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Communication Studies – Asst. Professor or Contract Faculty - #08072
(Option for an Assistant Professor, tenure track with terminal degree or a one-year benefited Contract Faculty position with the possibility of renewal without terminal degree)

Are you trained in social-scientific approaches to communication study?  Want to be part of a growing department composed of faculty members who truly enjoy working together?

The Department of Communication and Media Studies at Plymouth State University (PSU) is seeking a dynamic faculty colleague who is an outstanding teacher and promising scholar beginning in August 2008.  Primary responsibilities will include teaching our lower-division Introduction to Communication course and our upper-division Communication Research Methods (combining qualitative and quantitative approaches), Communication Theory, and Media Effects (from the social-scientific perspective) courses.  In addition, the ability to teach one (or both) of the following courses is a plus: Introduction to Media and Cultural Studies and/or Global Perspectives in the Media.  Candidates will also provide advisement to undergraduate students and engage in departmental and university service activities internal and external to the campus.

Please visit http://www.plymouth.edu/hr/jobs/faculty/08072.html to view a complete description of this position, and for information about how to apply and where to send requested application materials.

Priority consideration will be given to applications received by June 12, 2008. Position will remain open until filled.

Plymouth State University is an EEO/AA Employer.

The University is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity, equity and inclusiveness across our campus community and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us reach this mission.  Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in U.S.

SENIOR RESEARCH ANALYST

Frank N. Magid Associates, the world leader in research-based consultation, known for applying the most rigorous research methods available to study behaviors and attitudes is expanding. Join our research team in Los Angeles. We serve clients across a range of media industries including television, film, publishing, electronic gaming, new media, consumer products, healthcare, and nonprofit organizations. Our knowledge base is substantive, encompassing thousands of research studies and consultation engagements. At the heart of our work is the recognition that our client’s success rests on an in-depth understanding of cultures, consumers, and the attitudes and perceptions that motivate them.

If you are a highly motivated individual who responds to challenges and who can design, analyze, and apply survey research to arrive at innovative solutions for our clients, we would like to meet you. We require a strong quantitative background with extensive presentation experience and the ability to create new research designs.

Minimum qualifications include:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with a range of research designs and methodologies
• Proficiency in multivariate statistical analysis
• Proficiency in SPSS
• An ability to interpret complex data to answer client questions and issues
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally to meet with clients

A master’s degree or Ph.D. in mass communication, marketing research, math or social sciences is strongly preferred. Experience in some media industry and brand/category research is a strong plus. Salary and benefits are highly competitive.

If interested and qualified, please send a cover letter, thesis or other major writing sample, and resume to:  Amy Jo Reimer Myers, Executive Director, Corporate Development, Frank N. Magid Associates, One Research Center, Marion, Iowa 52302; ajreimer-myers@magid.com; www.magid.com.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication seeks a full-time tenure track assistant professor to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in public relations.

Iowa State University is a Research I institution and faculty are expected to teach and advise students in one or more areas of expertise, maintain an active program of scholarship and provide service to the university and the profession.

The Greenlee School offers majors at the bachelor’s level in journalism and mass communication and in advertising. The graduate program offers a master of science degree. Current enrollment is approximately 850 students. Iowa State University, located in Ames, Iowa, is a land-grant institution with approximately 27,000 students.

Required Qualifications:
-A Doctorate in related field (completed by August 1, 2009)
-An active program of scholarship
-Professional experience in related area

Preferred Qualifications:
-Evidence of excellence in teaching
-Evidence of excellence in scholarship
Start Date: 08/16/2009. Salary commensurate with qualifications.

Application Deadline: 10/1/2008

Applicants must apply online at http://www.iastate.edu/jobs and must complete the employment application online. Please be prepared to attach:
1) a letter of application
2) vita
3) contact information for three references,
4) teaching/research interests and
5) three examples of scholarly work (attach as Other Documents).

For more information about the position please email gsjcsearch@iastate.edu or call 515-294-4342.

If you have questions regarding this application process, please email employment@iastate.edu or call 515-294-2936.

ISU is an EO/AA employer.

ISU Job # 080328

MASS COMMUNICATION LAW – Associate/Assistant Professor to teach undergraduate mass media law courses, Internet or online law, broadcast regulations, and other related mass communication courses in an ACEJMC-accredited department beginning August 18, 2008.

Ph.D. or J.D. in mass media law required for a tenure track appointment as associate or assistant professor; non-tenure track instructor appointment available until the degree is completed. Related professional experience, documented ability to teach university-level courses, and commitment to undergraduate professional education in mass communication required.

Complete position description is available at http://www.winthrop.edu/hr/.

Review of applicants is under way and will continue until the position is filled.

Send cover letter, statement of teaching philosophy, research interests, current vita, final graduate transcript, recent teaching evaluations, and names, addresses, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers of at least three academic references and two professional references to Dr. J. William Click, Chair, Department of Mass Communication, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC 29733; or clickw@winthrop.edu.

EOE

ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Stony Brook University’s School of Journalism, one of the newest journalism schools in the country, is seeking an imaginative, high-energy, tenure-track candidate to teach and help shape its program on the principles and skills of online journalism. The successful candidate will teach courses within the program, supervise the School of Journalism Web sites, and work with colleagues to integrate online journalism into the entire curriculum.

Required: Candidates must have at least four years of full-time experience dealing with journalism on the Web in either a professional or academic setting. Must have skills to teach a variety of courses related to online journalism such as “Reporting, Writing, and Editing for the Web” and “Advanced Multimedia Editing and Design.” Candidates must demonstrate a solid understanding of journalistic standards, practices, and ethics. Candidates must have significant knowledge of software applications such as Flash, Photoshop, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, and Final Cut Pro. Also, candidates must have interpersonal skills compatible with team teaching and must be able to help integrate the principles of reporting for the Web throughout the journalism curriculum.

Preferred: At least one year of in-classroom experience teaching courses related to online journalism such as “Writing and Reporting for the Web” and two years of additional professional experience.

Submit resume, three to five references, and a description of a recent example of your work and how it reflects the highest standards and practices of journalism, to: Journalism Faculty Search Committee, School of Journalism. Stony Brook University, Melville Library N4004, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3384 or fax: (631) 632-7550. (Ref# F-4919-08-04).

Equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
Visit www.stonybrook.edu/jobs for employment information.

Visiting Assistant Professor – Magazine Journalism

The Journalism Department in the newly established Center for Communication and Journalism at the State University of New York College at Plattsburgh invites applications for a non-tenure-track three-year Visiting Assistant Professor position in Magazine Journalism starting fall 2008. Our Magazine Journalism – the only one in SUNY – is the fastest-growing major in the journalism program. Journalism is one of the fastest-growing programs at the college, its enrollment increasing by 80 percent in the last four years.

Responsibilities: 4/4 teaching load may include courses in the following areas: Magazine Article Writing, Travel Writing, News Writing, Introduction to Journalism, and a self-identified area of specialty. Departmental service duties includes academic and career advisement for magazine majors and committee assignments. Since the focus is on teaching and service, there is no scholarship or publication requirement for this position.

Qualifications: Master’s Degree with substantial newspaper and/or magazine industry experience required. Undergraduate-level teaching experience preferred.

SUNY Plattsburgh is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence through diversity.

Review of applications begins immediately and continues until the position is filled.

Original transcripts will be required prior to the start of employment. Please submit cover letter, curriculum vitae or resume, three clips, and three letters of reference.

Chair, Search Committee (PJ # 4925-AEJMC), c/o Human Resource Services, SUNY Plattsburgh, 101 Broad Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901-2681. E-mail: hr.apply@plattsburgh.edu.

Loyola University seeks applicants for Director of the School of Mass Communication. The successful candidate will have a broad and forward-looking perspective as well as appreciation of the varied nature of the disciplines within the mass communication field and use that knowledge to develop long-range school programs.

Responsibilities include recruitment of faculty, review of the school’s curriculum, courses and programs, oversight of the school’s quest for accreditation with the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication, maintenance of the school’s image and reputation both in and outside the university.

Qualifications include a Ph.D. or terminal degree in mass communication, advertising, journalism, public relations or a related field, and college teaching experience. Preference will be given to applicants with work experience in the media. Applicants must have tenurable qualifications and will receive tenure upon hiring.

Rank and salary commensurate with qualifications.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

Loyola is an EO/AAA employer.

Send letter of application with curriculum vitae, three letters of reference, evidence of effective teaching, samples of relevant creative/research work and an official transcript of highest degree to: Chair of Search Committee, School of Mass Communication Box 201, Loyola University New Orleans, 6363 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, LA 70118-6195.

The Department of Communication invites applications for two, one-year Visiting Assistant Professor positions in Communication, effective August 16, 2008.  The appointment is for the 2008-2009 academic year.

Qualifications: We seek candidates who can teach from among the following courses:  Principles of Advertising, Business and Professional Communication, Communication and Gender, and Basic News Writing.   Candidates with the completed Ph.D. in communication or in a related field by August are preferred, but ABD candidates may apply.

Duties: Teach from among the following courses:  Principles of Advertising, Business and Professional Communication, Communication and Gender, and Basic News Writing.   The teaching load is 3 sections per term.

Application: Applicants must send a letter of interest addressing their qualifications relevant to the job description, evidence of teaching qualifications and effectiveness (e.g., course syllabi, teaching evaluations), current curriculum vitae, and three recent letters of recommendation.

Review of completed applications will begin May 19, 2008, and will continue until the position is filled.

Send application materials to: Visiting Assistant Professor Search Committee Chair, Department of Communication, Watson Hall, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115.

University and Department: NIU is a Carnegie Doctoral/Research Extensive University and member of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges. The Department of Communication, one of twenty-one academic units in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, offers BA and BS degrees in both Journalism and Communication Studies and a MA in Communication Studies. The department serves a diverse student body including approximately 700 undergraduate majors and 83 graduate students with 28 tenure-track faculty, 15 full-time instructors, and 6 supportive professional staff.  Department faculty are active in academic and professional associations as well as press, broadcast media, civic and public advocacy organizations.  The NIU main campus is located near the western suburbs of Chicago, offering advantages of a nearby cosmopolitan atmosphere in semi-rural setting. http://www.niu.edu

AA/EEO Institution

The Department of Communication at Georgia State University in Atlanta anticipates full- and half-time visiting instructor positions (non-tenure track) for the 2008-2009 academic year (effective August 2008) to teach courses in Journalism (including courses in newswriting, mass communication research, public relations, and telecommunications production), Film (including courses in cinema studies, history, theory, media studies, and international film), Speech (including courses in persuasion, interpersonal communication, communication & conflict, and others connected to the speech communication field), and Theatre (including courses in acting, performance, and theater history).

Applicants must possess a Master’s Degree, a record of effective teaching and record of scholarly achievement commensurate with state of candidate’s career. Applicants must include curriculum vitae, 3 letters of reference, and evidence of teaching effectiveness.

The academic year salary is $27,500 for full time and $13,500 for half time, and both full- and half-time positions attach to a full benefits package.

Submit applications to Dr. Kathryn Fuller-Seeley, Chair, Visiting Instructor Search Committee, Communication Department, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 4000, Atlanta, GA 30302-4000.

Initial review to begin April 15, 2008.

Georgia State University is an EEO/AA employer.

Journalism in the Middle East

Founded in 1919, AUC’s campus is currently located in Cairo, Egypt, but will be moving to a new, state-of-the-art campus in New Cairo beginning Fall Semester, 2008. AUC’s degree programs are accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools; Engineering programs are accredited by ABET and the Management program is accredited by AACSB. For more information visit our website at www.aucegypt.edu.

The normal teaching load is three courses per semester and English is the language of instruction. For expatriates, benefits include housing, annual round-trip air travel for appointee and qualifying dependents, plus schooling for the equivalent of up to two children at Cairo American College. In view of AUC’s protocol agreement with the Egyptian government, which requires specific proportions of Egyptian, U.S., and third-country citizen faculty, at this time preference will be given to qualified applicants who are U.S. citizens.

Job Description:
Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, home to the leading journalism program in the Arab world, seeks a faculty member to teach introductory and advanced journalism courses in its newly restructured convergence journalism program. The focus is on hands-on skills in print and digital journalism.

Requirements:
Applicants must have substantial professional journalism experience and at least an MA. Teaching experience is an asset.

Additional Information:
The duration of the appointment is open to negotiation will begin September 2008. Renewal of an appointment depends upon institutional needs and/or the appointee’s performance.

Review of applications will start immediately and the position is opened until filled.

All applicants must submit the following documents via online:

a) an updated C.V
b) a letter of interest
c) List names & contact information of at least three references familiar with your professional background;
d) a completed AUC Personal Information Form (PIF).

For complete details and application information:
http://aucegypt.interviewexchange.com

The American University in Cairo is an EEO Employer.