[Jobs] ann arbor

[Jeremy Hunsinger]

Communication Studies: The University of Michigan, Department of  
Communication Studies seeks applicants for tenure track/tenured  
positions (assistant - associate - full professor). Expanding  
department emphasizes interdisciplinary study of the mass media and  
encourages applications from a broad range of methodological  
perspectives. We anticipate filling two positions, pending  
authorization. All areas will be considered, with a special interest  
in the following areas: Political Communication, including the  
societal and individual effects of media on politics and public  
policy; the news media and politics; public opinion and civic  
engagement; interplay between polls, politicians and the media;  
political advertising; politics, race and the media; media and voter  
behavior; new media and political behavior. New Media, including  
emerging media and information technology; new media practices; media  
convergence; wireless and mobile communications; effects of new media  
on behavior; media law and policy; media institutions; human-computer  
interaction; new media and the workplace; new media and social  
change; new media and politics; children and adolescents; new media  
and health; comparative applications and diffusion; globalization;  
identity (race, class, gender, sexuality; new media and advertising.  
Anticipated starting date for all positions is September 1, 2008.  
Applicants should identify the position and their primary area of  
interest as one of the two listed above and send a vita, evidence of  
teaching excellence, a statement of teaching philosophy and  
experience and a statement of current and future research plans.  
Junior applicants should send three letters of recommendation; senior  
candidates should send names of suggested reviewers. Evaluation of  
complete applications will begin October 1, 2007 and continue until  
positions are filled. Some positions are pending authorization. Send  
applications to: Search Committee, Department of Communication  
Studies, The University of Michigan, 1225 South University Avenue,  
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104-2523. The University of Michigan is an  
equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. Women and minorities  
are encouraged to apply. The University is supportive of the needs of  
dual career couples.
Jeremy Hunsinger
Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research,  
School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee  
(www.cipr.uwm.edu)

Words are things; and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a  
thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions,  
think. --Byron