Assistant Professor of Digital Media:Media Studies/Digital Studies

Overview

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.
Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Atlanta, Georgia

The School of Literature, Media , and Communication is a multi-disciplinary unit that includes over 80 full-time faculty and postdoctoral fellows, 500 undergraduate majors and minors, and 100 graduate students. It offers B.S. degrees in Literature, Media, and Communication and in Computational Media, M.S. degrees in Digital Media, Human Computer Interaction, and Global Media and Cultures, and a Ph.D. in Digital Media. The School also offers undergraduate minors in Black Media Studies, Science Communication and Policy, Creative Writing, Film and Media Studies, and Science Fiction Studies, and contributes to interdisciplinary minors in African Studies; Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning; East Asian Studies; Health, Medicine, and Society; Latin American and LatinX Studies; Science, Technology, and Society; Social Justice; and Women, Science, and Technology.

The School also is home to the Writing and Communication Program, the Brittain Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, DramaTech, Poetry@Tech, LMCFilms, and the Naugle Writing and Communication Center, the latter of which provides discipline-specific courses and communication support for campus-wide audiences.

The School of Literature, Media, and Communication (https://www.lmc.gatech.edu/) at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Media Studies with a specialization in Digital Studies. We seek candidates primarily engaged with the disciplinary community of Media Studies, and who have interest or expertise in critical perspectives on one or more of the following: The study of social and technical aspects of digital media; social media; interactive digital narrative; digital humanities; and/or algorithmic/AI studies, rooted in a humanities and/or social science perspective. Candidates are expected to demonstrate a commitment to teaching and mentoring students.

The Digital Media Program is grounded in four disciplinary communities: 1) Media Studies; 2) Science, Technology, and Society (STS); 3) Design Research; and 4) Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). For our faculty and students, making is a mode of inquiry that supports and is supported by other research methods and theory-building work.

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

The successful candidate is expected to engage in research and publication appropriate to an R1 institution, teach two courses (undergraduate and/or graduate) per semester, advise MS and PhD candidates in Digital Media, and provide service to the school, college, institute, and profession.

-PhD in Digital Media, Media Studies, Digital Studies, or a closely related field

-An earned doctorate is required by the start of the appointment

-Interest in collaborating with colleagues in related fields, including interdisciplinary centers such as IPAT (Institute for People and Technology) and cross-disciplinary school. and college-level certificate programs

-Willingness to contribute service to the School of LMC

-Evidence of scholarly productivity and publication

Student Success Criteria

With the aim of enabling success across a large student body, candidates should possess

• The ability to mentor and assist students interested in pursuing graduate education
• The ability to design and teach curricula that are responsive to a diverse student body
• The ability to adopt teaching strategies that support the learning and success of all students
• The ability to engage students in experiential learning activities and pedagogy that support student success
• The ability to engage in high-impact practices that support deep learning for student success

Commensurate with experience within a salary range of $94,000-$110,000

Applicants should submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests, a description of teaching interests including their advising/mentoring philosophy, and the names and contact information for at least three references.

Priority deadline for applications is October 27th, 2025, but the search will continue until the positions are filled.

Requests for information may be directed to Andre Brock at abrock35@gatech.edu.

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The Institute is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and Institute policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Equal opportunity and decisions based on merit are fundamental values of the University System of Georgia (USG) and Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of an individuals race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

This is not a supervisory position.
This position does not have any financial responsibilities.
This position will not be required to drive.
This role is not considered a position of trust.
This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).
This position will not travel
This position does not require security clearance.

Successful candidate must be able to pass a background check. Please visit http://policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/pre-employment-screening