[Air-L] Job opening: Ross Beach Chair in Mass Communications, Kansas State University

Nikhil Moro nikhilmoro at gmail.com
Fri Aug 17 11:33:54 PDT 2018 

Dear AoIR colleagues, we are hiring! Please apply or nominate. Thank you.

Warm wishes,

Nikhil Moro, Ph.D.
Director, A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications
Kansas State University
104A Kedzie Hall
Manhattan, Kansas 66506-1501
785-532-1110 (voice)
jmc.k-state.edu


*Ross Beach Chair in Mass Communications*



*Rank:*Associate or full professor with
tenure                                                                 *Start
date:*August 12, 2019



T

he A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications seeks
an exceptional scholar of electronic media to research and teach media
audiences and analytics. The ideal candidate would be an expert with a
national reputation in at least two of the following scholarly
areas: audience and data analytics; social media applications in strategic
communications; virtual reality; and audio or video streaming. Scholars at
the cutting edge of closely related areas are welcome to apply, as well.



*Qualifications*

*Required: *

·       Earned doctorate in mass communications or a related field.

·       An established research agenda in audience or data analytics;
social media applications in strategic communications; virtual reality;
audio/video streaming; or related fields.



*Preferred:*

·      Relevant industry experience.

·      Record of externally funded research or grant writing.

·      Record of incorporating emerging technologies in the classroom.

·       Record of mentoring junior faculty and graduate students.



Qualified candidates should submit the following documents: a cover letter
describing how the candidate’s academic background, research agenda, and
professional experience meet the required and preferred qualifications for
the position, a curriculum vitae, and names and contact information of
three scholars who can speak to the candidate’s qualifications. Finalists
will be asked to submit a statement of teaching philosophy. For more
information about the position, please contact the search committee chair,
Dr. Raluca Cozma, at cozma at ksu.edu. <cozma at ksu.edu>Review of applications
starts *October 1, 2018*.

To apply, follow this link:
http://careers.k-state.edu/cw/en-us/job/504479/associate-professor.

*Why join us?*

Kansas State University is a comprehensive, land-grant R1 university with
an international reputation for excellence in research, undergraduate, and
graduate on-campus and online education, as well as extension and outreach. The
A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications, located in
Manhattan, Kansas,is nationally accredited and offers sequences of study in
strategic communication and in journalism and digital media. We offer a
master’s degree in mass communications, face-to-face and online. The school
houses one of the oldest media programs in the United States, with a
curricular heritage dating back to 1874. We are passionate in educating and
preparing our students for media careers that they can enjoy for a
lifetime. Visit our website: www.jmc.k-state.edu.



*About Ross Beach*

The late Ross B. Beach, Jr., was a 1940 Kansas State University graduate.
In addition to ranching, he owned businesses in the natural gas industry,
and flew naval aircraft during World War II. Beach was active in radio and
television development. He was named Kansan of the Year in 2001 by Native
Sons and Daughters of Kansas, a historical society. He received the
President’s Award from Kansas State University in 1989. The endowed chair
in mass communications is one of several Ross and Marianna Beach Foundation
commitments to support community organizations in the state.



*Equal Opportunity employment*

Kansas State University is an Equal Opportunity employer of individuals
with disabilities and protected veterans and actively seeks diversity among
its employees.

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On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 5:52 PM, Adrienne Massanari <amass at uic.edu> wrote:

> (Apologies if this is a repost; it seems that the original didn’t go
> through - AM)
>
> Assistant Professor, Digital Journalism, University of Illinois at
> Chicago, Department of Communication
> The Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago
> invites applications for an Assistant Professor, tenure-track position, in
> Digital Journalism. Emphasis will be placed on participatory journalism,
> data literacy, data visualization, digital media production and
> representation, and crowdsourcing and crowdfunding of journalism Secondary
> areas of emphasis can include the history and genres of journalism, robot
> and automated journalism, AR, VR and journalism, human machine
> communication, AI and journalism and platform politics.
>
> The candidate will have an earned doctorate in Communication or a related
> field, strong promise of scholarly achievement and teaching success (at the
> undergraduate and graduate levels) appropriate for appointment as Assistant
> Professor, good prospects for external research funding, and demonstrated
> commitment to multidisciplinary scholarship.
>
> For fullest consideration, please apply by October 1, 2018; applications
> received by then will receive full consideration. The search will proceed
> until the position is filled.
>
> UIC is a Carnegie Research Extensive University (Research I), is the
> largest institution of higher education in the Chicago area, is in the top
> 50 U.S. universities in federal research funding, and is among the top 200
> universities in the world.
>
>
> Recently ranked in the top 50 worldwide, the Department of Communication
> at UIC focuses on New Media, and offers a BA, MA and PhD with emphasis in:
>
>  social media + social networks              political communication
>  mass media + journalism studies      cultural studies
>  gaming + game studies                          intercultural
> communication
>  mobile media                                               health
> communication
>  policy + platform politics                       science + technology
> studies
>  human augmentics                                   social computational
> sciences
>
> Located in the heart of Chicago, we collaborate with the UIC Electronic
> Visualization Laboratory, <http://www.evl.uic.edu/> the pre-eminent
> virtual reality and high-speed networking research site in the world. The
> Department is the birthplace and current home of New Media and Society <
> http://nms.sagepub.com/>, the leading journal in the field, and the only
> department to host three leading journals: Mobile Media and Communication
> and the open access and free journal, Social Media & Society <
> http://sms.sagepub.com/> .
>
> The desired appointment date for the position is August 16, 2019, subject
> to budgetary approval.  Electronic applications accepted only – Interested
> parties should complete the on-line application and submit a letter of
> interest, a full curriculum vitae, samples of relevant scholarly
> publications, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and names of and contact
> information for three references at https://jobs.uic.edu <
> https://jobs.uic.edu/job-board/job-details?jobID=101128&job=assistant-
> professor-digital-journalism-communication>.
>
> The University of Illinois at Chicago is an affirmative action/equal
> opportunity employer, dedicated to the goal of building a culturally
> diverse pluralistic faculty and staff committed to teaching in a
> multicultural environment.  We strongly encourage applications from women,
> minorities, individuals with disabilities and covered veterans The
> University of Illinois may conduct background checks on all job candidates
> upon acceptance of a contingent offer. Background checks will be performed
> in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
>
> ---
> Adrienne Massanari, PhD
> Associate Professor
> Department of Communication
> University of Illinois at Chicago
> @hegemonyrules
> www.adriennemassanari.com <http://www.adriennemassanari.com/>
>
>
> ---
> Adrienne Massanari, PhD
> Associate Professor
> Department of Communication
> University of Illinois at Chicago
> @hegemonyrules
> www.adriennemassanari.com <http://www.adriennemassanari.com/>
>
>
>
>
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