[Air-L] Department Head Position in Communication & Media

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AoIR Members,

The following announcement is for the position of Department Head in 
Communication and Media at RPI. If you are interested and would like 
more information, contact me off list. Please feel free to share this 
with any qualified colleagues who might be interested.

Many thanks,
Lillian Spina-Caza, MS, PhD

Search Committee
Department of Communication and Media
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 Eighth Street
Troy, New York 12180
spinal2 at rpi.edu
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HASS, Dept. of Communication & Media
Professor and Department Head

The Department of Communication and Media at Rensselaer Polytechnic 
Institute in Troy, NY, invites applications, expressions of interest, 
and nominations for a tenured position at the rank of Professor and 
Department Head. Our department pioneered the first Technical 
Communication degree and first B.S. degree in Electronic Media, Arts, 
and Communication (EMAC) with the Department of the Arts. Energized by 
our unique position in a technological institute, we are a leader in 
collaborative interdisciplinary programs, including a nationally ranked 
program in Games and Simulations Arts and Sciences (GSAS) with the 
Department of Cognitive Science and the Department of the Arts.  
Additionally, the department offers a B.S. in Communication, M.S. 
degrees in Communication and Rhetoric, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), 
and Technical Communication, and a Ph.D. in Communication and Rhetoric. 
The position may commence as early as August 16, 2015.

The successful candidate will join a diverse faculty engaged in the 
fields of rhetoric, communication, media studies and design, game 
studies and design, literature, HCI, and cultural anthropology. The 
selected candidate will have a strong record, emblematic of tenured 
senior professorial rank, as well as outstanding leadership, 
administrative skills and a substantial body of high quality research.  
A record of securing external funding is desirable.  The level of 
experience required is that which is typically acquired over a 10-year 
progressively responsible tenure-track academic career.  A Ph.D., 
appropriate terminal degree or foreign degree equivalent in 
Communication, Media, or a similar field is required.

Founded in 1824, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is the nation’s oldest 
technological university. With approximately 5,000 undergraduate and 
2,500 graduate students from across the country and around the world, 
the university offers more than 145 programs at the bachelor’s, 
master’s, and doctoral levels. Rensselaer is situated in the heart of 
the "Tech Valley" region of the Hudson River Valley. Among 
institute-wide research opportunities are: the Curtis R. Priem 
Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) for creative 
interdisciplinary research in the arts, performance technologies, 
science, and engineering; the Institute for Data Exploration and 
Applications (IDEA) for interdisciplinary projects in Big Data research; 
and the Center for Cognition, Communication, and Culture for research in 
cross-modal and mixed reality communication. The School of Humanities, 
Arts and Social Sciences also supports an Emergent Reality Lab (ERL), a 
platform for research in narrative, gameplay, and pedagogy within 
immersive virtual environments.

The successful candidate will assist the Dean with strategic leadership 
in developing proactive curricula; recruiting, enrolling, educating, 
mentoring and retaining undergraduate and graduate students; obtaining 
research grants and contracts; coaching and mentoring faculty; and 
developing and implementing strategies to recruit and to retain the 
productive faculty.  The incumbent is expected to lead and to manage an 
academic department and oversee the academic and administrative 
functions in accordance with Institute academic and administrative 
policies, guidelines and practices.

We welcome candidates who will bring diverse intellectual, geographical, 
gender and ethnic perspectives to Rensselaer’s work and campus 
communities. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is an Affirmative 
Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

Screening of applications will begin immediately and will continue until 
the position is filled. To apply, please submit electronically a letter 
of interest, a curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and 
the names and contact information for five (5) professional references 
to: apply.interfolio.com/27070