[Air-L] Assistant Professor Position_Digital Media Studies

[Shawn Apostel]

Assistant Professor Position_Digital Media Studies

The Department of Communication at Bellarmine University seeks an
outstanding candidate for assistant professor of digital media studies.
Through this tenure-track position, we seek a critical-cultural digital
media scholar who can teach students about the everyday uses of digital
media in contemporary work (e.g., designing social media campaigns) while
interrogating the larger ramifications of digital culture (e.g., social and
ethical concerns). The position includes teaching at both the undergraduate
level and in our graduate programs (M.A. in Communication, M.S. in Digital
Media).

Candidate must have a Ph.D. in Communication or a related field. Candidates
will be considered if the degree is completed by August 1, 2020. The
ability to teach courses in Communication and Media Ethics, Communication
Theory, and Intercultural Communication is highly desired. Applicants with
experience teaching online are encouraged to apply.

Applications must include a curriculum vita, graduate transcripts
(unofficial transcripts accepted in the initial search), and three names
with contact information for references who can address the candidate's
teaching and scholarship abilities and trajectories to date. Supporting
materials should include evidence of effective teaching and scholarship via
a teaching statement and research statement. Review of applications will
begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Application
materials must be submitted by clicking on the appropriate link in this
posting. (See below.)

About Bellarmine University:

Bellarmine University <https://www.bellarmine.edu/> is a dynamic, growing
university with a strong liberal arts focus in the Catholic higher
education tradition and a bold vision for the future. Bellarmine has
undergraduate and graduate enrollment of nearly 3,500 students and
continues to add new academic programs while maintaining small class sizes
and personal attention to students. Bellarmine is listed in *The Princeton
Review*'s Best 385 Colleges, is one of the top 20 Southern regional
universities in *U.S. News and World Report*'s 2019 college rankings and is
a top university in *Forbes*' list of America's best colleges. In a survey
by *The Princeton Review*, students praised Bellarmine as a place that is
"welcoming to every single person and makes an effort to include everyone."
Bellarmine students, faculty and staff engage in more than 25,000
cumulative hours of service each year, in Louisville and around the nation
and world. Beginning in Fall 2020, Bellarmine's 22 athletic teams will
compete in NCAA Division I, through an invitation from the ASUN Conference.

Bellarmine <https://www.bellarmine.edu/> is located on a scenic 145-acre
campus in the Highlands neighborhood and 46+ acres off-campus in
Louisville, KY, which *Forbes* recently recognized as a "Top 15 City" for
affordable living and *National Geographic* calls one of the "Best Small
Cities in the U.S." Louisville is within a day's drive of two-thirds of the
U.S. population.

Bellarmine is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer and
encourages applicants with diverse backgrounds to apply.

Bellarmine is committed to core values of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Bellarmine will demonstrate a fully realized and lived commitment to equity
and inclusion, empowering all members of its increasingly diverse community
and supporting them to achieve their full potential.

*Find out more/apply here: *

https://bellarmine.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp;jsessionid=88E83D069B9A5C7B5714A6AD2066C698?JOBID=116933

Questions about the position should be sent to the search committee chair,
Dr. Kyle Barnett (kbarnett at bellarmine.edu <medovoi at email.arizona.edu><mai
lto:kbarnett at bellarmine.edu <medovoi at email.arizona.edu>>).