Hi everyone The School of Communication and Creative Arts, Deakin University is hiring a tenured full Professor of Communication to join us in 2017 and, by the end of that year, become part of the School Executive, leading the Communication Academic group. We would welcome international applications. Communication, which has around 20 academic staff, is responsible for the four B Communication courses (journalism, public relations, digital media and advertising (new course in 2018)); most of the staff in the group are from PR and Journalism; some media staff sit in the Screen and Design group. There is a strong Master of Communication as well and, of course, many doctoral students. Communication research at Deakin is ranked at world standard by the Australia Research Council (ERA 2015). Deakin as a university is in the top 2-3% internationally (depending on your ranking company of choice!) The role is a leadership one, and will involve cultural change and development, as well as ongoing personal excellence in research. We have made some quite big changes in the school recently and, as a result, there are strong opportunities to build new directions and lead significant improvement and join me and other leaders in developing the school. There is no particular kind of Communication specialisation required - the term is broadly used in Australia and might include traditional communication and media but also politics, history, sociology; a knowledge of professional public communication industries would be of interest, however, and of course internet and digital would be self-evidently important. I would be delighted if you can promote the availability of this position to your networks and, of course, to consider applying for it yourselves! The easiest link to the job is https://www.deakin.edu.au/ about-deakin/work-at-deakin/job-vacancies and let me know if you want to discuss it or suggest individuals who I can approach directly. Best to email hos-cca@deakin.edu.au PS - hello to all my old friends in AoIR - I miss you! -- Professor Matthew Allen, internet critic, researcher and educator life member AoIR <http://aoir.org> This is my independent email account and may or may not be answered swiftly. In my role as Head of School, Communication and Creative Arts, Deakin University, matthew.allen@deakin.edu.au is my personal / research email; hos-cca@deakin.edu.au is my official Head of School email.