The University of California, San Diego, Department of Communication is seeking to fill several full-time, tenure-track positions at the Assistant Professor level, beginning Fall 2002:
Production The practice and theory of production. The department seeks Ph.D. or M.F.A. degree holders who can provide an imaginative blend of creative work and research in new or traditional media. The department's needs are weighted toward documentary video, non-linear editing, and non-fiction multimedia design, but innovative work in radio, web design, or other media will be considered. Send sample(s) of creative work (on VHS tape) and evidence of research and/or critical writing skills to the attention of Professor Ellen Seiter.
Communication as a Social Force The political economy or institutional analysis of communication. Special areas of interest include cultural industries, globalization, comparative media systems, law and policy, new information technologies (including digital divide and access issues), and research on the intersection between the political economy of communication and race, gender and/or nationalism. Send materials to the attention of Professor Dan Hallin.
California Cultures Race, ethnicity and communication. Part of a new, interdisciplinary cluster hire in the social sciences and humanities addressing race and ethnicity in California. Applicants should have research interests that speak to communication and questions of racial and ethnic formations primarily, but not exclusively, in California. Areas of particular interest are open. Possibilities could include: immigration, changing media markets, and new forms of representation; the role of communication media in forming ideas about social identity; border culture; patterns of access to and use of information technology; communication and California's multicultural classrooms; communication networks and patterns of migration and settlement; the articulation of race and ethnicity through music, television, film, video, or other media productions. Send materials to the attention of Professor Vicente Rafael.
Salaries are in strict accordance with UC pay scales. If non-citizen, state immigration status. UCSD is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to excellence through diversity. Applicants are invited to preview campus diversity resources and programs at the campus website for Diversity (http://diversity.ucsd.edu/).
To assist applicants who may have concerns regarding employment opportunities for spouses/partners, please consider the UCSD website for the Academic Job Opportunities Bulletin, the Staff Employment Opportunity Bulletin or our links to employment opportunities at other education and research institutions in San Diego.
Send vita, statement of research and teaching interests, and names, addresses, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers of three references supporting the applicant's teaching qualifications by November 16, 2001, however, we will review applications until the positions are filled.
http://communication.ucsd.edu/
Please send materials to:
Recruitment Committee Department of Communication (0503), Univ. Calif. San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla CA 92093-0503.