[Jobs] american u paris

[Jeremy Hunsinger]

e American University of Paris invites applications for two full-time  
positions in the International Communications Department at the rank  
of Assistant Professor. The department actively seeks candidates with  
strong backgrounds in global media and cross-cultural communications.
The Institution: AUP was founded in 1962. It is a small University  
with a liberal-arts core, dedicated to the advancement of the arts  
and sciences in an international and multicultural environment. It  
brings together the values of the American Higher education system  
(strengthened recently by bi-lateral partnerships with the UC system  
and with NYU) with its privileged location in Paris and at the center  
of Europe. AUP is accredited in the US by the Commission on Higher  
Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
The Department: Dedicated to the international and comparative study  
of communications and media, with three undergraduate concentrations-- 
Media Studies, International Journalism, Corporate and Organizational  
Communication-and an MA program in Global Communications. Four full- 
time faculty, 10 part-time faculty, 150 student majors, 25 MA  
students and growing.
Responsibilities: Responsibilities: Teaching to include introductory  
to MA courses in some of the following areas: global media, visual  
cultures, ethnography of communications, political economy of  
communications, and comparative and historical communications,  
transnational flows of identity and meaning. Ability to teach courses  
in digital media, the sociology of branding, quantitative and  
qualitative methods courses, or cultural studies a plus. Possibility  
of teaching additional courses in the candidate's specific area.  
Commitment to scholarship, excellence in teaching, student advising  
and university service required.
Qualifications: Ph.D. in communications or media studies by time of  
appointment (August 1, 2007). Demonstrated capacity for research and  
engaged teaching. European Union citizenship or legal right to work  
in France a decided advantage. Fluency in French a plus. Additional  
language mastery a strong plus.
Applications: Please send brief cover letter, statement of research  
interests, one writing sample, curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching  
effectiveness, and three letters of reference to Dr. Julie Thomas,  
Chair, Search Committee, Department of International Communications,  
The American University of Paris, 6 rue du Colonel Combes, 75007  
Paris, France. E-mail inquiries welcome (comsearch at aup.fr) but  
applications MUST be sent by mail.

Review of applications will begin Jan. 15 and continue until the  
positions are filled. One position is subject to budgetary approval.

Jeremy Hunsinger
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