Sessional Lecturer-ENG218H5F Interactive Storytelling & Worldmaking (Emergency Posting)

Date Posted: 04/17/2024
Req ID: 37014
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: UTM: English & Drama
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)

Description: This course examines the deep history and extraordinary diversity of interactive storytelling, with a focus on narrative art in digital games, transmedia/cross-platform projects, alternate reality and pervasive games, theme parks, and immersive performances, as well as literary texts and films. We will consider forms (e.g., riddles, parables, metafiction, branching narratives) that require participatory agency, choice-based and emergent storytelling, as well as genres (e.g., creation myths, planetary romances, travelogues, adventure fiction, Expressionist cinema) that discover or assemble a narrative by traversing a world. We will also explore the contexts and theoretical grounds of reader- and player-centric approaches.

Section: LEC0101 

Day(s): Tuesday, Thursday

Time(s):  3-6pm

Estimated Enrolment: 45

Est of TA hours: 0

Sessional dates of appointment: May 6 2024 - June 21 2024

Salary

SL1 - $18,915.79 per full course

SL1 Long term - $19,861.58 per full course

SL2 - $20,243.53 per full course

SL3 - $20,725.52 per full course

SL3 Long Term - $21,140.03 per full course

Duties: All normal duties related to the design and teaching of a university credit course, including preparation and delivery of course content; development, admin. and marking of assignments, tests and exams; calculation and submission of grades; holding regular office hours; supervising any TAs assigned to course, if applicable. 

Minimum Qualifications: PhD or ABD in English, Comparative Literature, or related field and demonstrated expertise in video game studies. Evidence of knowledge of media studies and narratology also desirable. Experience teaching at the university level; strong academic record, demonstrated teaching ability, evidence of currency in subject matter.

To be considered for a position you must be living locally. Please submit an Application Form as well as a current CV to Professor Jacob Gallagher-Ross, Chair, Department of English and Drama c/o [email protected] .  

For an application form go to: http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/english-drama/about-us/employment

Closing Date: 04/19/2024, 11:59PM EDT
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This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement. 

 It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.  

Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement.

Please note: Undergraduate or graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of the University of Toronto are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective agreement rather than the Unit 3 collective agreement, and should not apply for positions posted under the Unit 3 collective agreement.