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Maurice Meilleur · 1w
Please share widely: After May 2027, I’ll no longer be a faculty member at Iowa State University. I’ll be looking for full-time work to start after that. (I could also start before the upcoming f...
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Once I’ve submitted my manuscript and figures this month for my forthcoming book on constructed scripts I can start to gear up for the academic tenure-line faculty job market in graphic design again. I have fourteen years of experience teaching typography, graphic design, and design theory and ethics to US undergrads. I have lots to share with engaged and actively curious students interested in digging behind the immediate appearance and function of type and design to think about their process and context, and about what they can tell us about the human condition. I’d probably be the best fit with programs that emphasize the research aspects of design, or readily recognize them in the work of their faculty. 2/4
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Maurice Meilleur · 1w
But I’m also drawn to the idea of a lateral shift: into archives and research-library/special collections work. At ATypI in May, I was fortunate to connect with two of Stanford’s special collections curators, both of whom told me my background qualifies me to look for positions in those fields. ...