[Air-l] Three internet/media vacancies, Indiana

[Charlie Breindahl]

Three Tenure-Line Faculty Positions in Telecommunications
Indiana University, Bloomington

The Department of Telecommunications seeks three additional tenure-line faculty.  One of the hires may be at the associate or full level.  Candidates should hold the Ph.D., M.F.A. or other appropriate terminal degree, and present a promising program of (1) scholarly research using social scientific, legal, or historical methods related to electronic media/communications, or (2) creative activity in interactive new media. They also must be able to teach effectively in one or more of our undergraduate or graduate areas of concentration. On the undergraduate level, these are Media and Society, Design and Production, and Industry and Management. On the graduate level, these are Processes and Effects, Law and Policy, Management, and Interactive New Media Design.
  
In light of the department’s current needs, we especially seek individuals with teaching and research or creative interests in the following areas:

*	Electronic media / telecommunications law and policy.  Scholars with expertise in Internet law and policy (and related areas) or in global/international telecommunications law and policy are encouraged to apply.  Candidates for this position may have a background in legal/historical research, economics, political science, or other appropriate disciplines.      
*	Management of media enterprises.  The department is especially interested in scholars of traditional or new media, with a background in management, organizational communication, economics, or any other appropriate discipline.  We seek applicants who can teach such courses as telecommunications management, media entertainment/programming, broadband and web economics, and/or media advertising/marketing/e-commerce.  The ideal candidate will strengthen our media management curriculum, especially at the master's level.            
*	Computer game design and interactive storytelling.  Candidates for this position will have interests in interactive entertainment design and with demonstrated competence in linear script-writing for television and/or non-linear script-writing for interactive storytelling and game design; interactive sound and music; 3D modeling for character animation and level design, or networked game programming.  Applicants must be able to teach effectively in the department’s Design and Production undergraduate area as well as in its Interactive New Media Design graduate area of concentration (MIME).

Beyond this, our overriding objective is to attract the best applicants in the field. We encourage qualified applicants who would contribute to any of the graduate or undergraduate areas of concentration indicated above. 

The department offers a B.A. in Telecommunications as well as M.A., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. It features a special program on the graduate level in new media (MIME) and a joint M.S./J.D. degree with the IU School of Law.  It also offers an undergraduate Certificate in New Media and Interactive Storytelling.

Applicants should submit 1) a cover letter summarizing their qualifications for the position, 2) a current vita, 3) selected publications or a portfolio documenting recent creative work, including recent student work if relevant and 4) evidence of effective teaching. Three letters of recommendation should be submitted directly by recommenders.

Direct questions and application materials to Professor Walter Gantz, Chair, Department of Telecommunications, Radio-TV Center, Indiana University, 1229 East Seventh Street, Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5501. Professor Gantz can be reached by phone at (812) 855-1621, fax at (812) 855-7955, or via e-mail at gantz at indiana.edu.  

Those interested in the position are invited to learn more about our faculty and programs by visiting the department’s Web site at http://www.indiana.edu/~telecom/.

Openings begin August 16, 2004. Review of applications will begin November 19, 2003 and will continue until the positions are filled.  Indiana University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We strongly encourage applications from women and minority candidates as well as from two-career couples.