Faculty of Humanities; Music) Assistant Professor

Department:
Faculty of Humanities (home department negotiable)
Rank:
Assistant

Start Date:

01-Jul-2027

We acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees andXʷsepsəm/Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the university stands, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

The University of Victoria is committed to the ongoing work of decolonizing and Indigenizing the campus community both inside and outside the classroom, as evidenced by the University’s Indigenous Plan and over 70 Indigenous faculty members.

The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Victoria (UVic) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor appointment (research stream) in Media Studies, with a start date of 1 July 2027. The successful candidate will help us grow our new interdisciplinary BA program (major, minor, general, and certificate) in Media Studies. We aim to attract a range of candidates with expertise in critical media practice across their research and teaching.

Media Studies is strongly committed to excellence, equity, diversity, and inclusion. Tenure-track and tenured research-stream faculty have a 2/2 teaching allocation; they are expected to contribute to undergraduate and graduate teaching, maintain an active research agenda, and participate in university and professional service.

Salary Range
The candidate's qualifications, experience, and overall market demand will determine a candidate’s final salary offer. The salary for this position includes a competitive salary range of $108,000 - $134,000. UVic is committed to offering an equitable and competitive salary, inclusive of a generous benefits package, eligible leaves, and pension plan.

The Faculty of Humanities and the Media Studies Program
The Faculty of Humanities is home to 160 faculty members, nearly 180 graduate students, and more than 1300 undergraduate students, who study the products and processes of human thought and creativity: languages, literatures, media, material cultures, histories and beliefs, places and times. The Faculty is committed to upholding justice, diversity, and inclusion, promoting global knowledges, cultivating intercultural acumen, and confronting how humanity engages with natural and constructed environments.

It fosters interdisciplinary scholarship and public dialogue on some of the most pressing issues facing our world, and it is committed to implementing the principles of decolonization and Indigenization in its programs and organizational structures. Across campus, UVic prioritizes research that engages social justice and equity, technology and the human experience, climate, environmental change, and sustainability. The advertised position reflects the University’s goals to develop its interdisciplinary research community and increase its societal impact.

Administered by the Faculty of Humanities, Media Studies is an interdisciplinary program with over 50 participating members from UVic Libraries and the Faculties of Humanities, Fine Arts, Social Sciences, and Engineering and Computer Science. Participating members contribute to Media Studies’ research, teaching, and community initiatives while also meeting the expectations of their home unit. Alongside an introduction to Media Studies, the program currently offers courses on topics such as critical media practice, cultures of the book, anthropology of sound, game studies, fandoms, and health and the internet.

Criteria and Requirements
The candidate’s research will ideally be centered on critical media practice, including but not limited to the articulation of media theory and cultural criticism with the production of audio, video, interfaces, games, multimedia, intermedia, or collections. In…