[ecrea] Four Tenure Track Positions in Civic Media

Emerson College is pleased to announce a major faculty hiring initiative 
in civic media. Building on the Colleges strengths in communication and 
the arts and supporting the Colleges strategic initiatives in civic and 
global engagement, we seek to develop a distinguished faculty that 
addresses connections among media innovation, technologies, social 
networks and global citizenship. There is a need to consider how the 
changes brought by digital media are shaping political and social life, 
along with definitions of governance and citizenship. How people make 
and use media (whether it's a film or a tweet) to engage with the world, 
to make change, to be informed, or to connect across national borders, 
are topic areas that span the arts, sciences, humanities and social 
sciences.


The new faculty hires in Journalism, Visual and Media Arts, 
Communication Studies, and the Institute for Liberal Arts and 
Interdisciplinary Studies will form a distinctive interdisciplinary 
faculty cohort that intersects with students from across the College. 
While faculty members will have their primary appointments within one of 
the four participating units, they will share teaching responsibilities 
with the new College-wide minor in Digital Media and Culture, and have a 
research affiliation with the Emerson Engagement Labs (EEL). All the new 
faculty hires will begin August 28, 2014.

The minor in Digital Media and Culture offers students the opportunity 
to acquire a deeper understanding of how digital technologies are 
transforming society and culture. Participatory cultures are emerging 
through games and social media; whole new modes of interaction are being 
crafted online. From the disruption of established industrial models of 
production and consumption to the creation of new social norms, this 
minor asks students to create and analyze digital media that directly 
engages in this transforming and transformative culture.

The Emerson Engagement Labs (EEL) is a cluster of research labs focused 
on technologies and media innovation in global civic life. The 
Engagement Game Lab 
(http://engagementgamelab.org<http://engagementgamelab.org/>) is the 
currently existing unit that focuses on the design and research of games 
and play within civic and public processes. Incoming faculty can 
affiliate with the Engagement Game Lab or the new Global Engagement Lab, 
which will focus specifically on the analysis of global communication 
flows and the production of global media initiatives.

Please direct any questions to Eric Gordon at eric [at] emerson [dot] edu.

The four positions are as follows:

The Department of Journalism seeks a tenure-track faculty member at the 
Assistant Professor level with a focus on civic engagement, data-driven 
storytelling and the production of digital journalistic projects. The 
ideal candidate will have a terminal degree in a related field and 
expertise in accessing, gathering, analyzing and displaying datasets 
that help citizens understand complex issues and make wise choices. A 
background in user

interface design, object-oriented programming, or data science is preferred.

APPLY: https://emerson.peopleadmin.com/postings/6493

The Department of Communication Studies seeks a tenure-track faculty 
member at the Assistant Professor level with a focus on social media and 
strategic communication, political communication and web-based political 
campaigns, active audiences, online advocacy and civic engagement, and 
emerging media-based narrative and community forms. A background or 
working knowledge is desirable in such areas as social media analytics, 
analysis of user generated content, human computer interaction, user 
experience design, and social media campaign planning. A Ph. D. in 
communication or a related field is required.

APPLY: https://emerson.peopleadmin.com/postings/6498

The Department of Visual and Media Arts seeks a tenure-track faculty 
member at the Assistant Professor level with a focus on game design. 
Qualifications: A terminal degree (MFA or Ph.D.) in new media, art, game 
design, computer science or related field. The department is seeking 
candidates who have experience designing video games that engage with 
such issues as identity, intellectual property, or public art. Areas of 
focus might include gender, race, ethnicity, globalization, locality, 
experience, economics, politics, professionalism, and/or subjectivity. 
The successful candidate will be prepared to teach game 
design/production and interactive media courses at all levels of the 
curriculum, as well as mentor students and assist in developing new 
curriculum.

APPLY: http://emerson.peopleadmin.com/postings/6491

The Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies seeks a new 
tenure-track faculty member at the Assistant Professor level with a 
focus on digital media and culture. The ideal candidate will have 
expertise in digital technologies (such as mobile technologies and 
social software) and questions of digital citizenship, the networked 
public sphere, and/or online communities. He or she will anchor a new 
and exciting interdisciplinary Minor that offers students a critical 
lens on how digital technologies and practices inform and reinvent civic 
cultures and social processes. A PhD in media/cultural/technology 
studies or related social science field is required.

APPLY: https://emerson.peopleadmin.com/postings/6497

Ideal candidates will have a demonstrated capacity for research in their 
areas, teaching experience, a willingness to help build curriculum, and 
the ability to work effectively with faculty, students, and staff from 
diverse backgrounds. Faculty will be encouraged to receive grants to 
support their research in the EEL and work with its dynamic staff to 
develop innovative research programs and find ways to meaningfully 
engage undergraduates in active research.

All applicants should upload a cover letter, CV, and contact information 
for three references. Applicants must complete Emersons online 
application form and submit materials electronically at the links 
provided above.

Review of applications will begin November 1, 2013 and continue until 
the positions are filled.

You can also view the positions at: 
emerson.edu/jobs<http://www.emerson.edu/jobs>

Emerson College is committed to an active, intentional, and ongoing 
engagement with diversity—in people, in the curriculum, in the 
co-curriculum, and in the colleges intellectual, social, cultural, and 
geographical communities. Emerson endorses a framework of inclusive 
excellence, which recognizes that institutional excellence comes from 
fully engaging with diversity in all aspects of institutional activities.

Emerson College is the nations only four-year institution dedicated 
exclusively to majors in communication and the arts in a liberal arts 
context. It is located in the theater district in the dynamic 
multi-cultural city of Boston in close proximity to major media outlets, 
arts institutions, and research centers. The college enrolls 3,662 
undergraduate students and 830 graduate students from 75 countries and 
all 50 states.



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