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The School
of Communications at Elon University invites applications for four
tenure- track or continuing faculty positions for next year. Review
of applications begins Nov. 7.
We seek faculty
with a love of teaching, strong professional experience, a collegial
spirit, a commitment to university and professional service and
the ability to meaningfully engage in scholarship or creative activity.
Elon offers these positions at the assistant professor level (one
position possibly could be at a higher rank):
1) Teach
the introductory course Communications in a Global Society; media
writing or broadcast journalism; and other courses that fit one's
expertise. Teaching proficiency with the Macintosh operating system
required.
2) Teach
corporate writing and multimedia publishing; media writing or corporate
video; and other courses that fit one's expertise. Teaching proficiency
with the Macintosh operating system and some combination of Photoshop,
Illustrator, QuarkXpress, Director, Dreamweaver, Flash or Final
Cut Pro required.
3) Teach
digital media production; corporate video or web publishing; and
other courses that fit one's expertise. Teaching proficiency with
the Macintosh operating system and some combination of Photoshop,
Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash or Final Cut Pro required.
4) Teach
film production; screenwriting; and other courses that fit one's
expertise. Teaching proficiency with the Macintosh operating system
and some combination of Final Cut Pro and/or Avid Xpress DV, Photoshop
and Final Draft required.
The School
of Communications has grown in a remarkable way since being elevated
to School status in 2000. Now home to 20 percent of Elon's 4,500
students, the School of Communications has 30 full-time faculty
members in broadcast and new media, journalism, corporate communications
and cinema. Because of growth, a dozen new faculty positions have
been created in the past three years, and we seek four new colleagues
for an August 2004 start.
Elon offers
tenure-track and continuing positions for those with a Ph.D. or
M.F.A., and permanent lecturer positions for those with substantial
professional experience and a master's degree. Elon prefers not
to hire faculty who would be ABD when the appointment begins. Elon
does hire at the associate professor rank if merited by academic
experience; a four-year period is required for a professor tenured
elsewhere to earn tenure at Elon.
Teaching is
our first priority. Equal secondary importance is given to service
(a meaningful presence and contribution within the university and
profession) and scholarship (published research or juried creative
activity in addition to conference presentations). The School's
faculty is highly collegial and enthusiastic, and the School operates
with state-of-the-art technology in a modern building.
Faculty members
typically teach two courses one semester and three the other, with
one course (or study abroad) in a special January term. Elon has
4-credit-hour courses, with slightly shorter semesters. The "fourth
hour" is designed to be experiential so that students engage in
active learning in the small class settings. Elon has five class
sizes - 15 for seminars, 20 for lab courses, 25 for other skills
courses, 33 for conceptual courses at the junior/senior level and
37 for conceptual courses at the freshman/sophomore level.
At Elon, faculty
members regularly participate in the General Studies program. In
lieu of a Communications course, this may mean teaching a core university
course - The Global Experience; teaching special electives or in
the Honors program; or participating in the university's Study Abroad
program. Last year, five School of Communications faculty members
went abroad with students: one to London, two on a World War I European
tour and two on an Australian film tour.
The School of Communications intends to seek ACEJMC accreditation
in 2005-06, once our new curriculum is in effect.
As a private
university, Elon offers highly competitive salaries. To enrich education
through diversity, Elon particularly encourages minority candidates
to apply.
Candidates
should send a letter of application, vita and list of three references
to Dr. Connie Book (for positions 1 and 2) or to Prof. Ray Johnson
(for positions 3 and 4) at the School of Communications, Campus
Box 2850, Elon University, Elon, NC 27244. Please indicate in your
application letter for which position you would like to be considered.
Last year we received more than 100 applications for faculty positions;
in order to ensure proper consideration of your qualifications,
please clearly state how your background, expertise and teaching
skills appear to match our program.
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