[Commlist] Job Posting: Assistant Professor of Media Studies (Tenure-Track), Seton Hall University

The College of Communication and the Arts at Seton Hall University 
invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of 
Assistant Professor. The candidate will teach and develop courses in 
media studies, with an emphasis on sports media and diversity. We are 
particularly interested in candidates whose scholarship engages feminist 
media studies and critical race studies.

* Duties and Responsibilities: *

The College of Communication and the Arts at Seton Hall University 
invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of 
Assistant Professor, anticipated to commence as a 9-month appointment 
with the Fall 2022 semester (August 2022). We seek a scholar who will 
contribute to curricular innovation related to media studies and sports 
media, while serving as a leader across the areas of research, teaching, 
and service.

The appointed candidate will be part of the College’s Department of 
Communication and the Arts, and collaborate with the Visual and Sound 
Media academic program and the newly announced co-curricular Center for 
Sports Media. The successful candidate will have an active, 
interdisciplinary, research agenda whose scholarship engages media, 
sports media, and critical race studies or media and feminist, gender, 
and sexuality studies. The committee invites a range of 
humanistic/critical approaches to the study of film, radio and audio 
media, social media, television, transmedia, video games, and/or other 
forms of digital media.

In addition, successful candidates will be expected to contribute to the 
existing Media Studies and Sports Media academic concentrations within 
the Visual and Sound Media program, including associated minors of study 
and potential expansions of concentrations to a standalone major and/or 
graduate studies. Accordingly, candidates are expected to articulate how 
their scholarship, research interests, and/or teaching intersect with 
sports media.

Competitive candidates should have experience teaching in multiple 
modalities (e.g. in-person, online, and hybrid), while both teaching 
media studies courses within that program and creating media studies 
courses in their area of expertise.

The candidate will be expected to actively participate in program-, 
College-, University-, and community-level service, as appropriate and 
under the mentorship of the Department Chair.

* Required Qualifications: *

- Ph.D. in Media Studies or a related field, with an earned doctoral 
degree no later than August 2022;
- Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion; and
- Evidence that the candidate will be able to develop a successful 
publication record commensurate with tenure at an R2 Carnegie classified 
institution.

* Desired Qualifications: *

- Successful postsecondary teaching experience; and
- Experience with course and curriculum development.

* Instructions to Applicants: *

Applications should include a cover letter; curriculum vitae; teaching 
philosophy; writing sample; the names and contact information for three 
letters of reference; evidence of excellent teaching; and transcript(s) 
indicating receipt of all degrees.

Review of applications begins immediately. All candidates who submit 
completed applications by the end of Monday, January 31, 2022 will be 
given full consideration.

Inquiries and questions about the position may be directed to search 
committee chair, Dr. Jonathan Kraszewski (kraszejo /at/ shu.edu)

For further information on the position, required application materials, 
and how to apply, please visit: 
https://jobs.shu.edu/cw/en-us/job/494960/assistant-professor-of-media-studies-tenure-track 
<https://jobs.shu.edu/cw/en-us/job/494960/assistant-professor-of-media-studies-tenure-track>


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