[ecrea] MSU Seeking Professor in Health and Environmental Risk Communication or Journalism

> Michigan State University, College of Communication Arts and Sciences
> Health and Environmental Risk Communication or Journalism
> Assistant or Associate Professor
> The Department of Communication and the School of Journalism in the 
> College of Communication Arts and Sciences (CAS) at Michigan State 
> University (MSU) seek a tenure track Assistant or Associate 
> Professor of Health and Environmental Risk Communication or 
> Journalism. CAS was the first communication college in the country, 
> and MSU is the only university in the country with two top 10 
> doctoral programs in the National Research Council's rankings of the 
> field of Communication.
> The successful candidate will conduct research about risk 
> communication processes and/or environmental health 
> journalism.  Candidates could have expertise in such areas as: 
> environmental risk communication; social influence; message 
> analysis; health communication; health, science and environmental 
> journalism; international and intercultural communication of risks; 
> public participation and advocacy; risk decision-making; crisis 
> communication; networks; or policy and risks.  The successful 
> candidate would work with interdisciplinary teams to seek research 
> funding from federal agencies such as CDC, NIH, EPA, US Department 
> of Energy USDA as well as state and local agencies and private foundations.
>  This position is jointly appointed between Journalism and 
> Communication and housed in the School of Journalism. The split of 
> duties will depend on the expertise of the person hired, but the 
> person will be expected to teach courses in both units.  The 
> candidate would be expected to work with faculty in the Knight 
> Center for Environmental Journalism, the CAS Health & Risk 
> Communication Center and other units at MSU. Examples of risk 
> research may include media coverage of health and environmental 
> risk issues, message strategies, public relations implications of 
> risk or crisis incidents, public perceptions of risks and 
> decision-making around those risks, analysis of information 
> systems, and intercultural communication of risk issues. The 
> candidate should have a Ph.D. in Journalism, Communication, Mass 
> Communication, or related field. A history of funded research is desirable.
>  Send letters of application or nomination by email to the 
> attention of Professor Jim Detjen, Search Committee Chair, School 
> of Journalism; via Barb Miller 
> ((mille384 /at/ msu.edu)<mailto:(mille384 /at/ msu.edu)>); phone: (517) 353-9479. 
> Candidates should submit a statement highlighting their experience 
> and qualifications pertinent to the position, a curriculum vitae, 
> and names of three references.  Applications are due by December 
> 15, 2010. The search committee will begin its evaluation of 
> applicants immediately, and will continue until an exceptional 
> candidate is selected.
>  MSU is an affirmative-action, equal-opportunity employer. MSU is 
> committed to achieving excellence through cultural diversity. The 
> university actively encourages applications and/or nominations of 
> women, persons of color, veterans and persons with disabilities.

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