[ecrea] Faculty position in risk communication

> Michigan State University
> College of Communication Arts and Sciences
>
>
> Health and Environmental Risk Communication
> Assistant or Associate Professor
>
>
> The Department of Communication and the School of Journalism in the 
> College of Communication Arts and Sciences (CAS) at Michigan State 
> University (MSU) seek a tenure track Assistant or Associate 
> Professor of Health and Environmental Risk Communication. CAS was 
> the first communication college in the country, and MSU is the only 
> university in the country with two top 10 doctoral programs in the 
> National Research Council's rankings of the field of Communication.
>
> The successful candidate will conduct research about risk 
> communication processes and/or environmental health journalism. 
> Candidates could have expertise in such areas as: environmental risk 
> communication; social influence; message analysis; health 
> communication; health, science and environmental journalism; 
> international and intercultural communication of risks; public 
> participation and advocacy; risk decision-making; crisis 
> communication; networks; or policy and risks.  The successful 
> candidate would work with interdisciplinary teams to seek research 
> funding from federal agencies such as CDC, NIH, EPA, US Department 
> of Energy USDA as well as state and local agencies and private foundations.
>
> This position is jointly appointed between Journalism and 
> Communication and housed in the School of Journalism. The split of 
> duties will depend on the expertise of the person hired, but the 
> person will be expected to teach courses in both units.  The 
> candidate would be expected to work with faculty in the Knight 
> Center for Environmental Journalism, the CAS Health & Risk 
> Communication Center and other units at MSU. Examples of risk 
> research may include media coverage of health and environmental risk 
> issues, message strategies, public relations implications of risk or 
> crisis incidents, public perceptions of risks and decision-making 
> around those risks, analysis of information systems, and 
> intercultural communication of risk issues. The candidate should 
> have a Ph.D. in Journalism, Communication, Mass Communication, or 
> related field. A history of funded research is desirable.
>
> Send letters of application or nomination by email to the attention 
> of Professor Jim Detjen, Search Committee Chair, School of 
> Journalism; via Barb Miller ((mille384 /at/ msu.edu)); phone: (517) 
> 353-9479. Candidates should submit a statement highlighting their 
> experience and qualifications pertinent to the position, a 
> curriculum vitae, and names of three references.  Applications are 
> due by December 15, 2010. The search committee will begin its 
> evaluation of applicants immediately, and will continue until an 
> exceptional candidate is selected.
>
> MSU is an affirmative-action, equal-opportunity employer. MSU is 
> committed to achieving excellence through cultural diversity. The 
> university actively encourages applications and/or nominations of 
> women, persons of color, veterans and persons with disabilities.
>
> David Poulson
> Associate Director
> Knight Center for Environmental Journalism
> Michigan State University
> 517 432 5417
> Blog: CoverThePlanet.org
> Twitter: DPoulson
> Editor: GreatLakesEcho.org

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