[Air-L] TENURE-TRACK POSITION IN COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY @ RUTGERS UNIVERSITY

[Craig Scott]

TENURE-TRACK POSITION(S) IN COMMUNICATION 

AT THE ASSISTANT, ASSOCIATE, OR FULL PROFESSOR RANK

 

THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION in the School of Communication and
Information at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, seeks
applications from scholars who value a climate of cross-departmental
collaboration and interdisciplinary commitment to the development of
discoveries and new ideas in response to contemporary communication
challenges. We are looking for innovative researchers in one or more of the
following areas:  

 

(1) Communication and Technology: emphasizing the use and impacts of
communication technology-including, but not limited to, social media-in
health, interpersonal, organizational, and/or community contexts; 

(2) Communication and Community Health: examining communication processes
and structures that enhance community health-with a focus on such topics as
community mobilization, health organizations, community health decision
making, underserved populations, health literacy, health policy, and/or
crisis communication; and/or 

(3) Interpersonal Communication Processes in Health Contexts: exploring
interpersonal communication and social interaction in health contexts-with
expertise in such areas as provider-patient interaction, family/relational
wellness, health barriers, social support, health practitioner training,
and/or end of life decision making.

 

The scholarship of successful candidates will connect to one or more of the
four problem-based research foci that have guided our school's hiring in
recent years: health and wellness; global media and democracy;
organizations, policy, and leadership; and social media interaction &
collaboration. We especially seek candidates from under-represented groups
who would further our commitment to scholarly excellence and community
diversity.  For more about the Department of Communication and the
Rutgers-School of Communication and Information, including school-wide
research interests and active faculty searches in the school's Journalism
and Media Studies and Library and Information Science departments, see:
<http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/> http://comminfo.rutgers.edu.

 

Qualifications: The ideal candidate will conduct theoretically-based
research using qualitative and/or quantitative social scientific methods.
All candidates should have completed a Ph.D. in a relevant field no later
than May 2013.   The ideal applicant's program of research should complement
the research foci of current faculty.  Applicants should have a demonstrated
record or strong likelihood of top-tier peer-reviewed publication as well as
evidence of effective teaching. Senior level applicants should provide
evidence of integrative leadership in research, instruction, and external
funding.  Letter of application should address these points, and clearly
articulate the candidate's fit to specific departmental and school-wide
research interests.  Duties of the successful applicant(s) include
undergraduate and graduate teaching in the candidate's field of scholarship,
an active program of research in the candidate's area of scholarly
expertise, and service contributions to the advancement of the academic
profession, to the effective operation of the university, and to society at
large in accordance with university policy expectations for tenure-track
appointments.

 

Submissions: Applications must be received no later than December 1, 2012.
Submit to: http://its.scilsnet.rutgers.edu/facultysearch/. Include letter of
application, CV, up to three representative publications, and names and
contact information of three references (no letters at this time please).
Please do not submit applications to more than one department.  If you see a
potential fit in more than one department please indicate this in your
application letter. For more information, contact the search committee chair
(Craig Scott at crscott at rutgers.edu).  

 

Founded in 1766, Rutgers is the eighth oldest institution of higher
education in the United States and is a member of the elite AAU research
universities in North America.  The School of Communication and Information
is a founding member of the iSchools Caucus. An equal opportunity and
affirmative action employer, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is
committed to building a diverse community and encourages the applications of
women and minority candidates. As evidence of that, among peer public
institutions (public universities in the Association of American
Universities), Rutgers is 4th in the nation for full-time female faculty,
14th in the nation for full-time African-American faculty, and 15th in the
nation for full-time total minority faculty. Among those same schools
Rutgers ranks 2nd in the percentage of degrees earned by African Americans,
8th for Asians, and 11th for Latinos.

 

 

 

Craig

 

Craig R. Scott, Ph.D.

   Associate Professor, Department of Communication

   Vice Chair, ICA Organizational Communication Division

School of Communication & Information

Rutgers University

4 Huntington Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Voice: 732-932-7500 x8142; Fax: 732-932-3756 Office in 201 DeWitt (185
College Avenue)

Web: http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/directory/crscott/index.html

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