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[ecrea] Faculty position in risk communication

Thu Nov 04 20:29:30 GMT 2010



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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