[Air-L] Faculty Position in Convergent Media - College of Media, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

[Veronica Paredes]

*Assistant Professor of Convergent Media*

*College of Media, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign*

Job details: <
https://jobs.illinois.edu/faculty-positions/job-details?jobID=86344&job=college-of-media-assistant-professor-of-convergent-media-college-of-media-f1700127
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The College of Media invites applications for a tenure-track assistant
professor position in Convergent Media, including the interaction between
the old and new media systems and platforms. Successful candidates should
demonstrate an innovative research and teaching agenda. Appointments will
be made on a tenure-track, 9-month academic year basis in one of the
College’s three departments -- Advertising, Journalism, or Media & Cinema
Studies -- beginning August 16, 2018.

Academic scholars and journalism practitioners are encouraged to apply.
Scholars must have a Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree. Journalism
practitioners must have a master’s degree or equivalent.  All candidates
should possess the potential for high-quality research and teaching.  The
word “research” is interpreted to include not only traditional research and
scholarship, but also to encompass journalism creative works  and research
that is inter-disciplinary and/or translational. Of particular interest are
candidates open to mixed-methods research and willing to develop
collaborations. Candidates with special interest in original research or
creative works in one or more of the following areas will be given higher
priority:


   - Digital/multimedia journalism experience, including multi-linear
   storytelling
   - Media literacy, including news consumption patterns
   - Social and new media use and effects, including impact on the First
   Amendment
   - The impact of social media and other technologies on the way
   journalists gather and distribute news and information
   - Participatory media, including “citizen journalism” and study of the
   application of First Amendment protections
   - Digital ethics, privacy, and policy
   - Media management and strategic audience engagement
   - Virtual/augmented reality and other new storytelling tools, including
   the ethics of AR/VR use
   - Audience engagement analytics and application
   - Computational media studies, including the use of artificial
   intelligence to communicate ideas and stories
   - Big data and society, including analyzing, visualizing, and telling
   stories with data
   - Online /contextual messaging and behavioral targeting
   - Accessibility studies in information communication technology
   - Gaming and digital narrative
   - Locative and mobile media mapping
   - Mobile and interactive design
   - Social and cultural dimensions of Natural Language Processing


Successful candidates will be expected to develop a strong
research/creative works program with the potential to attract outside
funding and to work collaboratively with faculty within the College of
Media and across the campus. Teaching duties will include
multimedia/convergent media courses and development of conceptual courses
and graduate seminars in a variety of areas related to convergent and
emerging media and their impact on society. An ability to advance the
College’s commitment to diversity through research, teaching, and outreach
is desired.

The College of Media’s faculty consists of internationally renowned social
scientists, media professionals, and humanities scholars and serves 1,300
undergraduate and graduate students <http://media.illinois.edu/>. The
College is also home to the interdisciplinary Institute of Communications
Research and Illinois Public Media (WILL-AM-FM-TV-Online), the public
broadcasting service of the University of Illinois.

The position will begin on August 16, 2018. Salary will be commensurate
with experience. Candidates should create a candidate profile at <
http://jobs.illinois.edu> and upload a cover letter explaining how the
candidate’s academic training and background, including research, creative
endeavors, teaching qualifications and/or professional experience, make the
applicant suitable for the position; curriculum vitae and a list of full
contact information for three references.  All requested information must
be submitted for an application to be considered complete.  The University
of Illinois conducts criminal background checks on all job candidates upon
acceptance of a contingent offer.

*Full consideration will be given to applications received by October 24,
2017.* Applicants may be interviewed before the closing date; however, no
hiring decision will be made until after that date.  The review will
continue until the positions have been filled.  For further information
regarding application procedures, please contact Jane Dowler at
dowler at illinois.edu or 217-333-2351.

The University of Illinois is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action
employer. Minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities are
encouraged to apply. For more information, visit <http://go.illinois.edu/EEO>.
To learn more about the University’s commitment to diversity, please visit <
http://www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu>.


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Veronica Paredes
Assistant Professor, Media and Cinema Studies
Faculty Affiliate, NCSA Culture and Society
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign