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, 2005 to teach graduate and undergraduate courses in

broadcasting/cable in two or more of the following areas: management,

programming, audience analysis, sales, economics, law/policy and to conduct

programmatic research.  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 approximately 350 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 and the Institute for Communication

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, WVUA-7.



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 approximately 20,000 students, including 3,000

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 Smokey 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 are welcome (205-348-6350).



Send application letter, vita/resume and names, addresses and phone numbers

of three references to:



Prof. Loy A. Singleton

Telecommunication and Film Department

University of Alabama

Box 870152

Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0152.



Screening of applications begins November 24; 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.



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