[ecrea] Assistant Professor in Urban Futures and Communication at UMass Amherst

*Job Ad: Assistant Professor in Urban Futures and Communication at UMass 
Amherst*

Dear colleagues,
I’m sharing this job ad for a tenure-track position in the Department of 
Communication at Umass. For information about our department and the 
post, the link is here: https://www.umass.edu/communication/node/1787

The Department of Communication at the University of Massachusetts 
Amherst seeks a communication scholar whose research and teaching focus 
on urban communication, environmental communication, and/or civics and 
governance in 'smart cities'. We seek theoretical and methodological 
innovation in researching the constitutive role of communication and 
information infrastructures in people's experience of the built 
environment. We seek a colleague whose work complements and extends the 
traditions in the department, which include digital media and public 
participation, cultural production and social inequality, and 
postcoloniality.

Additionally, the Department is interested in candidates who have 
demonstrated ability to contribute to the inclusive excellence and 
diversity mission of the department, college and university in research, 
teaching, and/or outreach. The rank will be at the Assistant Professor 
level. The position will begin Sept. 1, 2019 and will include 
responsibilities for teaching and supervision at the undergraduate and 
graduate levels. The ability to collaborate on and eventually lead 
interdisciplinary, grant-funded projects is desirable.

Review of applications will begin on October 15, 2018 and will continue 
until the position is filled. Applications should include a letter of 
interest, a CV, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and one 
article-length example of research, and names and contact information 
for three references. All materials should be submitted through the 
online website 
<http://careers.massachusetts.edu/cw/en-us/job/494748?lApplicationSubSourceID=11182%20>.

A completed PhD in Communication or closely allied field is required by 
the start of the appointment.

The university is committed to active recruitment of a diverse faculty 
and student body. The University of Massachusetts Amherst is an 
Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer of women, minorities, 
protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities and encourages 
applications from these and other protected group members. Because broad 
diversity is essential to an inclusive climate and critical to the 
University’s goals of achieving excellence in all areas, we will 
holistically assess the many qualifications of each applicant and 
favorably consider an individual’s record working with students and 
colleagues with broadly diverse perspectives, experiences, and 
backgrounds in educational, research or other work activities. We will 
also favorably consider experience overcoming or helping others overcome 
barriers to an academic degree and career.


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