[Commlist] job announcement from University of Texas at Austin, School of Journalism (soon to be 'Journalism and Media')

        Description

The School of Journalism at the University of Texas seeks a faculty 
member for a new position in Fall 2020.  This is an open rank post for 
an individual to be hired as an Assistant tenure-track professor or an 
Associate or Full Professor.  The School, which offers a B.J., M.A., and 
Ph.D., is housed in the Belo Center for New Media. It is part of the 
top-ranked Moody College of Communication, which includes the Stan 
Richards School of Advertising & Public Relations and the Departments of 
Radio-Television-Film, Communication Studies, and Communication Science 
and Disorders. This  position is one in a four-person cluster hiring 
initiative focused on global media, disinformation and the Internet.  
The successful candidate will have expertise in the ways that new global 
media, including Internet-based platforms, create or enhance social and 
political vulnerabilities, strategies for remedying problems associated 
with disinformation worldwide, and how the connected world responds.

School of Journalism: https://journalism.utexas.edu/

Moody College of Communication: http://moody.utexas.edu/


        Qualifications

Candidates should have teaching and research interests in the following 
areas:  Transnational or global media systems, communication flows, and 
the evolving information setting plus at least one of the following:  
(1) AI-driven media flows and circulation within the platform 
environment; (2) user or audience processes involved in using online 
information; (3) infrastructural developments (hardware and software,  
technologies, physical networks, etc.) among media industries that bear 
on matters of trust, choice, control and democracy; (4) national and 
regional Internet and information policies and regulation bearing on 
disinformation systems.   Candidates must have a Ph.D. with a promising 
program of research and publication, a commitment to teaching, and 
interest in mentoring graduate students and undertaking collaborative 
research. We will consider a range of disciplinary, theoretical and 
methodological expertise.


        Application Instructions

Interested applicants should submit a letter of interest, current 
curriculum vitae, a teaching statement, and the names of three 
individuals to contact for references. Confidential letters of 
recommendation will be requested of finalists.

Screening of applicants will begin immediately and will continue until 
November 15. Applications must be made via Interfolio's ByCommittee 
solution. If you do not have a Dossier account with Interfolio, you will 
be prompted to create one prior to applying for the position.  If you 
have questions about using Interfolio, please email (help /at/ interfolio.com) 
<mailto:(help /at/ interfolio.com)> or call (877) 997-8807.

Questions can be directed to the chair of the search committee, 
Professor Sharon Strover at (Sharon.strover /at/ austin.utexas.edu) 
<mailto:(Sharon.strover /at/ austin.utexas.edu)>.

About the Cluster Position:  The successful candidate for this position 
will be joining the UT Austin faculty as part of the Cluster and 
Interdisciplinary Hiring Initiative 
<https://provost.utexas.edu/cluster-and-interdisciplinary-hiring-initiative>. 
This initiative is designed to supplement departmentally-based hiring 
practices and norms and extend collaborative research and scholarship. 
This new initiative is authorizing up to 40 new faculty hires whose 
interdisciplinary areas of knowledge cross the boundaries of existing 
academic departments. The selected candidate will be expected to 
actively participate as a core member of The Global Internet, Media and 
(Dis)Information Initiative. Contributions to the cluster will be an 
important facet of the faculty member’s annual performance evaluations 
and consideration for promotion/tenure.  Other hires for this cluster 
are in process with the School of Information and the Department of 
Middle East Studies and the Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies.

The School of Journalism and the Moody College of Communication are 
committed to achieving diversity in its faculty, students, and 
curricula, and we welcome applicants who can help achieve these 
objectives. The University of Texas at Austin is a tobacco-free campus; 
for more information visit http://www.utexas.edu/tobaccofree/

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