Faculty Position Telecommunication and Film Department College of Communication and Information Sciences University of Alabama The Department seeks a full time, tenure-track assistant professor beginning August 16, 2006 to teach graduate and undergraduate courses in two or more of the following areas: electronic media industry economics, marketing, promotion and programming strategies; digital entertainment; global media issues; digital network issues and impacts. Candidates should have an earned doctorate or be in the final stages of dissertation completion and demonstrate potential for undergraduate and graduate teaching and for developing a program of scholarship suitable for later tenure consideration. Salary is nationally competitive. Established in 1940, the Department has 400 students in undergraduate and masters programs. It is one of five academic units in the College of Communication and Information Sciences, which includes the Institute for Communication and Information Research and a College-wide mass communication doctoral program ranked in the top 10 nationally by Journalism and Mass Communication Educator and the National Communication Association. The College operates the professional production facilities of the state’s award-winning Center for Public Television and Radio, Alabama Public Radio, student radio station WVUA-FM and Tuscaloosa’s primary commercial television station, WVUA-7. The University of Alabama, established in 1831, is currently rated one of the top-50 public universities in the nation by US News & World Report. With 21,000 students, including 3,000 graduate students in 56 doctoral programs, it has a Carnegie classification of “Doctoral/Research University—Extensive.” See www.tcf.ua.edu. for more about our Department, the College and the University. Tuscaloosa, in the nation’s 40th television market, is a university-oriented community of approximately 100,000 located less than an hour’s drive from Birmingham. It is about four hours’ drive or less to New Orleans, Nashville and Atlanta, as well as the Smoky Mountains and Gulf Coast beaches. See http://graduate.ua.edu/resources/tuscaloosa.html. Send application letter, Curriculum Vitae and names, addresses and phone numbers of three references to: Professor Loy A. Singleton, Telecommunication and Film Department, University of Alabama, Box 870152, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0152. Screening of applications begins November 1, but applications will be accepted until search is completed. Telephone inquiries are welcome (205-348-6350). UA is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Women and minorities are especially encouraged to apply. -- Jeremy Butler www.ScreenSite.org www.TVCrit.com www.AllThingsAcoustic.org Professor - TCF Dept - U Alabama ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org