UMass Amherst: Associate/Full Professor of Race, Media, and Communication
Hi all, Excited to share this job ad for Associate/Full Professor of Race, Media, and Communication <https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37294639/associate-full-professor-of-race-media-and-communication/> in the Department of Communication at UMass Amherst. I’m one of the search committee members, so please feel free to reach out if you have any questions! See details below. All the best, Burcu *Job Description* The Department of Communication at the University of Massachusetts Amherst seeks to build on our 50-year tradition of critical and community-engaged media and communication research with this hire in the area of race, media, and communication studies. We are looking for an Associate / Full Professor with a record of intellectual leadership and engaged scholarship examining the politics of race in media and communication, communication and racial justice, and/or race and representation in popular culture. We seek a colleague who can advance our department's mission to center issues of racial justice in communication research, collaborate with our diverse and international faculty and students, and extend our core strengths in critical cultural studies and media and communication studies. The Department of Communication is one of the most internationally diverse faculty in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Of particular interest are candidates who draw from critical bodies of theory and epistemologies of Black, Latino/a/x, Asian, Indigenous, and Ethnic Studies when studying media, communication, and racial politics in the United States. We also welcome candidates who draw from intersectional perspectives of feminist, queer, and postcolonial theory and those who study racial politics in a transnational perspective. We are open to diverse methodological approaches and community-engaged scholarship. Particular areas of expertise may include (but are not limited to) the following: · Race and representation in film, television, and social media · Systemic racism in media, creative, and tech industries · Racial equity and critical data studies · Racial justice narratives, digital activism, and strategic communication of social movements · Black digital cultures, creativity, and media-making · Queer and transgender politics of race · Race and Blackness in performance studies · Race and racial discrimination in health communication · Mediated solidarities, joy, and conflicts between/among communities of color · Racially targeted disinformation, hate, and digital harms · Race and mediated communication in geopolitics · Postcolonial and decolonial studies, and transnational and diasporic media · Critical approaches to diversity, equity, and inclusion in media and communication studies *Requirements* The candidate is expected to have a Ph.D. in Communication or related fields. This is a mid-career or senior-level position, and the candidate will be reviewed for tenure during their first year of appointment. They are expected to have at least 5 years of experience in a tenure-track professorship post in Communication or related fields, with a record of excellence in research, teaching, and outreach. A successful record of leadership in grant-funded projects is desirable. *Additional information* The position will begin on Sept. 1, 2023. Applicant instructions Candidates should submit the following materials: 1. Cover letter addressed to Dr. Jonathan Corpus Ong, Chair of the Search Committee, Department of Communication, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 2. CV. 3. Three writing samples. 4. Evidence of teaching effectiveness. 5. Names and contact information of three academic references. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to write a tailor-fit statement about their experiences with and expectations from university diversity and inclusion initiatives and submit this to the Chair prior to the campus visit. Shortlisted candidates will also be asked to provide materials that demonstrate the candidate's eligibility and qualifications to show they meet the criteria and the standards for tenure at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. https://www.umass.edu/provost/resources/all- resources/academic-personnel/policy-and-labor-contracts/academic-personnel-policy-red The review of applications will begin on October 20, 2022, and will continue until the position is filled. For inquiries about the post and the application process, contact Search Committee Chair Dr. Jonathan Corpus Ong at jcong@umass.edu.
Third International Conference on Digital Data Processing University of Bedfordshire Luton. UK December 07-09, 2022 www.socio.org.uk/ddp (Papers should follow IEEE template) Data grows voluminously and exponentially with heterogeneity and complexity. A single organization or industry processes more than few million transactions hourly and stores several petabytes of data. We live in a world of tremendous pressure to analyze and process data more efficiently where the Data analytics are able to reflect hidden patterns, incomprehensible relationships, intrinsic information relations, and segmentation. The data applications have introduced cutting-edge possibilities in every activity in our life. Thus, the study of data and its underlying structure, dynamics of data relations, and newer data technologies are a never-ending process. The literature and research on data management are enormous, still, they sufficiently do not solve the data processing requirements. Currently, the use of technology and interrelations among information pieces generate gargantuan amounts of data. Many studies tend to develop models and systems to analyse the voluminous datasets. Analysing the impact of data leads to application domains on various decisions that have a systematic influence. Knowledge generated from the data analysis can enable the production of critical information for several domains. Hence this conference reviews and discusses, the recent trends, opportunities, and pitfalls of data management and how it has impacted organizations to create successful business and technology strategies and remain updated in data technology. This conference also highlights the current open research directions of data analytics that requires further consideration/ The proposed conference will discuss the topics not limited to Data applications in various domains and activities Data in cloud Real-world data processing Data inaccuracy and reliability issues Data ecosystem Business analytics New data analytics techniques Physical and management challenges Privacy and Security Crowdsourcing and Sensing Data modeling Deep learning techniques Data fusion Descriptive analytic, Diagnostic analytics, Predictive Analytics, and Prescriptive analytics Machine learning Network optimization Data in Biomedical engineering Data in Materials science and mechanics Data handling and applications in domains Wireless Networking Data Management Data of Electronic & Embedded Systems Multi-media Systems Data Artificial intelligence Models and Systems Data E-Computing Data Renewable Energies Data Publications DDP is technically supported by IEEE CPS. The DDP papers will be submitted for publication and indexing in IEEE Xplore. Besides, modified versions of the papers will appear in the following journals. 1. Journal on Data Semantics 2. Technologies 3. Data Technologies and Applications 4. Webology 5. Journal of Digital Information Management 6. International Journal of Computational Linguistics 7. Journal of Optimization 8. International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies Important Dates Full Paper Submission: October 01, 2022 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: November 01, 2022 Registration Due: November 25, 2022 Camera Ready Due: December 01-09, 2022 Workshops/Tutorials/Demos: December 08-09, 2022 Main conference December 07-09, 2022 Keynote Speakers Eleni (Helen) Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Maria Fasli, University of Essex, UK Program Committee General Chair Ezendu Ariwa, Chair UK& RI IEEE TEMS, UK Program Chairs Ramiro Smano Robles, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto Rua, Portugal Simon Fong, University of Macau, Macau - Program Co-Chairs Ricardo Rodriguez Jorge, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico - Dion Goh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Publicity Chair Mohsin Beniysa, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Morocco Paper Submission: http://socio.org.uk/ddp/paper-submission/ Contact: ddp@socio.org.uk ________________________________ From: Air-L <air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Burcu Baykurt via Air-L <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Sent: 15 August 2022 19:02 To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] UMass Amherst: Associate/Full Professor of Race, Media, and Communication Hi all, Excited to share this job ad for Associate/Full Professor of Race, Media, and Communication <https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37294639/associate-full-professor-of-race-media-and-communication/> in the Department of Communication at UMass Amherst. I’m one of the search committee members, so please feel free to reach out if you have any questions! See details below. All the best, Burcu *Job Description* The Department of Communication at the University of Massachusetts Amherst seeks to build on our 50-year tradition of critical and community-engaged media and communication research with this hire in the area of race, media, and communication studies. We are looking for an Associate / Full Professor with a record of intellectual leadership and engaged scholarship examining the politics of race in media and communication, communication and racial justice, and/or race and representation in popular culture. We seek a colleague who can advance our department's mission to center issues of racial justice in communication research, collaborate with our diverse and international faculty and students, and extend our core strengths in critical cultural studies and media and communication studies. The Department of Communication is one of the most internationally diverse faculty in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Of particular interest are candidates who draw from critical bodies of theory and epistemologies of Black, Latino/a/x, Asian, Indigenous, and Ethnic Studies when studying media, communication, and racial politics in the United States. We also welcome candidates who draw from intersectional perspectives of feminist, queer, and postcolonial theory and those who study racial politics in a transnational perspective. We are open to diverse methodological approaches and community-engaged scholarship. Particular areas of expertise may include (but are not limited to) the following: · Race and representation in film, television, and social media · Systemic racism in media, creative, and tech industries · Racial equity and critical data studies · Racial justice narratives, digital activism, and strategic communication of social movements · Black digital cultures, creativity, and media-making · Queer and transgender politics of race · Race and Blackness in performance studies · Race and racial discrimination in health communication · Mediated solidarities, joy, and conflicts between/among communities of color · Racially targeted disinformation, hate, and digital harms · Race and mediated communication in geopolitics · Postcolonial and decolonial studies, and transnational and diasporic media · Critical approaches to diversity, equity, and inclusion in media and communication studies *Requirements* The candidate is expected to have a Ph.D. in Communication or related fields. This is a mid-career or senior-level position, and the candidate will be reviewed for tenure during their first year of appointment. They are expected to have at least 5 years of experience in a tenure-track professorship post in Communication or related fields, with a record of excellence in research, teaching, and outreach. A successful record of leadership in grant-funded projects is desirable. *Additional information* The position will begin on Sept. 1, 2023. Applicant instructions Candidates should submit the following materials: 1. Cover letter addressed to Dr. Jonathan Corpus Ong, Chair of the Search Committee, Department of Communication, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 2. CV. 3. Three writing samples. 4. Evidence of teaching effectiveness. 5. Names and contact information of three academic references. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to write a tailor-fit statement about their experiences with and expectations from university diversity and inclusion initiatives and submit this to the Chair prior to the campus visit. Shortlisted candidates will also be asked to provide materials that demonstrate the candidate's eligibility and qualifications to show they meet the criteria and the standards for tenure at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. https://www.umass.edu/provost/resources/all- resources/academic-personnel/policy-and-labor-contracts/academic-personnel-policy-red The review of applications will begin on October 20, 2022, and will continue until the position is filled. For inquiries about the post and the application process, contact Search Committee Chair Dr. Jonathan Corpus Ong at jcong@umass.edu. _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/
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