senior scholar at the rank of Associate or Full Professor whose primary area of expertise centers on some aspect of the relationship between communication technologies and society

The Department of Communication at the University of Washington seeks to hire a senior scholar at the rank of Associate or Full Professor whose primary area of expertise centers on some aspect of the relationship between communication technologies and society. Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree, or foreign equivalent, by the start of appointment.  Strong preference will be given to applicants with research and teaching experience in one of the following additional areas: rhetoric, sociocultural communication, or journalism and the environment.  The successful applicant’s publications will evidence fluency in theory related to technology and society concepts such as agency, materiality, innovation, mutual shaping, resistance, diffusion, coproduction, affordances, or interactivity, among others. The successful candidate will have an extensive professional network, and an excellent track record of acquiring external funding and mentoring junior faculty and graduate students. Along with providing intellectual leadership in the department’s technology and society cluster, conducting research, and teaching a mix of four graduate-level and undergraduate-level courses over three quarters each academic year, the person hired for this position will help mentor junior faculty, and offer advising and research opportunities for MA/PHD and undergraduate students.

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Application Instructions

Review of applications will begin on September 29, 2016. The position start date is September, 2017.

In lieu of a traditional cover letter, applicants will complete a brief application form at http://com.uw.edu/facultysearch and upload pdfs of their materials via the links provided at the end of that form. Application materials must include:

 *   The applicant’s CV, including the sources and amounts of all grants, titles of courses taught, and the names and current positions of former PhD advisees.
 *   An extended narrative (under 1500 words) describing the applicant’s scholarly trajectory, overarching questions, and research themes. The narrative should also provide evidence for her/his international scholarly reputation, success in procuring external funding, and experience in mentoring junior faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates.
 *   Three journal articles or book chapters. Two of these should represent the applicant’s most significant contributions to scholarship on technology and society. The third could exemplify his/her work in rhetoric, sociocultural communication, or journalism and the environment.
 *   Two syllabi from courses on some aspect of communication technology and society, preferably one from a graduate course and one from an undergraduate course.
 *   Evidence of teaching excellence.
 *   Names and contact info for 4 references, one of whom should be a former PhD advisee.

Inquiries should be directed to the search committee chairs, Dr. Lance Bennett (lbennett@uw.edu<mailto:lbennett@uw.edu>) and Dr. Kirsten Foot (kfoot@uw.edu<mailto:kfoot@uw.edu>).

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.