Join three Critical Media Practice alumni for a discussion about the intricacies of the academic job search for candidates who work as both scholars and artists. We’ll talk about the range of hybrid job possibilities; how applicants might distinguish themselves from other candidates in application letters and teaching philosophies; and how research and practice can be framed in writing, portfolios, and interviews. We’ll also refer you to other resources available to Harvard students to aid in the job search.

This panel will be moderated by Julie Mallozzi, Administrative Director of CMP and Lecturer in Art, Film, and Visual Studies and will include panelists Andrew Littlejohn, Peter McMurray, and Stephanie Spray. Registration is limited – Harvard PhD students will be given priority, but other Harvard affiliates are also welcome.

Please RSVP to Cozette Russell for the Zoom link.

Panelists left to right:

Peter McMurray is an ethnomusicologist, saxophonist, and sound artist and Lecturer (Asst. Prof.) in Music at University of Cambridge. He is completing a book and media project, “Pathways to God: The Islamic Acoustics of Turkish Berlin.” Beyond research interests in sound and Islam, he also writes about histories of audio recording and orality.

Stephanie Spray is a filmmaker and anthropologist. She teaches at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where she is Visiting Associate Professor of Anthropology and Cinematic Arts and the Director of the Center for Visual Anthropology.

Andrew Littlejohn is an assistant professor at Leiden University’s Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology. The core question motivating his research is how to live sustainably in a world damaged by both intensifying hazards and the technologies we develop to mitigate them. Alongside his teaching and research, he produces works of audiovisual media with a particular focus on the ethnographic and documentary possibilities of sound.