[Commlist] Tenure-Track Job Posting: California University of Pennsylvania

Our department is advertising for a tenure-stream faculty member.  This 
is a position that should be of interest to many CULTSTUD subscribers. 
 Apologies for cross posting.

*Job Title:  Tenure-Track Faculty Communication Studies *

Position Type/Salary: This is a tenure-track faculty appointment in the 
department of Communication, Design, and Culture

Rank and salary are competitive and commensurate with academic 
preparation and experience. An excellent fringe benefits package is 
included.

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*Job Summary/Basic Function: *

Our department houses a unique interdisciplinary faculty from the fields 
of Communication, Rhetoric, Art History, and Philosophy. We offer 
students both a B.A. in Communication Studies and a B.S. in Graphic 
Design.  In 2010, we undertook a decade-long (re)visioning process that 
led us to radically rethink our traditional curriculum. The new B.A. in 
Communication Studies is grounded in the development of core 
intellectual skills from the Humanities (critical reasoning, effective 
writing and speech, and a cultivated disposition toward seeing human 
language and behavior as strategic and meaningful).  Upper-division 
courses encourage student-driven projects that develop, synergistically, 
into unique pathways towards careers in a variety of fields.  All of our 
courses are crafted in such a way to require open and explicit 
conversation about the relationships between the processes of thinking, 
learning, doing, and reflecting.  We seek to produce students who are 
independent and adaptive learners, entrepreneurial thinkers, and 
advocates for the Humanities in general and Communication Studies in 
particular.

The successful applicant must be capable of and committed to teaching, 
community service and outreach, and to scholarship.  Successful 
applicant will also have experience working with diverse populations. 
Additional responsibilities include involvement with departmental, 
college-wide, and university committeesand annual & periodic program 
level assessment. Also, in accordance with the terms of the collective 
bargaining agreement between the Pennsylvania State System of Higher 
Education and APSCUF, the successful applicant might be assigned to 
perform work at off-campus sites, in the evening/weekend college and/or 
provide instruction through distance education.

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*Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities: *

While our curriculum allows for students to make connections among many 
fields of inquiry into human language and behavior, we are especially 
keen to hire someone who can enrich our current offerings to students in 
relation to message design and production. We are particularly 
interested in talking to candidates with substantial backgrounds in new 
media, digital communication, multi-platform promotions, advertising, 
and Public Relations.

In order to be a leading applicant in this search, in addition to the 
aforementioned requirements, the applicant minimally must be fluent in 
the English language, be able to communicate well, demonstrate 
outstanding potential for excellence in teaching through a successful 
interview and/or classroom demonstration and be experienced in the use 
of innovative curricular approaches that are student-centered, 
inquiry-based, and hands-on oriented.

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*Minimum of Education and Training: *

Candidates must hold a Ph.D. in Communication Studies or a terminal 
degree in a related field upon employment

Special Instructions to Applicants:   Applications accepted only online 
at https://careers.calu.edu/. Physical resumes are not accepted.

To be considered, applicants must submit the following: full curriculum 
vitae; official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended; 
letter of application highlighting the applicant’s qualifications and 
teaching interests; a statement of teaching philosophy; and the names, 
addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of three current 
references who have knowledge of the applicant’s abilities. References 
will be checked. Background clearances are required and will be 
conducted on applicants being considered.

Unofficial transcripts are acceptable for application, but official 
transcripts will be required for the finalist who if offered and accepts 
the position after on-campus interviews.

Veterans claiming preference should submit a copy of their DD214 to the 
Office of Social Equity, 250 University Avenue, Box 9, California, PA 15419.

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*Deadline for Applications: December 1^st , 2019*


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