[Commlist] Job: Assistant Professor of Media Law and Technology - University of Oregon

Bryce Newell is chairing a search for a tenure-track Assistant Professor 
position in Media Law and Technology. They are looking for a new 
colleague whose research and teaching expertise lies in the use, 
adoption, and regulation of new and emerging information and 
communication technologies, such as generative artificial intelligence 
(AI), forms of immersive media (VR/AR/XR), and/or digital platforms 
(including, but not limited to, social media and/or digital games). They 
are certainly open to internet/media scholars who have also expertise in 
media law/free speech, etc.

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The University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication (SOJC) 
seeks a tenure-track faculty member at the assistant professor 
(pre-tenure) rank with research and teaching expertise in the use, 
adoption, and regulation of new and emerging information and 
communication technologies, such as generative artificial intelligence 
(AI), forms of immersive media (VR/AR/XR), and/or digital platforms 
(including, but not limited to, social media and/or digital games). A 
successful candidate will be expected to teach our required 
undergraduate course in media/communication law, as well as other 
courses in their area of specialization, including in our thriving 
Eugene-based undergraduate programs in Media Studies, Journalism, 
Advertising, and Public Relations. The candidate may also contribute to 
our professional master’s programs, including our master's program in 
Immersive Media Communication (based in Portland) and our PhD program in 
Communication and Media Studies. They will be eligible to supervise and 
mentor graduate students in the SOJC’s graduate programs and 
undergraduate students in the SOJC Honors Program.

We seek an outstanding scholar and educator whose research and teaching 
are focused on some or all the following areas:

1) How the law regulates new and emerging information and communication 
technologies including, but not limited to, generative AI, immersive 
media (XR/VR/AR), and/or digital platforms;
2) How these technologies regulate human behavior;
3) How the use, adoption, and regulation of these technologies can be 
informed by diverse approaches to human values, ethics, and critical 
approaches to technology, data, media, and/or information; and
4) Related issues of media and technology law, including free speech and 
the First Amendment, privacy, surveillance, and/or platform regulation.

The full add is here: 
https://careers.uoregon.edu/en-us/job/533945/assistant-professor-of-law-and-technology

Questions can be directed to Bryce Newell, Search Chair, at 
bcnewell[at]uoregon[dot].edu

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