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Emerson College’s Los Angeles Center (ELA) seeks part-time affiliated faculty to teach courses on open topics for Visual Media Arts Seminar, Interdisciplinary Studies, and Intermediate and Advanced Critical Studies and Theory Courses for the Spring 2025 Semester (Jan. 23 - April 30., 2025).VM 402: Seminar in Media Arts Topics
Examines various topics in media arts in seminar format, with emphasis on students’ oral and written presentation of material. Recent topics have included: The “Other” in US Film & TV, Media Ethics & Cultural Diversity, Los Angeles Film Noir, and Japanese Cinema.
VM 400: Topics in Visual and Media Arts: Studies
Explores various aspects of visual and media arts history, theory, and criticism. Recent topics have included: Queer Identity in Media & Popular Culture, Postmodernism, Cinephilia and the Auteurs, and Cyber Activism.
IN 374: Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies
Rotating topics explore interdisciplinary fields such as European studies, women’s and gender studies, geography, ecology, and urban studies/civic engagement.
Three courses are available; one course per instructor. Specific topics are open and can be proposed by prospective instructors. Each course meets once a week for 3:45min. Course meeting times are TBD. Enrollment for each one is capped at 15 students.
The successful candidate must have the ability to work effectively with faculty, students, and staff from diverse backgrounds. Emerson College is committed to an active, intentional, and ongoing engagement with diversity—in people, in the curriculum, in the co-curriculum, and in the college’s intellectual, social, cultural, and geographical communities. Emerson endorses a framework of inclusive excellence, which recognizes that institutional excellence comes from fully engaging with diversity in all aspects of institutional activities. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from candidates who can demonstrate through their teaching, research and service that they can contribute to our excellence in this area.
Complete applications that include cover letter, CV, and evidence of teaching effectiveness will be reviewed on a rolling basis, beginning immediately. Please indicate in your cover letter the courses for which you wish to be considered.
A Ph.D. in a related field (granted by the Jan. 23 start date) is preferred. Any questions can be directed to Mikhail Gershovich, Assistant Academic Dean, Emerson Los Angeles (Mikhail_Gershovich@emerson.edu) but all application materials should be submitted through the online system for consideration.
About Emerson College:
Emerson’s BFA degree in Comedic Arts is the first of its kind in the country. It integrates writing, performance and production with new courses that examine comedy from a variety of perspectives. Immersive and hands-on in its approach, this major draws its faculty and courses from Emerson’s departments of Visual and Media Arts, Performing Arts, Writing, Literature & Publishing, and the Institute for the Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies.
Emerson Los Angeles Center (ELA) is a residential semester away program for Emerson College juniors and seniors. Qualified Emerson students may enroll for one semester of study at ELA and take on a full semester of internship opportunities and coursework, as well as personal and professional development workshops in the heart of Hollywood. Up to 210 students enroll in the fall and spring semesters. Students who participate in the ELA program gain valuable internship experience, build connections with other students and key players in their chosen fields, and create a footprint in the local community by participating in community service programs.
Emerson College believes the pathway to achieving inclusive excellence and fostering a campus climate where everyone can thrive is only possible in an authentically equitable, accessible, and socially just environment. As a community of storytellers, we continually strive to cultivate a community that draws upon the widest possible pool of talent, fully embracing individuals from varied cultures, races, abilities, gender identities, sexual orientations, linguistic backgrounds, socioeconomic statuses, life experiences, nationalities, perspectives, beliefs, and values.
Emerson College enrolls over 5,800 graduate and undergraduate students from 49 states and more than 70 countries. Its main campus is located in the dynamic, multicultural city of Boston. The college also has campuses in Los Angeles and the Netherlands. Emerson’s commitment to inclusive excellence is supported by a range of resources such as the Office of Internationalization & Equity, the Social Justice Center, and the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning.
