[ecrea] Tenure track Position Critical Internet Studies-Wilfrid Laurier University Canada

> WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY: The Department of Communication Studies 
> invites applications for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of 
> Assistant Professor, to begin July 1, 2011, and subject to budgetary approval.
>
> We are seeking a communication studies scholar whose research is in 
> critical internet studies.  The preferred candidates will have a 
> strong research record and a demonstrated record of excellence in 
> teaching, especially at the undergraduate level.  More specifically, 
> their scholarship will address critical social, cultural, and media 
> theory and will be located in at least one of the following three areas:
>
> *       The Internet, politics and the constitution of publics. 
> Specific topics of research may include hacktivism; social 
> movements; net activism; social media and political communication;
> *       Critical studies of Internet policy. Specific topics of 
> research may include governmentalities of the Internet and World 
> Wide Web; broadband and media convergence; net neutralities, 
> privacies, and intellectual properties; network protocols and device standards;
> *       Critical analysis of the "new information economy" and 
> Internet/Web centric corporations.
>
> Candidates will be expected to teach CS101 Mass Communication in 
> Canada, and two or more of the following: CS260 Communication, 
> Culture, Policy; CS322 Gender, Communication and Culture; CS333 
> Alternative Media; and will be expected to contribute to our 
> curriculum in the area of research methodologies (feminist, 
> internet, participatory action research).  Candidates will also be 
> expected to contribute to our existing undergraduate and graduate 
> programs in terms of teaching and supervision.
>
> Applicants must have a completed PhD in Communication Studies or a 
> cognate discipline by the time of the appointment. Applicants must 
> submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, sample syllabi, official 
> teaching evaluations, two samples of publications, and the names, 
> addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses of three academic 
> references to Dr. Andrew Herman, Chair, Department of Communication 
> Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Avenue West, 
> Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3C5.  Applications must be received in the 
> Communication Studies Office by MARCH 22, 2011
>
> Wilfrid Laurier University is committed to employment equity and 
> values diversity. We welcome applications from qualified women and 
> men, including persons of all genders and sexual orientations, 
> persons with disabilities, Aboriginal persons, and persons of a 
> visible minority.  All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; 
> however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
>
>
>
> Andrew Herman, Ph. D.
> Associate Professor and Chairperson
> Department of Communication Studies
> Graduate Program in Cultural Analysis and Social Theory
> Wilfrid Laurier University
> Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5
> CANADA
> 519 884-1970 x3693

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Nico Carpentier (Phd)
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University of Brussels
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