Please circulate and post:
The TCF Department invites applications for a tenure-track assistant
professor position in media studies, beginning August 16, 2010. The
successful candidate will be expected to do research and teach
undergraduate/graduate courses from a humanities perspective (i.e.,
critical, rhetorical and/or cultural studies).
More specifically, the successful candidate must be able to teach in one or
more of the following areas: television studies, cinema studies, digital or
convergent media, identity (race, ethnicity, class, gender) in media, visual
communication, documentary history/theory, news analysis, political economy
or the integration of media theory and practice. Additionally, candidates
with the ability to teach in more than one area will be given special
consideration.
Candidates must have an earned doctorate or be in the final stages of
dissertation completion and their Ph.D. should be in television studies,
media studies, cinema studies, communication studies or a related
discipline. Candidates must also demonstrate potential for outstanding
teaching and for developing a program of scholarship suitable for tenure
consideration. Salary is nationally competitive.
Established in 1940, the Department has approximately 500 students in its
undergraduate and masters programs. It is one of five academic units in the
College of Communication and Information Sciences, which includes an
interdepartmental doctoral program ranked seventh nationally and the
Institute for Communication and Information Research. The College operates
the professional production facilities of the state's Center for Public
Television and Radio, award-winning Alabama Public Radio, student radio
station WVUA-FM, and Tuscaloosa's primary commercial television station, low
powered WVUA-7 and full powered commercial WUOA-TV that serve the
Birmingham-Anniston-Tuscaloosa DMA through broadcast and DirecTV and Dish
Network.
The University of Alabama, established in 1831 in Tuscaloosa, is currently
rated one of the top-40 public universities in the nation by US News & World
Report. It has over 28,000 students, including 4,000 graduate students in 56
doctoral programs and a Carnegie classification of "Doctoral/Research
Universities-Extensive." Tuscaloosa is a university-oriented community of
nearly 100,000 located about fifty minutes southwest of Birmingham, in the
nation's 40th television market. It is a morning's drive from the Smoky
Mountains, Gulf Coast beaches, New Orleans, Nashville, and Atlanta.
Additional information about the Department, the College and the University,
is available at www.tcf.ua.edu. Telephone inquiries (205-348-6350) and
e-mail ([log in to unmask]) are welcome.
To apply visit http://facultyjobs.ua.edu. Attach application letter,
vita/resume and names, addresses and phone numbers of three references.
Other materials may be sent to: Prof. Gary A. Copeland, Telecommunication
and Film Department, University of Alabama, Box 870152, Tuscaloosa, AL
35487-0152. Screening of applications begins November 24, 2009; *however,
applications will be accepted until search is completed*. (This announcement
is going out later than anticipated. Candidates should not view November 24,
2009 as a final deadline. However, we will begin screening applications
early in December.)
UA is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Women and minorities
are especially encouraged to apply.
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Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite
http://www.ScreenSite.org
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