Scripps College, a women’s liberal arts college with a strong interdisciplinary tradition, invites applications for an Assistant Professor in Media Studies Tenure Track with a focus on emerging media practices. Scripps Media Studies is part of the Intercollegiate Media Studies program at the Claremont Colleges.
Candidates should be artists or researchers with practices grounded in creative and critical approaches to the media arts. Practices might focus on game design, expanded animation practices, extended reality, physical computing, interactive media arts, software, hardware, interfaces, scripting, networked media, or other emerging fields. We are particularly interested in practitioners whose work engages critical, historical, and/or theoretical aspects of technology and culture in their practice and pedagogy, and who have proficiency with current industry tools used by artists, programmers, and designers. The candidate should hold a terminal degree in media, art, or a related field, and have an active record of artistic or arts-related practice, technical experimentation, and/or scholarship in their areas of research. Candidates with substantial professional experience are welcome to apply but should have some experience teaching at the collegiate level and be able to teach studio courses, guide seminar discussions, support students focused on production in the major, and advise students across diverse backgrounds and areas of interests.
Preference will be given to applicants who demonstrate a commitment to the College’s goal of improving higher education for underrepresented students; candidates whose work has a specific focus on peoples, communities, and nations underrepresented in the field; and candidates whose theoretical, technical, and creative expertise meets one or more of the current areas of interest within our program.
Responsibilities of the position include teaching a 2-2 course load, senior thesis advising in the Intercollegiate Media Studies program at the Claremont Colleges, and student advising for Scripps College. The candidate will be expected to expand course offerings in the media studies major with introductory, intermediate, and advanced production and/or hybrid production/theory courses. Candidates will also be expected to teach the senior seminar in the major, one of the three core theoretical introduction courses for the major (Introduction to Media Studies, Introduction to Film, or Introduction to Digital Media Studies); and contribute courses to Scripps College’s Core Curriculum in Interdisciplinary Humanities.
Please submit a one page cover letter; curriculum vitae; artist statement or research statement; teaching philosophy that includes evidence of excellence in teaching including evidence of a commitment to supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion, 15-20 student work samples with short description of assignments that produced the work and teaching evaluations; two sample course syllabi; a portfolio of up to 20 examples of creative and/or scholarly work; and names and contact information of three references, to: http://apply.interfolio.com/158442.
The salary for this position will range from $81,900 to $91,000 and will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to internal equity, experience, education, specialty, and training.
Application review will begin December 20, 2025 and will continue until the position is filled. Expected start date is July 1, 2025.
Information about the intercollegiate program is available at https://colleges.claremont.edu/mediastudies/.
For questions, please contact:
Professor Carlin Wing
Search Committee Chair
Media Studies Department
Scripps College
Scripps College is one of seven members of The Claremont Colleges consortium located 35 miles east of Los Angeles. In keeping with its ongoing commitment to build and support a diverse and equitable academic community, Scripps College actively encourages applications from women and members of historically underrepresented groups.