[Air-L] Fw: Dept. head opening

[Lillian Spina-Caza]

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 also share with any 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