Dear Dr. Matthew Allen, I am writing to you regarding the Internet Studies fellowship at Curtin and would like to consult with you concerning one particular aspect of the application criteria. Before that, however, please accept my thanks for offering to advise potential applicants. I will be finishing my dissertation in December at Florida State University, Department of Communication and was wondering whether my ABD status at the time of application for the fellowship would spoil all my chances of consideration. My major area of interest is in Internet studies, particularly rhetorical investigations of virtual communities. The dissertation itself is a case study of an "imagined community" that is constituted rhetorically via an online health-related magazine. A paper that I wrote on civic journalism and virtual communities won a Top Four Paper award at the National Communication Association, the Human Communication and Technology Division, last year. I'm considering Australia upon graduation as a potential job market and as a matter of fact have been looking at Curtin's Internet Studies program earlier this summer. If you'd like more information about my work and background I'd be glad to honor any additional questions that you may have. I look forward to hearing from you at your convenience and wish you a great time in Sussex. Sincerely, Mihaela Nocasian Ph. D. Candidate Department of Communication Florida State University On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:02:30 +0800 Matthew Allen wrote:

Dear all

Curtin is seeking to appoint up to 10 postdoctoral fellows at Lecturer level (3 year + 2 additional years, with possible confirmation at Senior Lecturer after), commencing in 2005. The application process and details are outlined at http://research.curtin.edu.au/grants/fellowships.html. Overseas applications are especially encouraged

These are prestigious research-only positions that provide an opportunity for dedicated research, with some supervision, followed by a possible move to a continuing research+teaching position.

I am seeking to promote applications for these positions in the broad fields of Internet Studies, interactive digital media and would welcome receiving an expression of interest from potential applicants so as to assist you in finalising your application. I am also able to advise on the range of other staff with whom you might be working in cognate areas such as multimedia, art, education and so on.

The closing date is October 15; do please contact me as soon as possible. I am briefly out of regular email contact (at AoIR conference in Sussex) but will get back to you as soon as I can.

please feel free to on-post this announcement.

Matthew

Dr Matthew Allen Associate Professor Internet Studies Associate Dean Teaching and Learning, Humanities Curtin University of Technology, CRICOS 00301J Australia m.allen@curtin.edu.au http://smi.curtin.edu.au/netstudies/allen.htm +61 8 92663511 (v) +61 8 9266 3166 (f) Vice-President, Association of Internet Researchers http://www.aoir.org

Dr Matthew Allen Associate Professor Internet Studies Associate Dean Teaching and Learning, Humanities Curtin University of Technology, CRICOS 00301J Australia m.allen@curtin.edu.au http://smi.curtin.edu.au/netstudies/allen.htm +61 8 92663511 (v) +61 8 9266 3166 (f) Vice-President, Association of Internet Researchers http://www.aoir.org _______________________________________________ Air-l-aoir.org mailing list Air-l-aoir.org@listserv.aoir.org http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org

Mihaela V. Nocasian Instructor Dept. of Communication Florida State University Tel. 645-4876 Fax: 850.644.8642