Job Vacancy: Full-Time Alternate Stream - Assistant Lecturer, Design Studies
Department of Design, York University, Toronto, Canada
The Department of Design, York University invites applications for an
Alternate Stream (teaching-focused) tenure‐track position in Design Studies
at the rank of Assistant Lecturer to commence July 1, 2019. Salary will be
commensurate with qualifications and experience. All York University
positions are subject to budgetary approval.
The successful candidate will be expected to teach undergraduate and
graduate courses and to provide leadership in teaching and learning through
curricular and program development and pedagogical innovation via
technology-enhanced learning.
The successful candidate will hold a PhD by the start date in a design
disciplinary affiliation which may include history, cultural studies,
curatorial studies, media studies, philosophy of technology, or some other
area relevant to design is required. Applicants should have a minimum of
two years of professional or academic experience.
The successful candidate will demonstrate excellence or clear potential for
excellence in teaching university-level courses, a strong commitment to
pedagogy and student success and the capacity to bring both relevant and
current theoretical and practical focus to teaching, learning and program
design in Design Studies. The successful candidate will study both the role
of the designer as a creative individual in his/her artistic and
socio-cultural context and how historical understanding of objects and
processes can contribute to the understanding of design making and design’s
future. The position considers three related theoretical areas: (1) design
history, which includes history of production, transmission, and
consumption of artefacts, canonical designers and their contributions (2)
culture and society, which comprises how design shapes our cultures and
societies, material and digital cultures, cultural values and practices,
cultural representation and framing, social regulation and identity; and
(3) design criticism, which includes design’s responsibility to society,
and its complicity in social media.
http://webapps.yorku.ca/academichiringviewer/viewposition.jsp?positionnumber=1914
Posting End Date: December 1, 2018
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