[Jobs] Fwd: [IAMCR] Lehigh Position-Global Communication

[Jeremy Hunsinger]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Jack Lule <jack.lule at Lehigh.EDU>
> Date: October 17, 2007 12:31:31 PM PDT (CA)
> To: announcements at iamcr.org
> Subject: [IAMCR] Lehigh Position-Global Communication
>
> Greetings, All,
>
> I wanted to let you know that we have an excellent position open at  
> Lehigh University for Fall 2008 in Global Communication.
>
> This is a great place to be, especially for young professors. The  
> teaching load is 2-2, there's pre-tenure leave often available, and  
> generous support of travel and research. The university is ranked  
> 31st among national universities in the latest U.S. News & World  
> Report rankings and the Lehigh Valley is a good (and affordable)  
> place to live, just 75 minutes from Philly and New York.
>
> I'll paste the position below. Please forward to students or  
> colleagues you think might be interested. Thanks for the  
> consideration and best wishes.
>
> Jack
>
> -- 
> Jack LuleDirector, Globalization and Social Change InitiativeJoseph  
> B. McFadden Distinguished Professor of Journalism33 Coppee Drive  
> Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PA 18015PH: 610-758-4177FAX:  
> 610-758-6198www.lehigh.edu/~jl0d
>
> GLOBAL COMMUNICATION. The Department of Journalism and  
> Communication invites applications for a tenure-track assistant  
> professor in global communication, starting in August 2008. We seek  
> a colleague to contribute research and teaching on the central role  
> of print, electronic and digital media in globalization. The  
> successful candidate will be able to teach a variety of  
> undergraduate classes, including global communication; media and  
> globalization; comparative journalism, and mass media and society.  
> The candidate should also have experience in journalism and be able  
> to teach basic journalism courses. A Ph.D. is required by  
> appointment start date.
>
> The position is a joint appointment between the department and the  
> school’s Globalization and Social Change Initiative, which is a new  
> interdisciplinary program in global studies with faculty drawn from  
> around the university. Other areas of research and teaching might  
> be the intersections of global media with local cultural practice;  
> media, migration and modernity; cultural imperialism; the growth  
> and implications of transnational media conglomerates; the  
> emergence of alternative media sources and global health  
> communication.
>
> The candidate will teach two courses per semester, advise students,  
> participate in departmental service, and conduct an active research  
> program in global communication. Salary and benefits are highly  
> competitive. The department has offered a small undergraduate  
> program of superior quality since 1927. It has six full-time and  
> five part-time faculty. With major and minor programs in  
> journalism, science and environmental writing, and communication,  
> it enrolls about 160 majors and minors. The department works  
> closely with the campus newspaper, which has been published for 113  
> years.
>
> Lehigh University ranks 31st among national universities in the  
> 2007 U.S. News & World Report ratings and is in the most  
> competitive category in both Peterson’s Guide and Barron’s Profile  
> of American Colleges. Lehigh is located on a scenic, 1,600-acre  
> campus in historic Bethlehem in a region of eastern Pennsylvania  
> known as the Lehigh Valley. It is about one and one-half hours from  
> New York and Philadelphia. The Lehigh Valley is an attractive place  
> to live and work with reasonable cost of living, easy commuting,  
> good schools, and abundant cultural activities.
>
> The College of Arts and Sciences at Lehigh University is committed  
> to increasing the diversity of the college community and  
> curriculum. Candidates who can contribute to that goal are  
> encouraged to apply and to identify their strengths or experiences  
> in this area. Lehigh University is an equal opportunity/affirmative  
> action employer.
>
> Applicants should submit a vita, letter of application, a statement  
> of teaching philosophy and research interests, and two samples of  
> scholarly work. Applicants should also request that three letters  
> of reference be sent. Materials should be sent to: Professor Walter  
> Trimble and Professor Jack Lule, Search Committee Co-Chairs,  
> Department of Journalism & Communication, 33 Coppee Drive, Lehigh  
> University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015. The review of  
> applications will begin on Dec. 1 and continue until the position  
> is filled.
>
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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