Job in History of Computing/Digital Communication and Law
The
Federated Department of History at Rutgers University-Newark and New Jersey
Institute of Technology invites applications for a tenure-track or tenured
position (rank open), based at NJIT, to begin September
2013. Applicants should be able to present evidence of scholarly accomplishment
and effective teaching and should have a Ph.D. in hand by the starting date,
with a primary research field that focuses on the digital transformation of the
last fifty years, especially in relation to legal and cultural issues such as
privacy, piracy, patents, censorship, and the manipulation of “big data.” The
successful candidate will contribute substantially to the department’s M.A.
concentration in the history of technology, environment, and medicine/health
(including the history of communication), with additional opportunities to
participate in the Ph.D. track in the history of science, technology,
environment and health at Rutgers University at New Brunswick. The successful
candidate will also teach in, and serve as associate director of, the
department’s growing new undergraduate degree program in Law, Technology and
Culture. NJIT and the Newark campus of Rutgers University are
located across the street from each other in the University Heights section of
Newark, with easy access to the entire metropolitan New York-New Jersey
area.
Send
letter of application, C.V., writing sample, sample syllabi, and three letters
of recommendation, as directed at http://njit.jobs, posting #0601235. Questions may be directed
to the search committee co-chairs, Profs.
Richard Sher (sher@njit.edu) and Neil Maher (neil.maher@njit.edu). Review of applications will begin in
December 2012 and will continue until the position is
filled. NJIT is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/H/V.