[ecrea] Job Opening: Assistant Professor of Practice in Visual Communication, Texas Tech University

http://www.depts.ttu.edu/comc/about/employment/asst-prof-pract-visual-comm.php


    Requisition Number 9560BR


      Position Description

The College of Media & Communication at Texas Tech University seeks a 
scholar and teacher with production and post-production skills in 
graphic design, photography, video, data visualization, and multimedia, 
with a special emphasis on science communication. This is a 
non-tenure-track, full-time position, renewable annually based on 
performance. Candidates must possess a MA, MFA or Ph.D. in a related 
field at the time of application.

This position would reside within the Communication Training Center 
(CTC) of the College of Media & Communication, and the successful 
candidate will offer regular workshops for doctoral students and faculty 
for improving graphic design, data visualizations, videos, photos, etc. 
in grant proposals and major publication manuscripts. This position 
would also offer consulting services for select major proposals and 
publication manuscripts as designated by the Vice President for Research.

The successful candidate will also teach two courses per long academic 
semester, with additional opportunities for summer teaching, within the 
College of Media & Communication. She or he will have a proven track 
record of professional accomplishment and substantial teaching 
experience in graphic design and at least one of the following areas: 
photography, videography, digital media post-production, interactive 
media, and/or web design. Preference will be given to candidates with 
backgrounds in the visual communication of scientific, medical or 
technical concepts.

Preferred qualifications include a combination of at least five years of 
combined professional/practical and post-secondary teaching experience; 
exceptional visual and interpersonal communication skills; a strong 
portfolio of professional media production work; and experience working 
across academic disciplines in a variety of communication contexts.

The CTC is an exciting new university-wide initiative designed to 
provide supplemental and advanced training in oral and visual 
communication for faculty and graduate students across the institution, 
as directed by the University’s Quality Enhancement Plan. We are looking 
for a dynamic, creative-minded individual who enjoys working with 
faculty from a broad array of disciplines, including but not limited to 
the Humanities, Education, Health Sciences, Technology, Engineering, and 
Mathematics.


      Application Procedure

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until 
the position is filled. Priority consideration will be given to those 
applications completed prior to January 15, 2017.  A complete 
description is available at http://www.depts.ttu.edu/comc/employment/. 
Apply on-line at http://careers.texastech.edu/.  You will be asked to 
provide a curriculum vitae, graduate transcripts, a list of three 
references with complete addresses and phone numbers, and a letter of 
application describing your teaching experience, creative/professional 
accomplishments, and/or research agenda.  The Requisition Number for the 
position is 9560BR.

The search committee is headed by Drs. Jerod Foster and Robert Peaslee, 
co-Chairs. Questions may be addressed to them at (jerod.w.foster /at/ ttu.edu) 
<mailto:(jerod.w.foster /at/ ttu.edu)>or (robert.peaslee /at/ ttu.edu) 
<mailto:(robert.peaslee /at/ ttu.edu)>, or by calling +1 (806) 834-2562.

The preferred start date for employment is July 16, 2017.


      About Us

The College of Media & Communication has approximately 1500 
undergraduate majors, 122 MA students and 36 Ph.D. students. It 
maintains high standards for teaching, even as its reputation as a media 
and communication research center grows. Junior faculty hires from top 
doctoral programs in recent years reflect the college’s ascendance. In 
addition to Hispanic and international communication, research strengths 
among college faculty include strategic, health, and political 
communication as well as social scientific research methods.

Texas Tech University is included among the elite group of 115 doctoral 
institutions that has received the “Highest Research Activity” 
designation in the 2015 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of 
Higher Education.


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