Dear list members, My university is starting an interactive media master's program, and several positions are open. Applications should be sent to imedia@elon.edu The School of Communications at Elon University (located in North Carolina in the US) is expanding its faculty again. In connection with starting an M.A. in Interactive Media degree in 2009, the school is beginning a search for at least four new faculty members to join our current 36 full-time professors. The school invites applications for assistant or associate professors. Tenure-track positions require completion of a Ph.D. or MFA and professional experience. Lecturer positions are available for those with an M.A. and significant professional experience. New faculty will teach a combination of graduate courses in interactive media and undergraduate courses in their professional specialties in journalism, strategic communications, broadcast and new media, or cinema. The ideal candidate will have an interactive media background as well as a solid theoretical foundation in interactive design/strategies. Professional experience should include strong scripting and authoring skills and a working understanding of today¹s professional digital media toolset (Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut Pro Studio, etc.). While not essential, skills in 3D modeling/animating, motion graphics design and writing for interactive media, as well as expertise in game theory, add value to a candidate¹s application. Additionally, candidates should present examples of their work in the form of an interactive portfolio (either online or CD), annotated to identify clearly the candidate¹s contribution in each sample. The new M.A. in Interactive Media will be an intensive one-year, full-time program for about 36 graduate students a year. A special Winter Term course features a domestic or international ³fly-in² component to gather content, followed by creation of a team project that serves the public good. Required courses in the program include Theory and Audience Analysis, Interactive Writing and Design, Producing Interactive Media, Interactive Media Strategies, Contemporary Media Issues, and Interactive Media Capstone Project, with electives such as Intellectual Property Law, Citizen and Participatory News, Virtual Environments, Public Opinion through New Media, Visual Aesthetics, and Interactive Media Management and Economics. The nationally accredited School of Communications attracts almost 20 percent of the Elon student body, with an average SAT at the 80th percentile nationally. The national accrediting team praised the school¹s intellectual contributions to the discipline and the school¹s facilities and technology for student use, which includes five multimedia labs, two television studios, suites dedicated to video and audio editing, and a fleet of digital cameras. The school is known for having one of the best facilities for communications learning in the nation. Elon is a private university of 5,000 students in the heart of North Carolina. Students come from 46 states and 45 nations. Newsweek named Elon the nation¹s hottest college for engaged learning. U.S. News World Report named Elon the top ³Up-and-Coming² school in a listing of colleges and universities that have made ³striking improvements or innovations­schools everyone should be watching² and ranks Elon No. 2 among 119 Southern master¹s-level university. U.S. News also lists Elon¹s academic programs in seven of the eight categories in this year¹s ³Programs to Look For² feature. To apply, send an application letter, CV (including examples of your work in the form of an interactive portfolio available online or by DVD) and list of references to iMedia@elon.edu. Review of applications begins immediately and continues until the positions are filled. To learn more about the School of Communications, visit www.elon.edu/communications. Elon University complies with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Federal law requires proper identification of identity and employability prior to final consideration for this position. Credentials will be verified. To learn more about Elon¹s School of Communications, please visit www.elon.edu/communications -- Janna Quitney Anderson Associate Professor of Communications Director of Internet Projects School of Communications Elon University andersj@elon.edu (336) 278-5733 (o)