[ecrea] Assistant Professor Position at Oakland University

The Department of Communication and Journalism at Oakland University
invites applications for a tenure track assistant professor in
Communication who specializes in critical cultural studies to begin
August 15, 2012 pending final University approval.  We seek candidates
who work in one or more of the following areas: globalization
studies-transnational flows and material culture; race and ethnicity
studies in a global context; diasporic identities and communities.
Preferred candidates are expected to have methodological training in
ethnography, historiography, or political economy.

Oakland offers a newly established Master's program in Communication.
 Candidates are expected to provide leadership in our MA program as
well as direction in undergraduate curriculum development.  Oakland
University operates on the semester system, and the standard teaching
load is five courses per academic year.

Teaching responsibilities will include both undergraduate and graduate
courses, including our undergraduate core, multicultural communication.
Candidates are expected to demonstrate a record of effective teaching as
well as potential for a promising research agenda.  Preferred candidates
will possess a Ph.D. in Communication, but ABD will be considered.

OU's 1400-acre campus is located in Rochester, Michigan, a suburban
community 26 miles north of Detroit. The University hosts a residential
theater company, maintains an art gallery and historic mansion, and
provides an outdoor venue for summer musical events. It is convenient to
many social, cultural, and recreational activities in the metropolitan
Detroit area. For more information about the department, College of Arts
and Sciences, and Oakland University, visit our website at www.oakland.edu.

Submit letter of interest detailing teaching interests and research
program, curriculum vitae, research writing sample, statement of
teaching philosophy and one sample course syllabus at
https://academicjobs.oakland.edu/postings/151.?Please include the
contact information for three individuals who can serve as references
related to teaching and/or research in the vitae. ABD candidates should
include the contact information for their dissertation committee
chairperson.  Submit application materials on or before January 13, 2012.

Oakland University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
and encourages applications from women and minorities.

--
Erin A. Meyers
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication and Journalism
Oakland University
http://www.erinmeyers.wordpress.com


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