Position Open RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (Open Rank) The Department of Language, Literature and Communication is seeking a tenured or tenure-track faculty member with outstanding scholarship in the one of the following areas: Technologically Mediated Group or Organizational Communication; Media studies, New Media and Visual Communication; or Organizational Information Systems. Ability to establish or continue a program of funded research is very important. Additional expertise in one or more of the following is a plus: persuasion theory and processes; E-business, including advertising and public relations; film; television; cyberspace; or social and economic policy as it applies to communication technologies. The successful candidate will join a faculty that is currently conducting state-of-the- art research in Human-Computer Interaction, digital document design, technologically-mediated rhetoric, composition and technical communication, and media studies at one of America's most wired technological institutions, ranked in the top 50 US universities. Appointment as an Associate of the new Rensselaer Social and Behavioral Research Laboratory is available, as is the possibility of involvement in the undergraduate programs in Electronic Media, Arts, and Communication or Web Design and Analysis. RPI is located within an easy driving distance from New York City, Boston and Montreal, in the Hudson River Valley, a region of the northeast known for its quality of life. We offer an excellent benefits package including health, dental, life insurance,retirement, tuition, etc. Visit our Web site at: www.hr.rpi.edu Senior applications are strongly encouraged. Interested individuals should send an application letter, current CV, writing samples and three letters of recommendation to the address listed below. Review of application material will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. James Watt, Search Committee Chair The Department of Language, Literature and Communication Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180 E-mail: wattj@rpi.edu Fax: (518) 276-4092 Rensselaer is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer Women and Minorities are strongly encouraged to apply.