-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Vacancy, Department of Music, Univ of California San Diego (fwd)
From: Geoffrey Chew <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, March 12, 2004 8:11 pm
To: [log in to unmask]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Andy Fry <[log in to unmask]>

The Search Committee is still reviewing applications for the below
position in the Department of Music at UC San Diego.  Strong, qualified
candidates who have not yet submitted an application are invited to
contact the Chair of the Committee, Miller Puckette, immediately by
email ([log in to unmask]).  A final round of interviews will be conducted in
early April.  Please bring this position to the attention of any
scholars whose research and teaching interests match the profile
described below rather closely.

TENURE TRACK FACULTY POSITION AVAILABLE

University of California, San Diego, Department of Music

The Department of Music at the University of California, San Diego
(http://www.ucsd.edu.music)  invites applications for a tenure-track
position at the Assistant Professor level for a scholar of popular music
to begin July 1, 2004.  The successful candidate will have research
interests in the role diverse ethnic and racial groups play in the
development of popular music in the United States.  He or she will be
expected to contribute to the graduate program in Critical
Studies/Experimental Practices and encouraged to participate in the
undergraduate concentration in Jazz and Music of the African Diaspora.
Specific course offerings could be drawn from a wide spectrum of topics,
including but not limited to the music of African-Americans,
Asian-Americans, Chicanos/Latinos, or Caribbean culture groups. In
addition to musicology and ethnomusicology, applications from other
disciplines are welcome.  The successful candidate will also participate
in California Cultures in Comparative Perspective, an interdisciplinary
research group that focuses on issues of race and ethnicity in
California.

A completed or nearly completed PhD is required, as well as proven
potential for distinguished scholarship and effective teaching at
graduate and undergraduate levels. To apply, please send a letter of
intent including a statement of qualifications and research interests,
curriculum vitae, a writing sample, and names and addresses (including
email
addresses) of three references to: Popular Music Search Committee,
Department of Music 0326, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla,
CA 92093-0326.  Review of applications will begin January 20th, 2004,
and continue until the position is filled.

Please reference position #MUS-2 in all correspondence.  Enclose a
self-addressed postcard for acknowledgment of application and a SASE for
return of writing sample.

UCSD is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer with a strong
institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity
among its faculty and staff.

----------------------------------------------
Andy Fry, D.Phil.
Assistant Professor
Department of Music
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0326, USA
[log in to unmask]