[ecrea] Job Opening: Assistant Professor of Hispanic Media - Texas Tech University

Assistant Professor in Hispanic Media


SUMMARY:

The College of Media & Communication at Texas Tech University seeks a 
tenure-track

Assistant Professor in Hispanic Media. The position is affiliated with 
the Thomas Jay

Harris Institute for Hispanic and International Communication. This 
position may be hired

in any of the college’s four departments—advertising, communication 
studies, public

relations or journalism & electronic media. We seek an energetic scholar 
who will support the

Institute, mentor graduate students, and assist in managing Institute 
initiatives, including

the International Journal of Hispanic Media 
(www.internationalhispanicmedia.org).

Appointment begins September 1, 2018 with faculty on duty August 22, 2018.


REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Applicants must have a completed Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree by 
August 2018 in a

media-related discipline, an established record of academic publication 
related to Hispanic

media, and college-level teaching experience as instructor of record.


PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Applicants with experience in teaching courses related to Hispanic 
media, experience in the

media industry and/or community development, and background in academic 
publishing.

The ability to review manuscripts in fluent Spanish is a plus.


TEACHING, RESEARCH AND SERVICE:

Instructional duties would comprise 30% of this position’s overall 
assignment, equating to a

teaching load of four courses (2-2) per nine-month academic year, with 
the opportunity to

teach additional courses during summer or intersessions for additional 
compensation.

Teaching will include bilingual classes. Research would count for 40% of 
the assignment; the

appointee will be expected to actively seek external research funding 
individually or in

conjunction with other faculty. The remaining 30% of the position would 
include service

duties assisting with program building, as well as diversity-related 
initiatives within the

college. Moderate service to the department, college, and university is 
expected.


ABOUT THE INSTITUTE:

The Thomas Jay Harris Institute for Hispanic and International Communication

(comc.ttu.edu/research/hihic) aims to improve public understanding of 
Hispanic-oriented

and international communication through its teaching, research and 
community engagement

activities. It is the only such academic unit in Texas that is linked 
with a Ph.D. program.

Launched in 2006, the Institute received a generous gift from the estate 
of Thomas Jay

Harris in 2013. It occupied a renovated office suite in 2016. 
Institute-affiliated faculty and

students collaborate on research and outreach projects. As noted, the 
Institute publishes the

International Journal of Hispanic Media.


COLLEGE OF MEDIA & COMMUNICATION:

The College of Media & Communication serves approximately 1,600 
undergraduate majors,

235 MA students in three programs, and 35 Ph.D. students. It maintains 
high standards for

teaching, even as its reputation as a media research center 
expands.junior faculty hires

from top doctoral programs in recent years reflect this ascendance. In 
addition to Hispanic

and international communication, research strengths among college 
faculty include strategic,

science, health, and political communication as well as social 
scientific research methods.

The College’s Center for Communication Research offers state-of-the-art 
facilities for

studying audience responses to media messages 
(www.depts.ttu.edu/comc/research/ccr/),

and the Communication Training Center trains instructors, faculty and 
graduate students to

enhance oral and visual communication skills (www.depts.ttu.edu/ctc).


TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY:

Texas Tech University is a public national research university with an 
enrollment of over

35,000. It offers over 100 undergraduate majors and more than 100 
masters and 50 doctoral

degree programs. Texas Tech is the largest comprehensive higher 
education institution in the

western two-thirds of Texas and is the state’s only campus with an 
adjoining research

university, law school, and medical school. Texas Tech students come 
from almost every

county in Texas, all 50 states and more than 100 different countries. 
Significant to the Harris

Institute’s mission, the university has exceeded 25% Hispanic 
enrollment, qualifying it for

Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) status, and Texas Tech’s current 
Quality Enhancement

Plan is "Bear Our Banners Far and Wide: Communication in a Global Society."

(www.depts.ttu.edu/globalcommunications). Texas Tech University is 
recognized as a

Carnegie Tier 1 Research University. The university is located in 
Lubbock, Texas, a vibrant

city of 249,000.


APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

Review of applications will begin on October 15, 2017 and will continue 
until the

position is filled. Applicants should apply on line at 
www.texastech.edu/careers,

referencing the Requisition Number 11317BR. They will be asked to 
provide a letter of

application describing their research interests, teaching experience, 
and professional

experiences, a current curriculum vita, graduate transcripts, and a list 
of three references

with names, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers. The search 
committee chair is

Dr. Kent Wilkinson, Thomas Jay Harris Professor of Hispanic and 
International

Communication. Questions may be addressed to him at (kent.wilkinson /at/ ttu.edu)
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