Lecturer: Performance Studies – Summer Session
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Application Window
Open Date: August 21, 2024
Next Review Date: Thursday, September 5, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time). Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time). Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
Position Overview
The Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies at the University of California, Berkeley seeks applications for Lecturer faculty positions in the area of Performance Studies with a concentration in New Media and Performance.
Course to be taught:
Theater 118AC – Performance, Television, and Social Media
This course examines the intersections of performance and media—specifically the media forms of television and social media in the U.S.—with a focus on how various types of difference (race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and socioeconomic class) are enacted, articulated, represented, and played on TV and social media platforms.
This course is entirely asynchronous, and is taught online.
Job Duties: Course Delivery
- coordinate with the TDPS Department Manager and Chair on hiring Graduate Student Instructors (GSIs) for the course
- customize the syllabus bCourses site with any year-specific information (e.g. deadlines)
- train and manage the course GSIs
- launch and manage the course during Summer Session C
- communicate with DSP students enrolled in the course and implement accommodations for them in accordance with their DSP Letters of Accommodation
- communicate regularly with all students enrolled in the course regarding requirements and deadlines, and support GSIs in their communications with students
- calculate and submit final grades at the conclusion of Summer Session C