[Air-l] Faculty Position in Communication Technologies

[James Watt]

Position Open

RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
(Open Rank)

The Department of Language, Literature and Communication is seeking a 
tenured or tenure-track faculty member with outstanding scholarship in the 
one of the following areas: Technologically Mediated Group or 
Organizational Communication; Media studies, New Media and Visual 
Communication; or Organizational Information Systems.

Ability to establish or continue a program of funded research is very 
important. Additional expertise in one or more of the following is a plus: 
persuasion theory and processes; E-business, including advertising and 
public relations; film; television; cyberspace; or social and economic 
policy as it applies to communication technologies.

The successful candidate will join a faculty that is currently conducting 
state-of-the- art research in Human-Computer Interaction, digital document 
design, technologically-mediated rhetoric, composition and technical 
communication, and media studies at one of America's most wired 
technological institutions, ranked in the top 50 US universities. 
Appointment as an Associate of the new Rensselaer Social and Behavioral 
Research Laboratory is available, as is the possibility of involvement in 
the undergraduate programs in Electronic Media, Arts, and Communication or 
Web Design and Analysis.

RPI is located within an easy driving distance from New York City, Boston 
and Montreal, in the Hudson River Valley, a region of the northeast known 
for its quality of life.

We offer an excellent benefits package including health, dental, life 
insurance,retirement, tuition, etc. Visit our Web site at: www.hr.rpi.edu

Senior applications are strongly encouraged. Interested individuals should 
send an application letter, current CV, writing samples and three letters 
of recommendation to the address listed below. Review of application 
material will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

James Watt, Search Committee Chair
The Department of Language, Literature and Communication
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180
E-mail: wattj at rpi.edu
Fax: (518) 276-4092

Rensselaer is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
Women and Minorities are strongly encouraged to apply.