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[ecrea] Department of Communication, College of Arts and Sciences Univ of Washington seeking Assistant Professor

Sat Jul 21 13:36:41 GMT 2012


> Organization: Department of Communication, College of Arts and Sciences

 Title: Assistant Professor
 Search #: AA3166
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 Position Details
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 The Department of Communication at the University of Washington seeks a
 full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor to develop communication
 scholarship with ³big data² computational approaches.

 Applicants¹ substantive areas of research and teaching must contribute to
 areas of strength in the Department: communication and culture; communication
 technology and society; global communication; journalism; media organization;
 political communication; rhetoric and critical/cultural studies; and social
 interaction. Position requires experience in curation and analysis of
 large-scale datasets related to one or more of these areas of study. Relevant
 research skills include social network analysis, web and mobile analytics,
 data aggregation and data mining, data visualization, and/or text and
 natural-language processing. Joining a growing multidisciplinary community of
 social scientists, computer scientists, and humanities scholars at the
 University of Washington with new analytical tools, the successful applicant
 will enrich the field by developing theories and designing methods, techniques
 or applications to answer important questions about communication.

 The start date for this position is September 16, 2013. Candidates must have
 earned or be close to completion of a Ph.D. in communication or closely
 related discipline by then. Applicants with expertise in computational social
 science or digital humanities are welcome to apply.

 University of Washington faculty members engage in teaching, research, and
 service. Candidates are expected to conduct research, teach four courses
 during a three-quarter academic year, and supervise graduate students at the
 master¹s and doctoral levels. The position involves teaching in the Department
 of Communication¹s undergraduate and graduate programs. Candidates must
 submit: (1) a letter of application that addresses research and teaching
 interests (on the latter please indicate fit with current courses and/or
 suggestions for potential new ones); (2) a curriculum vitae; and (3) three
 letters of recommendation. Application materials are to be submitted online at
 http://com.uw.edu/facultysearch. Review of applications will begin September
 15, 2012. Inquiries should be directed to the search committee chair,
 Professor Patricia Moy, (atpmoy /at/ uw.edu).

 The University of Washington is an affirmative-action, equal-opportunity
 employer. The University is building a culturally diverse faculty and staff
 and strongly encourages applications from women, minorities, individuals with
 disabilities, and protected veterans.
 If you have a question about the details of this search / position please
 contact the hiring unit directly. Thank you for your interest in this position
 at the University of Washington





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