Ithaca College (NY)
James B. Pendleton Fellow in Cinema Studies
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Fellowships/Grants/Interns
Cross-Listings:
Film
POSITION(S): James B. Pendleton Fellow in cinema studies; a 3 year, non-renewable, non-tenure eligible
position for Fall 1999.
QUALIFICATIONS: Fellow must be within 3 years of receiving Ph.D. A.B.D.s are not eligible. Fellowship is
for emerging teacher/scholars in the field of cinema studies.
RANK/SALARY: James B. Pendleton Fellow/Assistant Professor. Salary competitive, benefits eligible.
AREAS OF Fellow will team teach two introductory film aesthetics and analysis multi-section courses
TEACHING each term and one elective in their area of interest/specialization each year. Total course load
RESPONSIBILITY: per academic year is five. Elective courses may vary each academic year.
OTHER Fellow will be required to create one major public program each year of the fellowship,
RESPONSIBILITIES: involving either presentation of their work or a curated program. Fellow will not be
expected to serve on committees. Fellow will, however, be expected to interact with our undergraduates by
developing off-campus cinema experiences for course credit during summer and/or intercessions, editing an
on-line undergraduate student journal to publish film studies scholarship, and developing public programs
that facilitate quality interactions between guests and students. Fellows will formally advise undergradute
students.
APPLICATION: Applicants should forward a vita; one writing sample; statement of interest describing areas
of teaching and research interests; a short one-page proposal/outline for a sophomore/junior level course in
candidate^Òs specialty area; and names of three references by April 10, 1999. Additional writing samples
may be requested at a later date. No faxed or electronically transmitted materials will be accepted.
ADDRESS James B. Pendleton Teaching Fellows Committee
APPLICATIONS & c/o Barbara Terrell
INQUIRIES TO: Cinema and Photography Department
350 Roy H. Park School of Communications
Ithaca College
Ithaca, New York 14850-7251
DEADLINE: Screening begins April 10, 1999 and will continue until the position(s) are filled.
Ithaca College is an independent, residential, comprehensive college with an undergraduate enrollment of
approximately 5,600 students. It is located in the Finger Lakes Region of central New York.
The Roy H. Park School of Communications is one of four professional schools within the College, and
enrolls approximately 1,200 students in the majors of three undergraduate departments (Television-Radio,
Cinema and Photography, and Organizational Communication, Learning, and Design); a B.A. in Journalism,
a B.S. in Telecommunications Management, a B.F.A. in Film, Photography, and the Visual Arts, and a B.A.
in Media Studies are also offered. These programs are located in an 80,000 square foot building which was
dedicated in September 1989. For the past two years the Ithaca College Los Angeles Communications
Program has offered an internship-based full-semester program to its junior and senior students. The
Graduate Studies program offers an M.S. in Communications. A recent grant from the Park Foundation and
a bequest from James B. Pendleton totalling over $27 million have positioned the Roy H. Park School of
Communications to continue to evolve a curriculum that is one of the strongest in the nation and to maintain
state-of-the-art support facilities in audio, video, film, photography, multi-media and telecommunications.