03 Feb, 2025

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The Berkeley Center for New Media is an interdisciplinary research center that studies and shapes media transition and emergence from diverse perspectives. Through critical thinking and making, we cultivate technological equity and fairness in our classrooms, in our communities, and on the internet.

Led by several prominent and energetic UC faculty, with support from an associate staff director, this dynamic campus unit conducts research, produces lectures and symposia, awards faculty and student fellowships, hosts visiting scholars, and offers a Designated Emphasis for PhD students, a Certificate for Masters students, and a certificate for the undergraduate population. The BCNM also offers select courses each semester. Over 100 faculty and students from numerous departments are represented by the BCNM, including Anthropology, Architecture, Art Practice, Boalt Law School, Comparative Literature, Computer Science, Education, Electrical Engineering, Ethnic Studies, Film & Media, French, Geography, History, History of Art, Performance Studies, Rhetoric, Spanish & Portuguese, Sociology, among others.

This lecturer will teach one high enrollment summer online course for the Berkeley Center for New Media, either NWMEDIA 132, “How to Build a Global Internet," or NWMEDIA 133, "Tech Wars." NWMEDIA 132 will focus on how to build the backbone of the internet, covering the ethics of financial considerations, project management, and the legal hurdles and protections on the ground. NWMEDIA 133 will focus on the historical and contemporary developments in security and protection for the digital infrastructures that support all internet traffic.

The applicant selected will have important teaching responsibilities, including preparation of course materials (such as the syllabus) and maintenance of a course website, and will also be expected to hold office hours, assess and offer feedback on student work, assign grades, advise students. The lead instructor will also be responsible for daily course management and supervising several graduate student instructors, employed to support the course.

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Position overview

Position title: Lecturer in New Media

Salary range: The UC academic salary scales set the minimum pay at appointment. See the following table(s) for the current salary scale(s) for this position https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2024-25/july-2024-scales/t15.pdf. The current full time salary range for this position is $68,247-$192,040.

Percent time: 11%

Anticipated start: July 7, 2025

Position duration: Summer Session D 2025. The lecturer will be the lead instructor on a new media course during Summer Session D, a 6-week term from July 7, 2025 to August 15, 2025.

Application Window

Open date: February 3, 2025

Next review date: Tuesday, Feb 18, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.