[Jobs] cincinatti

[jeremy hunsinger]

The Department of Communication at the University of Cincinnati seeks  
applicants for a full-time tenure-track position at the Assistant  
Professor level, beginning September 1, 2010.  We seek an outstanding  
individual whose research program examines the impacts of new  
information and communication technologies (ICTs) on human  
relationships, organizations, or society at large.

The successful candidate will be expected to teach courses that help  
undergraduate and graduate students to understand, develop, and manage  
communication processes and/or campaigns in a rapidly-changing  
technological environment.  We are also looking for an individual  
whose research and teaching activities are consistent with the  
Department's mission, which features a commitment to address  
connections between communication and contemporary social problems.

The University of Cincinnati (www.uc.edu), a public Research Intensive  
university located within the vibrant uptown Clifton neighborhood, has  
a diverse student body of over 35,000 students.  The Department of  
Communication (www.artsci.uc.edu/communication) offers both B.A. and  
M.A. degree programs.  Our undergraduate program features courses in  
public, interpersonal, organizational, and mediated communication.   
Our department is one of only 20 in the nation whose public relations  
program has obtained certification by the Public Relations Society of  
America.  The undergraduate program also features service learning and  
collaboration with community organizations. Our graduate program was  
recently evaluated as one of the best M.A.-only programs in the  
country in both faculty research productivity and doctoral  
preparation.  Faculty research areas include interpersonal  
communication, organizational leadership, issues management and public  
relations, political communication, health and environmental  
communication, risk communication, children and media, and diversity  
issues related to gender/sexuality, race and ethnicity, and age.

Qualifications:  Completed Ph.D. required by 1 September 2010,  
evidence of research and publication activity, and evidence of  
teaching effectiveness.

Applicants for this position must apply online to www.jobsatuc.com.  
Cover letter should address the candidate's fit with both the position  
and Departmental mission.  Vita and samples of scholarly work can also  
be posted online.  Send copy of graduate transcripts, evidence of  
teaching effectiveness, and three letters of recommendation to:  Steve  
Depoe, Chair of Search Committee, Department of Communication,  
University of Cincinnati, P. O. Box 210184, Cincinnati OH 45221-0184.  
Questions:  Contact Prof. Depoe at
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Application deadline:  December 31, 2009