[Air-L] Tenure-track assistant professor positions at Simon Fraser University

[Aleena Chia]

*Assistant Professor — Critical Algorithm Studies*

http://www.sfu.ca/vpacademic/faculty_openings/cat.html

The School of Communication at Simon Fraser University is a national and
global leader in the discipline and a dynamic site of research and
teaching. Founded on a tradition of critical approaches to media and
culture, technology studies, global communication, culture industries and
policy, and applied media production, the School is home to several
research groups, including the Digital Democracies Institute. We are a
large and thriving unit with 1400 undergraduate majors and 100+ graduate
students. We acknowledge the Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw), Musqueam
(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm), Tsleil-Waututh (səlil̓ w̓ətaʔɬ), Katzie, and Kwikwetlem
(kʷikʷəƛ̓əm) peoples, on whose traditional territories Simon Fraser
University’s three campuses stand. By recognizing the Unceded Traditional
Coast Salish territories, we aspire to create space for reconciliation
through dialogue and decolonizing practices.


We invite applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant
Professor in the area of Critical Algorithm Studies. Areas of research and
teaching may include, but are not limited to, critical data studies; social
implications of data systems and infrastructures; algorithmic bias;
politics of content moderation; science and technology studies;
intersectional analyses of digital labour; and platform studies. We
especially welcome scholars who engage with Indigenous studies, Black
studies, intersectional feminisms, decolonization and postcolonial studies,
queer theory, trans studies, disability studies, critical race/ethnic
studies, and transcultural and global studies. We are open to a range of
approaches, including qualitative, quantitative, digital methods, and/or
applied practices (e.g. creative interventions, data visceralization,
community-led design), or a combination of approaches.

The successful candidate should demonstrate potential for publication and
research funding, for collaborative initiatives, and for working with
students from diverse backgrounds. The candidate will be expected to teach
and supervise students at all levels of the undergraduate and graduate
curriculum and to undertake service and work with partners inside and
outside the University. Candidates are expected to have a completed Ph.D.
(or Ph.D. near completion) in Communication, Media Studies, or a related
discipline.


All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian
citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. SFU is an equity
employer and encourages applications from all qualified individuals
including women, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, Indigenous
Peoples, people of all sexual orientations and gender identities, and
others who may contribute to the further diversification of the university.


Candidates are asked to submit:

   - Cover letter with indication of citizenship and/or residency status
   (2-3 pages)
   - Curriculum vitae
   - Research statement (2 page maximum)
   -  Description of teaching philosophy and experience (1 page maximum)
   - One (1) sample of work (e.g. one article, chapter, policy report,
   creative work)
   - Contact information for three referees. (Letters of reference may be
   requested at a later date.)
   - Short statement with a description of past or potential contributions
   to equity, diversity, and inclusion through teaching, mentoring, research,
   or service to the profession and/or community (1 page maximum)


*All documents should be combined into a single PDF file with bookmarks.*

Please send applications to Brenda Baldwin, Director's Assistant, at
cmnsdsec at sfu.ca <%20cmnsdsec at sfu.ca>, addressed to:


Dr. Zoë Druick
Director School of Communication
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, BC Canada
V5A 1S6


Review of applications will begin on* November 15, 2020* and continue until
the position is filled. The start date for the successful candidate is
expected to be *September 1, 2021 *


Under the authority of the University Act, personal information that is
required by the University for academic appointment competitions will be
collected. For further details, please see the Collection Notice.
<http://www.sfu.ca/vpacademic/faculty_openings/collection_notice.html>





*Assistant Professor —  Media, Communication, and Public Engagement*

The School of Communication at Simon Fraser University is a national and
global leader in the discipline and a dynamic site of research and
teaching. Founded on a tradition of critical approaches to media and
culture, technology studies, global communication, culture industries and
policy, and applied media production, the School is home to several
research groups, including the Digital Democracies Institute. We are a
large and thriving unit with 1400 undergraduate majors and 100+ graduate
students. We acknowledge the Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw), Musqueam
(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm), Tsleil-Waututh (səlil̓ w̓ətaʔɬ), Katzie, and Kwikwetlem
(kʷikʷəƛ̓əm) peoples, on whose traditional territories Simon Fraser
University’s three campuses stand. By recognizing the Unceded Traditional
Coast Salish territories, we aspire to create space for reconciliation
through dialogue and decolonizing practices.

We invite applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant
Professor in the area of Media, Communication, and Public Engagement.
Specific areas may include, but are not limited to, social media, activism
and social movements, popular culture, political communication, and
theories of media publics. We especially welcome scholars who engage with
Indigenous studies, Black studies, intersectional feminisms, decolonization
and postcolonial studies, queer theory, trans studies, disability studies,
critical race/ethnic studies, and transcultural and global studies. We are
open to a range of approaches, including qualitative, quantitative, digital
methods, and/or applied practices (e.g. media storytelling; documentary and
community media production and research), or a combination of approaches.


The successful candidate should demonstrate potential for publication and
research funding, for collaborative initiatives, and for working with
students from diverse backgrounds. The candidate will be expected to teach
and supervise students at all levels of the undergraduate and graduate
curriculum and to undertake service and work with partners inside and
outside the University. Candidates are expected to have a completed Ph.D.
(or Ph.D. near completion) in Communication, Media Studies, or a related
discipline.


All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian
citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. SFU is an equity
employer and encourages applications from all qualified individuals
including women, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, Indigenous
Peoples, people of all sexual orientations and gender identities, and
others who may contribute to the further diversification of the university.

Candidates are asked to submit:

   - Cover letter with indication of citizenship and/or residency status
   (2-3 pages)
   - Curriculum vitae
   - Research statement (2 page maximum)
   - Description of teaching philosophy and experience (1 page maximum)
   - One (1) sample of work (e.g. one article, chapter, policy report,
   creative work)
   - Contact information for three referees. (Letters of reference may be
   requested at a later date.)
   - Short statement with a description of past or potential contributions
   to equity, diversity, and inclusion through teaching, mentoring, research,
   or service to the profession and/or community (1 page maximum)


*All documents should be combined into a single PDF file with bookmarks.*

Please send applications to Brenda Baldwin, Director's Assistant, at
cmnsdsec at sfu.ca, addressed to:


Dr. Zoë Druick
Director School of Communication
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, BC Canada
V5A 1S6


Review of applications will begin on *November 15, 2020* and continue until
the position is filled. The start date for the successful candidate is
expected to be *September 1, 2021.* Under the authority of the University
Act, personal information that is required by the University for academic
appointment competitions will be collected.


For further details, please see the Collection Notice.
<http://www.sfu.ca/vpacademic/faculty_openings/collection_notice.html>



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*Aleena L. Chia*, PhD, Assistant Professor

School of Communication, Simon Fraser University

aleena.chia at sfu.ca | @aleenachia | aleenachia.org


At Simon Fraser University, we live and work on the unceded traditional

territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam),

Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.