[ecrea] Assistant/Associate Prof Job, Diversity and Digital Media, Annenberg School, USC

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT


The USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalismis seeking a 
tenure track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor in the area of 
diversity and digital media. We seek faculty who will contribute to 
diversity and equal opportunity in higher education through their 
teaching, research and service. We are especially interested in work at 
the intersection of communication theory, digital media and issues of 
difference.


As communications media serve increasingly diverse and global 
constituencies, understanding of the ways in which differences in 
gender, class, race, ethnicity, national origin and other “fault lines” 
can divide us and present barriers to communication becomes even more 
critical. We seek candidates who are interested in a broad array of 
topics in the area, including barriers to adoption of digital 
technologies by underrepresented groups; media diversity and public 
policy; representation of women and minorities in the media; social 
networking and political mobilization; assistive and adaptive 
technologies for persons with disabilities; and diverse voices in 
user-generated content. Candidates should have competencies in robust 
qualitative and/or quantitative techniques for examining data from media 
sources across multiple platforms.


The successful candidate will have the opportunity to collaborate with 
the new Institute for Diversity and Empowerment at Annenberg (IDEA). 
IDEA will examine diversity in media, illuminating the complexities of 
inclusion and multiculturalism with the goal of making positive, 
long-lasting change to facilitate civic engagement and foster 
partnerships between the School of Communication and other organizations.


About the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

The USC Annenberg School was established in 1979 with a gift from US 
AmbassadorWalter

Annenberg. It was expanded to include programs in Journalism and 
Communication Arts and Sciences in 1994, and has continued to grow to 
its current size of 95 full-time faculty, 100 adjunct faculty, and 175 
staff, with the support of more than $182 million in gifts from the 
Annenberg Foundation. We have recently opened a new 85,000 square foot 
building, made possible by an additional $50 million gift from Wallis 
Annenberg. The Annenberg School has a combined undergraduate and 
graduate enrollment of 2200.


About the University of Southern California

The University of Southern California is a leading private research 
university. USC was founded in 1880 and is today home to more than 
40,000 students and nearly 3,600 full-time faculty. It is located in the 
heart of one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world.An anchor 
institution in Los Angeles, and the city's largest private employer, USC 
enrolls more international students than any other US university. USC 
has an endowment of $4 billion and substantial federal research funding, 
placing it in the top tier of US research universities.


Applicants

In order to be considered for this position, all candidates must apply 
via the USC Employee Recruitment

Services website at the following link: 
http://jobs.usc.edu/postings/36360. Submission materials should include 
a cover letter, curriculum vitae, samples of recent refereed 
publications and the names of three

references. Final candidates will be required to submit three (3) 
letters of recommendation. The cover letter should be addressed to 
School of Communication Faculty Search, attention Dorine 
Lawrence-Hughes, Annenberg School of Communication, University of 
Southern California, 3502 Watt Way, Suite 305, Los Angeles, CA 
90089-0281. Applicants may direct questions to Dorine Lawrence-Hughes:

(dllawren /at/ asc.usc.edu) or (213-740-3970). Materials submitted by regular 
mail will not be accepted.


Review of applications will commence on January 5, 2015 and continue 
until the position is filled or the search closed.


USC is an equal-opportunity educator and employer, proudly pluralistic 
and firmly committed to providing equal opportunity for outstanding 
persons of every race, gender, creed and background. The University 
particularly encourages members of underrepresented groups, veterans and 
individuals with disabilities to apply. USC will make reasonable 
accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless 
doing so would result in an undue hardship. Further information 
regarding accommodations is available by contacting (uschr /at/ usc.edu)



Sarah Banet-Weiser
Professor and Director, School of Communication
Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
American Studies and Ethnicity, Dornsife College
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Author, Authentic™: The Politics of Ambivalence in a Brand Culture



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