The Telecommunication and Film Department seeks two full time, tenure-track and/or renewable contract assistant professors beginning August 16, 2009. The successful candidate will be expected to engage in creative production activity and teach graduate and undergraduate telecommunication production courses listed in the university catalog. Ability to teach audio and/or video post or new media production would enhance the applicant's application. All candidates minimally must have a masters degree, substantial professional experience and full time teaching experience. Only candidates who have a terminal degree (MFA or PhD) or are in the final stages of completion of a terminal degree may be considered for a tenure earning position. The successful applicant should be prepared to engage in creative activity at the regional or national level and have a planned creative activity agenda. Salary is nationally competitive. Established in 1940, the Department has approximately 375 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 commercial 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 seventh among public universities in the nation by the Center for College Affordability and Productivity as reported in Forbes. It has approximately 25,500 students, including 3,700 graduate students in over 120 masters and 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. Visit https://facultyjobs.ua.edu to apply. (Look under "Faculty Positions" for the Telecommunication and Film Department.) Attach an application letter, vita/resume, production samples, and names, addresses and phone numbers of three references. Production samples that cannot be attached can be mailed to Prof. Gary A. Copeland, The University of Alabama, Box 870152, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0152. Screening of applications begins September 19; however, applications will be accepted until search is completed. UA is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Women and minorities are especially encouraged to apply. ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]