[ecrea] Faculty Opening - University of Michigan | Department of Communication Studies

The University of Michigan
Department of Communication Studies

Faculty Opening Beginning Fall 2015
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies

The University of Michigan, Department of Communication Studies seeks 
applicants for a tenure track assistant professor position in Political 
Communication.  Our expanding department emphasizes the 
interdisciplinary study of the mass media and new media. We seek 
scholars to complement current faculty interests and strengths. 
Anticipated starting date is September 1, 2015; this is a 
university-year appointment.

We seek a quantitative social scientist who studies the societal and 
individual effects of traditional and/or emerging media and whose 
methods include experiments, surveys, quantitative content analysis or 
other social science techniques.  Areas of particular interest are the 
effects of media on politics and public policy or on political 
attitudes; the news media and politics; public opinion and civic 
engagement; the interplay between polls, politicians and the media; new 
political and policy regimes resulting from digital technologies; the 
effects of partisan media; media priming and framing; processes leading 
to patterns of political communication, as well as the effects of these 
processes; the media and political socialization; political advertising; 
the effects of political communication on attitudes towards race, gender 
and class; media and voter behavior; and new media and political behavior.

Completed Ph.D. by September 2015 expected.  All applicants must upload 
a cover letter, vita, statement of current and future research plans, 
statement of teaching philosophy and experience, evidence of teaching 
excellence, a writing sample, and three letters of recommendation. All 
application materials must be submitted electronically to 
http://tinyurl.com/oa3399x. For full consideration, complete 
applications must be submitted by December 8, 2014.

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action 
employer.  Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.  The University 
is supportive of the needs of dual career couples.


Communication Studies
5372 North Quad
105 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI  48109-1285
Direct: 734-764-0423 <tel:734-764-0423>

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