[ecrea] Rutgers Position(s) in Digital Media & Society; Global Media & Democracy

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> ONE OR MORE TENURE-TRACK POSITIONS AT THE ASSISTANT, ASSOCIATE OR 
> FULL PROFESSORSHIP
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>  THE SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION at Rutgers, The State 
> University of New Jersey, invites applications from scholars who 
> value a climate of cross-departmental collaboration and 
> interdisciplinary commitment to the development of discoveries and 
> new ideas in response to local and global challenges.  Global media 
> and democracy, social media interaction and collaborative design, 
> and health and wellness are school-wide initiatives recently 
> introduced. The school embraces Rutgers' goals of diversification 
> of its communities and programs and encourages applicants who would 
> address these goals.  The school offers six degree-granting 
> programs of study and is home to more than 50 faculty within its 
> three academic departments-Communication, Journalism and Media 
> Studies, and Library and Information Science.
>
>  THE DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM AND MEDIA STUDIES is looking to hire 
> in the following two areas: Global Media & Democracy and Digital 
> Media & Society. Research foci include, but are not limited to: 
> Social media, transmedia and convergence; New media policy; 
> International journalism; social movement media; Gaming as social 
> practice; Networked journalism; Community media and public culture; 
> Global, local, and regional cultural production; Nationalism, 
> citizenship and identity; Immigrant, indigenous, diasporic and 
> ethnic media; Media diversity; Online environments as collaborative 
> practice; Digital pedagogy.
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>  SUBMISSIONS: Applications should be submitted in electronic 
> format. Include letter of application, CV, up to three 
> representative publications, and names and contact information of 
> three references. The applicant's program of research should 
> complement the research foci of current faculty.  Senior level 
> applicants should provide integrative leadership in research, 
> instruction, and external funding.  Letter of application should 
> address these points, and clearly articulate the candidate's fit to 
> departmental and school-wide research interests. Candidates should 
> have a Ph.D. in hand or firmly expected by August 2010.  Duties of 
> the successful candidate, at both junior and senior rank, include 
> departmental, school, and university assignments in teaching, 
> scholarship, and service, consistent with university and school 
> policy for tenure-track appointments.  Submit to: 
> http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/facultysearch no later than December 1, 2009.
>
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> The school's two other departments are also conducting faculty 
> searches: THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION invites applications that 
> complement the faculty's synergies in the areas of Community, 
> Connections, and Collaboration, which are informed by theory and 
> research in the areas of human communication technologies, 
> organizational communication, interpersonal communication/social 
> interaction, and health communication.  An ideal candidate has an 
> active research program that combines two of these four department 
> foci. THE DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE seeks faculty 
> candidates who wish to take the future of information and 
> information applications in their hands. Areas of particular 
> interest to the department include (but are not limited to): 
> Interaction with information at individual, social, and cultural 
> levels; Information access in digital environments; Human computer 
> interaction; Children, information, schools, and libraries. For more 
> about the Rutgers-School of Communication and Information see: 
> http://comminfo.rutgers.edu.
>
>
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> Founded in 1766, Rutgers is the eighth oldest institution of higher 
> education in the United States and is a member of the elite AAU 
> research universities in North America.  An equal opportunity and 
> affirmative action employer, Rutgers, The State University of New 
> Jersey, is committed to building a diverse community and encourages 
> the applications of women and minority candidates.
>
> Jack Z. Bratich
> Associate Professor
> PhD Program Area Coordinator--Media Studies
> Department of Journalism and Media Studies
> Rutgers University
> 111 CIL
> 4 Huntington St.
> New Brunswick, NJ  08901
> http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/directory/jbratich/index.html
> 732-932-7500 x8173
> 732-932-1523 (fax)

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