We have four assistant professor positions open at Emerson College in the area of civic media, including positions in games, big data, digital media and culture and communication studies. Please read below and follow the link for details. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at eric_gordon@emerson.edu<mailto:eric_gordon@emerson.edu> Emerson College is pleased to announce a major faculty hiring initiative in civic media. Building on the Colleges strengths in communication and the arts and supporting the Colleges strategic initiatives in civic and global engagement, we seek to develop a distinguished faculty that addresses connections among media innovation, technologies, social networks and global citizenship. There is a need to consider how the changes brought by digital media are shaping political and social life, along with definitions of governance and citizenship. How people make and use media (whether it's a film or a tweet) to engage with the world, to make change, to be informed, or to connect across national borders, are topic areas that span the arts, sciences, humanities and social sciences. The new faculty hires in Journalism, Visual and Media Arts, Communication Studies, and the Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies will form a distinctive interdisciplinary faculty cohort that intersects with students from across the College. While faculty members will have their primary appointments within one of the four participating units, they will share teaching responsibilities with the new College-wide minor in Digital Media and Culture, and have a research affiliation with the Emerson Engagement Labs (EEL). All the new faculty hires will begin August 28, 2014. http://chronicle.com/jobs/0000795328-01/ Eric Gordon Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society Harvard University Director, Engagement Game Lab Associate Professor, Emerson College http://engagementgamelab.org (617) 824-8828