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Associate or Full Professor of Digital Media
College of Media, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

We seek an outstanding scholar, innovator, and teacher of digital, mobile or
emerging media to join our faculty in the College of Media. This is a
tenured 9-month academic year joint appointment where interdisciplinary work
and collaboration are highly encouraged; ability to teach across two or more
units in the College is required.

We invite applications from established scholars with teaching and research
interests in advertising, journalism, and/or media & cinema studies via
multiple platforms in the digital age. Successful applicants will develop
conceptual courses and graduate seminars related to digital media, focusing
on issues such as media practices, fluency and economics in the digital era,
social media, gaming, data analytics, and/or generational and inclusivity
digital media uses and literacies.

This ideal candidate must hold a doctoral degree in communication or another
allied field; a record of high-quality research, publication, and teaching
commensurate with experience; a record of professional digital media
experience outside the university. Expertise that bridges advertising,
journalism, and media and cinema studies will be highly valued.

The College of Media is an internationally respected college where almost
1,100 undergraduate and graduate students are engaged in classes taught by
distinguished scholars in media & cinema studies, world-renowned experts in
advertising and consumer behavior, and award-winning journalists. The
College includes four undergraduate programs in Advertising, Agricultural
Communications, Journalism, and Media and Cinema Studies; master’s degrees
in Advertising and Journalism; undergraduate and graduate Cinema Studies
minors; and a Ph.D. from the Institute of Communications Research in
Communications and Media. The College is also home to Illinois Public Media
(WILL-AM-FM-TV-Online), the public broadcasting service of the University of
Illinois. http://media.illinois.edu/

The position will begin on August 16, 2013. Salary will be commensurate with
experience. Candidates should create a candidate profile at
http://jobs.illinois.edu and upload a cover letter explaining how the
candidate’s academic training and background, including research, teaching
qualifications and/or professional experience, make the applicant highly
suitable for the position; curriculum vitae, and a list of full contact
information for three references. All requested information must be
submitted for an application to be considered complete.

Full consideration will be given to applications received by January 7,
2013. Applicants may be interviewed before the closing date; however, no
hiring decision will be made until after that date. The review will
continue until the position has been filled. For further information
regarding application procedures, please contact Jane Dowler at
dowler@illinois.edu or 217-333-2351.

The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity
Employer and welcomes individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and
ideas who embrace and value diversity and inclusivity
(www.inclusiveillinois.edu).

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