collaborations and support critical analysis of the cultural impact and transformative potential of information technology. To this end, it will foster a broad range of digitally mediated research, outreach, and teaching initiatives. The Director will have primary responsibility for shaping the Centeršs development and for overseeing the implementation of its mission. The Director will work with existing programs and entities, including the libraryšs digital centers, the research centers in humanities computing, and other academic units across the University to coordinate activities and extend capabilities. The Director will also contribute to the development of a larger vision for a planned residential and academic complex designed to integrate digital technology into liberal arts education. Additional duties will include teaching in a new Master of Arts program in Digital Humanities and integrating the activities of the Center and the M.A. with those of the undergraduate program in Media Studies. This is a rank-open faculty appointment. Accommodations for research and teaching agendas will be made according to the candidatešs individual profile.

The ideal candidate will be an accomplished, imaginative scholar or professional working at the intersection of computational methods and humanities research or pedagogy, with interests in the broader implications of information technology as a force for cultural transformation. A Ph.D. or equivalent experience is required. Successful applicants will have a demonstrated record of intellectual distinction and administrative ability, entrepreneurial vision, excellent interpersonal skills, a successful track record of grantsmanship and/or fundraising, and a desire to create an innovative intellectual enterprise. Salary is commensurate with experience. The position is available immediately and will remain open until filled. Review of applications will begin
April 1, 2001.

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