CFP Chinese Media Histories: From the Telegraph to the Internet

Call for Papers
Special issue of Interactions: Studies in Communication and Culture
Volume 7, Issue 3, Fall 2016:
Chinese Media Histories, from the telegraph to the Internet

Guest Editors:
– Gabriele BALBI, USI-Università della Svizzera italiana (Switzerland)
– Changfeng CHEN, Tsinghua University (China)
– Jing WU, Peking University (China)

Media history has largely focused on North American and single European countries’ media and, among them, especially on the history of broadcasting. This special issue aims to enlarge media history under two perspectives. Geographically, it aims to enlarge “classic” borders focusing on China and it would like to reconstruct the development, the role, and the controversies of Chinese media over time. Temporally, starting from the 19th century, this issue adopts a longue durée approach and, besides broadcasting, aims to integrate communication technologies such as printing press, telegraphy, telephony, photography, movie industry, digital media, and other media. This would help to enlarge classic media history into plural media histories and to bring attention to complex interrelationships between media and modernization process in China since the 19th century.

Articles for this special issue ‘Chinese Media Histories’ could, for example, address the following ideas:
– Which are the “constitutive choices” (Star 2004) that built Chinese media systems?
– Which was the impact of Western technologies and polices over the development of Chinese media system?
– How did new media technologies, institutions and practices influence the process of modernization in China’s social, cultural and political life?
– Which is the role of Chinese media history in the international media history? To what extent the history of Chinese media system differs from Western ones?
– How can history help in better understanding the media in China today?

Contributors can come from a wide range of disciplines: media and communication studies, telecommunications, political economy, political sciences, cultural studies, social history, geography of communication, and others. The three editors would like to collect papers broad in theoretical analysis and even informative in empirical case studies, in order to provide to European readership a comprehensive and maybe didactical issue on the development of the media in China in the last two centuries. Papers will be also selected with this scope in mind.

Submissions of no more than 7.000 words in length are to be original, scholarly manuscripts formatted according to Intellect House Style guidelines.

Notes should appear as endnotes and cited works listed in alphabetical, then chronological, order in a separate ‘References’ section at the end of the article. Submissions should be in Microsoft Word .doc/.docx format ONLY and sent as e-mail attachments to the guest editors.
All inquiries should also be addressed to Professor Gabriele BALBI.

Deadlines:
– abstracts of 250 words can be submitted until 15 December 2015
– accepted authors will have to submit the full papers by 15 April 2016
– the issue is scheduled for publication in Autumn 2016.

About the journal
Interactions: Studies in Communication and Culture recognises the interdisciplinary nature of the fields of media, communication and cultural studies. We therefore encourage diverse themes, subjects, contexts and approaches: empirical, theoretical and historical. Our objective is to engage readers and contributors from different parts of the world in a critical debate on the myriad interconnections and interactions between communication, culture and society at the outset of the twenty first century.

Interactions: Studies in Communication and Culture is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal that aims to encourage the development of the widest possible scholarly community, both in terms of geographical location and intellectual scope in the fields of media, communication and cultural studies. We publish leading articles from both established scholars and those at the beginning of their academic careers.

University of California, Berkeley job ad: Intercultural Training Specialist

Intercultural Training Specialist
University of California, Berkeley
Date Posted: October 7, 2015
Type: Non tenure track
Employment Type: Full-time

International House
International House is a non-profit, self-supporting residential and community-oriented program center located in the southeast foothills of the Berkeley Campus. Its mission is to foster intercultural respect and understanding among people throughout the world across cultural, economic, and ethnic lines. I-House provides nearly 600 students and scholars from the United States and around the world with an opportunity to live and learn together. I-House’s rich array of programs serves the residents, the campus and local community.

Center for Intercultural Leadership
The Center for Intercultural Leadership (CIL) is a center of excellence for training and research to advance leadership, understanding and collaboration across cultures. CIL offers programs and trainings for International House, the UC Berkeley campus, the corporate world, and not-for-profit organizations.

Responsibilities
We are in search of a unique candidate to join our dynamic Intercultural Leadership team. This position reports to the Director of CIL. The successful candidate will be an experienced technical leader with a high degree of knowledge in the field and recognized expertise in specific areas. Problem-solving frequently requires analysis of unique issues/problems without precedent and/or structure. May manage programs that include formulating strategies and administering policies, processes, and resources. Functions with a high degree of autonomy. Serves as liaison with campus and community groups who have interest in the field of intercultural communication. The position will have some or all of the following responsibilities:

Program/Curriculum Design and Planning
• Researches and develops new workshop curriculum for other intended audiences
• Improves design of current intercultural professional development workshops for staff, student and corporate/non-profit populations
• Uses considerable discretion to determine methods and procedures for current and new course offerings and topics
• Actively participates in long-range strategic planning for I-House intercultural education and training programs
• Coordinates instructor objectives with methods of instruction;
• Stays up to date on current methodologies, theories, tools, and research in the intercultural education field. Continuing professional development required.Training and Instructional Services
• Leads workshops on intercultural education topics for multiple audiences
• Recruits, selects, orients, evaluates and supervises qualified accredited and/or certified instructors, as needed
• Co-facilitates educational workshops with CIL trainers;
• Establishes evaluation criteria for measuring desired results and impact, in conjunction with the CIL Director and other staff
Marketing and Outreach
• In conjunction with CIL staff and the I-House Communications team, helps to create marketing materials for CIL in print and electronically
• Strategizes with CIL staff and Communications team to create and deliver consistent and effective messaging to constituents
• Promotes I-House intercultural education and training programs on and off campus;
• Develops relationships with on- and off-campus constituents to recruit participants to attend CIL training opportunities
• Builds and maintains relationships with outside (non-campus affiliated companies and organizations)
• Coordinates activities and materials designed to promote awareness of the Center for Intercultural Leadership within the campus community and to the general publicEvaluation and Research: Continually conducts program evaluation
• Establishes evaluation criteria for measuring desired results and impact
• Researches similar existing programs at other institutions
• Conducts relevant intercultural research at International House, when neededAdministrative Duties
• Ensures each initiative and program has a project plan; leads projects toward timely execution
• Actively completes multiple projects’ tasks in accordance with agreed-upon project plans, and in conjunction with CIL staff
• Develops, prepares and reconciles budget for program(s)
• Orders supplies, improves resource library, and maintains office environment

Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in related area and/or equivalent experience and training
Three to five years in Intercultural Training in a university or higher education setting
Clear and precise English speaking and writing proficiency required
Courteous and professional demeanor with composed personality and responsive disposition
Ability to understand and serve a highly diverse resident and client population
Three references required at the time of application

Preferred Qualifications
Master’s degree in Intercultural Communications or related field from accredited university
Working knowledge of UC Berkeley campus, colleges, schools and departments and their services and functions
Ability to speak, read and write at least one language other than English

Salary
Hiring Range: $4375.00 minimum Monthly – 6691.67 midpoint Monthly
Comprehensive benefits package offered by the University

To Apply
Please submit your cover letter and resume as a single attachment when applying online.

Additional Information
This position has been designated as sensitive and may require a Criminal Background Check. We reserve the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of a Criminal Background Check.

CFP History of Recent Social Science (London)

CALL FOR PAPERS
THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON THE HISTORY OF RECENT SOCIAL SCIENCE (HISRESS)
London School of Economics and Political Science
3-4 June 2016

This two-day conference will bring together researchers working on the history of post-World War II social science. It will provide a forum for the latest research on the cross-disciplinary history of the post-war social sciences, including but not limited to anthropology, economics, psychology, political science, and sociology as well as related fields like area studies, communication studies, history, international relations, law and linguistics. We are especially eager to receive submissions that treat themes, topics, and events that span the history of individual disciplines.

The conference aims to build upon the recent emergence of work and conversation on cross-disciplinary themes in the postwar history of the social sciences. A number of monographs, edited collections, special journal issues, and gatherings at the École normale supérieure de Cachan, Duke University, the London School of Economics, New York University, the University of Toronto and elsewhere testify to a growing interest in the developments spanning the social sciences in the early, late, and post-Cold War periods. Most history of social science scholarship, however, remains focused on the 19th and early 20th centuries, and attuned to the histories of individual disciplines. Though each of the major social science fields now has a community of disciplinary historians, research explicitly concerned with cross-disciplinary topics remains comparatively rare. The purpose of the conference is to further encourage the limited but fruitful cross-disciplinary conversations of recent years.

Submissions are welcome in areas such as:
– The uptake of social science concepts and figures in wider intellectual and popular discourses
– Comparative institutional histories of departments and programs
– Border disputes and boundary work between disciplines as well as academic cultures
– Themes and concepts developed in the history and sociology of natural and physical science, reconceptualized for the social science context
– Professional and applied training programs and schools, and the quasi-disciplinary fields (like business administration) that typically housed them
– The role of social science in post-colonial state-building governance
– Social science adaptations to the changing media landscape
– The role and prominence of disciplinary memory in a comparative context

The two-day conference, hosted by the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science at the London School of Economics, will be organized as a series of one-hour, single-paper sessions attended by all participants. Ample time will be set aside for intellectual exchange between presenters and attendees, as all participants are expected to read pre-circulated papers in advance.

Proposals should contain no more than 1000 words, indicating the originality of the paper. The deadline for receipt of abstracts is 5 February 2016. Final notification will be given in late February after proposals have been reviewed. Completed papers will be expected by 15 May 2016.

The organizing committee consists of:
Craig Calhoun (London School of Economics), Jamie Cohen-Cole (George Washington University),
Philippe Fontaine (École normale supérieure de Cachan), and Jeff Pooley (Muhlenberg College).

All proposals and requests for information should be sent to Philippe Fontaine.

University of Sydney job ad: China Studies

Director, China Studies Centre
The University of Sydney
Closes: 29th November 2015
Job Ref: 1632/0715

The University of Sydney is Australia’s first university and has an outstanding global reputation for academic and research excellence. It employs over 7500 permanent staff, supporting over 52,000 students.

The University is seeking a Director for its China Studies Centre, which formally began operations in January 2011. The Centre was established to respond to the need for an innovative understanding of China and its impact on Australian society in the face of increasing interdependence and strategic global change. It represents a comprehensive endeavour to harness existing cross-disciplinary expertise within the University to provide a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of China’s rapidly changing economy and society. The Centre will coordinate and provide direction to the University’s work on and in China across the whole range of academic activities, including research, education and outreach. It also aids social, cultural and economic interactions between Australia and China beyond Canberra and Beijing, and be an informed voice in Australia-China relations. The Centre provides:
• A hub for cross-disciplinary education and research
• A centre for leadership programs
• A network for deeper and broader engagement with government, business and civil society, with a focus on local China beyond Beijing
• A voice for commentary, dialogue, informed discussion and outreach to Australian and Chinese societies, to help each know the other better and to prosper together
• A global platform for articulating Australia’s perspectives on China.

The Director will be a senior academic in any area of Chinese Studies and will have a distinguished international profile. She or he will also have a sophisticated appreciation of the rapid changes affecting the Chinese economy and society. A strong track record in competitive grant awards and attracting external research funding, and experience in undertaking collaborative research are also required. The Director will have excellent leadership and management skills, as well as high-level interpersonal skills. An understanding of the diversity and tensions in the field of Chinese Studies, and the demonstrated capacity to undertake outreach and engage the wider community are particularly important. The Director will be appointed as a professor of the University and, as such, she or he will also be expected to meet the University’s general criteria for an appointment at the professorial level.

TERM & REMUNERATION
The position is full time for a period of five years in the first instance with a possibility for renewal. A salary package commensurate with the responsibilities of the position will be negotiated.

APPLY
All applications must be submitted via the University of Sydney careers website; search by the reference number 1632/0715 for more information and to apply.

Specific enquiries concerning the position should be directed to Professor Stephen Garton, Provost and Deputy Vice Chancellor.

For general recruitment enquiries please contact Mr Fabrice Noël, Principal Recruitment Consultant.

CLOSING DATE: 11.30pm 29 November 2015 (Sydney time)

The University is an equal opportunity employer committed to equity, diversity and social inclusion. Applications from equity target groups, including women and people with disabilities are encouraged. As the University of Sydney has established a scheme to increase the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff employed across the institution, applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are also encouraged.

The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.

© University of Sydney

Villanova University Harron Chair (Philadelphia)

The Department of Communication at Villanova University invites applications for the annual Harron Family Endowed Chair in Communication. The Department seeks a senior colleague whose scholarship, regardless of specialization or methodological orientation, has made a significant contribution to the discipline of Communication. This visiting, one-semester appointment is for the Fall of 2016. University-sponsored housing will be provided for the duration of the appointment. The responsibilities of the position include teaching one undergraduate and one graduate course related to his/her area of expertise, delivering a lecture to the Villanova community during the semester in residence, and mentoring faculty and students in the Communication Department. In addition to the salary generated by the Endowment and University-sponsored housing, The Harron Family Endowed Chair in Communication is eligible to receive graduate assistant support and to apply for a grant of up to $10,000 from the Waterhouse Family Institute for the Study of Communication and Society. This visiting position may be used to supplement sabbatical leave, but the Department encourages all interested, qualified candidates to apply.

THE CURRENT HARRON CHAIR
This year, the Department of Communication at Villanova University welcomed Dr. Lance Strate as the 2015 Harron Family Endowed Chair in Communication. Lance Strate is Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University. He earned a BS in Communication Arts at Cornell University, an MA in Media Studies at Queens College of the City University of New York, and a PhD in Media Ecology at New York University. He is the author of Echoes and Reflections: On Media Ecology as a Field of Study (Cresskill, NJ:  Hampton Press, 2006), On the Binding Biases of Time and Other Essays on General Semantics and Media Ecology (Fort Worth, TX:  Institute of General Semantics, 2011), and Amazing Ourselves to Death: Neil Postman’s Brave New World Revisited (New York: Peter Lang, 2014), as well as over 100 journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Strate’s scholarship has been devoted to the analysis and criticism of media and popular culture, the study of new media, and the development and elaboration of media ecology as a field of study, which includes the study of the nature and effects of technology and symbolic form, the history of human communication, and the relationship between communication, consciousness, and culture. Over the course of over 25 years on the faculty at Fordham University, he has served as department chair, graduate director, and undergraduate program director, as well as creating and serving as director of the Professional Studies in New Media interdisciplinary program. He has also taught graduate courses at New York University and Fairleigh Dickinson University, been a visiting professor conducting a faculty seminar at Technológico de Monterrey in Mexico, and a Disney Forum Fellow at Saint Mary’s College of California. He is a recipient of the Media Ecology Association’s 2013 Walter J. Ong Award for Career Achievement in Scholarship; the New York State Communication Association’s John F. Wilson Fellow Award in 1998, in recognition for exceptional scholarship, leadership, and dedication to the field of communication

APPLICATION PROCESS
To be considered for The Harron Family Chair, applicants should hold the rank of Associate or Full Professor of Communication or a closely related field, and have a national/international reputation for distinguished scholarship. In addition to an extensive, successful research program, candidates should demonstrate a strong teaching record and a willingness to contribute to the intellectual life of Villanova’s Department of Communication.  A complete application will include:
– a letter stating the candidate’s interest and qualifications, as well as indication of availability, housing needs, area(s) of expertise, and potential courses and research projects the candidate would pursue during the appointment;
– a current curriculum vitae;
– the names and full contact information for two personal references.
Electronic versions of these materials may be sent to http://jobs.villanova.edu   Review of applications will begin December 14, 2015, and will continue until the 2016 Harron Family Chair is selected.

The Department of Communication will be hosting a reception at NCA in Las Vegas to honor Dr. Strate. Applicants are strongly encouraged to attend. To attend the reception and meet with Villanova faculty at the upcoming NCA conference, please email Dr. Maurice Hall.

ABOUT THE HARRON FAMILY AND THE DEPARTMENT
The Harron family has been associated with the field of communication since the turn of the twenty-first century. Through the endowment of scholarships for students demonstrating academic achievement and financial need and support of the University’s highly regarded One Book Villanova program, the Harron family has also been a leader in philanthropic efforts at Villanova University.  The Harron Family Endowed Chair in Communication honors the Harron family’s accomplishments in the field of communication, their philanthropic legacy, and the Department’s commitment to excellence in communication education, scholarship, and practice.

The Department of Communication is the largest undergraduate major at Villanova, and has a thriving M.A. program with an excellent track record of sending students to Ph.D. programs. The strength of our programs is due to our Department’s emphasis upon intellectual rigor, the teacher-scholar model, and strong collegiality. Villanova University is a Roman Catholic university sponsored by the Augustinian order, located in the ethnically, racially, and culturally diverse Philadelphia metropolitan region. An AA/EEO employer, the Communication Department values dynamic and diverse faculty members who are committed to teaching, scholarship, and service—and who can contribute to the University’s conversation regarding truth, community, values, and social justice.

NOTE: Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, Director of the Center for Intercultural Dialogue, was the Harron Chair in 2013-14.

John Cabot University job ad: Communications & Media Studies

Professor of Communications and Media Studies
John Cabot University (JCU) – Communications
Location: Rome
Salary: Not specified
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Contract / Temporary
Placed on: 2nd October 2015
Closes: 31st December 2015

John Cabot University, an English language-based, American, regionally accredited four-year liberal arts college in Rome, Italy, seeks a full-time Communications and Media Studies professor for a two-year appointment with possibility for tenure.  Level of appointment depends on the candidate’s background.

The candidate should have a terminal degree, PhD in Communications and Media Studies and/or MFA in the area of Digital Media Arts, completed by the start date of September 1, 2016. She or he should be able to teach courses using critical and cultural approaches in some of the following areas: digital media, global media, media  and cultural theory, film and television, popular culture studies and industry structure and practices. Priority will be given to applicants who demonstrate experience and strength in their ability to teach diverse core courses in the program, in both the studies and the production curriculum, including advanced media theory, multimedia production, visual communication, and writing across the media.

The ideal candidate will have experience teaching within the American liberal arts tradition, experience working in a multicultural environment as well as a strong commitment to teaching students from diverse cultural and national backgrounds.

Teaching load is three courses per semester (six courses per year) and administrative work is expected.  JCU is an equal opportunity employer.  Send CV, cover letter with teaching philosophy, evidence of teaching excellence, and 3 references by December 31, 2015 to: CommunicationsSearch@johncabot.edu.

CFP Risk, Crisis, Emergency & Disaster: On Discourse, Materiality & Consequentiality of Communication

Call for submissions:
ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION, SPECIAL ISSUE:
Risk, Crisis, Emergency, and Disaster: On discourse, materiality, and consequentiality of communication
Edited by Mariaelena Bartesaghi
University of South Florida

Risk, crisis, emergency, and disaster are phenomena increasingly at the forefront of contemporary life. As communication scholars, we appreciate how these terms underscore and complicate the nexus of the material — as threats to life, habitat, and social system– and the interpretive, as terms that constitute, assess, and in turn convey messages about actionable information in moments of uncertainty. Yet these terms are used somewhat synonymously and index processes of decision and sense making that are often referred to transparently as well as from post facto standpoints.

Research addressing risk and crisis is often dependent on analyses of post facto accounts, when the outcome of the episode is already known. Systematic studies of communication during emergency, crisis, and disasters are relatively few, thus obscuring the “in the moment” negotiations of those making sense of emergent situations, under conditions when timeliness may have life or death implications. Terms like “risk” or “disaster” in risk and crisis communication appear as if transparent, with seemingly agreed upon ontologies of what constitutes these constructs. This appearance is misleading, for risk and disaster are already evaluations, that is, they are post facto accounts, justifications of outcomes, or prescriptions for future planning. They are semantically tied endpoints rather than processes or dynamics and thus implicate the question “What went wrong?”

In this special issue, we focus instead on risk, emergency, crisis, and disaster as emergent, contingent, and shifting in the very communication intended to define, address, and manage them. In so doing, we invite authors to consider the way, in the words of Karl Weick, “small events can have disproportionately large effects” as those who are responsible for responding, managing, negotiating, and communicating under conditions of ambiguity orient to and arrive at definitions of the situation as they attempt to act within it.

Possible topics for manuscripts include:
• studies of spoken and written discourse related to risk assessment, management, and decision making
• analyses of the dynamics of policy making
• negotiation of meaning among experts, stakeholders, and/or decision makers in knowledge production about crises, disasters, risks, and/or emergencies
• discourse analysis of documents, frameworks, and policies related to risk, crisis, emergency, and/or disaster
• organizational sensemaking studies
• case studies of crisis/risk/emergency/disaster discourse or interaction in the moment

Send completed manuscripts (8,000 words max, plus references) to the issue editor Mariaelena Bartesaghi by January 10, 2016. Send queries to the same email address.
Manuscripts should be prepared according to the guidelines set forth in the APA, 6th Edition.

University of New Mexico job ad

The Department of Communication & Journalism at the University of New Mexico invites applicants at the rank of a senior associate professor or professor with tenure to be appointed chair. The successful applicant must be a scholar able to lead an integrated department with graduate programs in communication and undergraduate programs in communication, journalism and mass communication.  The applicant should be able to demonstrate strong organizational skills and be dedicated to excellence in research, teaching and service.  The ideal candidate should be able to encourage collaboration and enhance learning opportunities with community organizations, professionals and public media outlets.

The chair position is typically a four-year, renewable term, contingent on favorable annual evaluations.  Duties include ensuring delivery of the curriculum, managing faculty and staff, as well as the budgets and program assessments and fostering faculty and graduate student research.  The chair represents the Department within the College and greater University and also facilitates collaboration with other university units. The date of appointment is August 2016, prior to the commencement of the fall semester.

The doctoral program specializes in culture with emphases in intercultural communication, health communication, and mass communication.  It enjoys a national/international reputation in intercultural communication. The MA program offers a general communication degree and the Department has over 800 undergraduate students majoring in communication, strategic communication and multimedia journalism.  The Department currently has 25 full-time faculty.

The Department of Communication & Journalism is housed in the College of Arts & Sciences. A&S is the largest and most diverse of UNM’s eleven colleges and schools.

The University of New Mexico (UNM) is a Carnegie Very High Research Activity Institution and a federally designated Hispanic Serving Institution, with nearly 35,000 students on the main and branch campuses. UNM offers benefits to same-sex and different sex domestic partners.

UNM is located in Albuquerque, the largest city in New Mexico. It is an ethnically diverse city in a metropolitan area of over 900,000 that has been listed as one of the best places to live in the United States. The city has rich cultural diversity and offers unparalleled opportunities for outdoor recreation and adventure. The University is located one hour south of Santa Fe and within minutes of the Sandia and Manzano Mountains, which feature excellent hiking, biking, rock climbing and skiing.

Minimum Qualifications:
1.      Doctorate in communication, journalism, mass communication or a related field.
2.      Achieved the rank of senior associate or full professor.
3.      Administrative/leadership experience at the department level or higher.

Preferred Qualifications:
1.      Record of excellence as a leading communication scholar.
2.      Demonstration of leadership experience at the university, department or community levels.
3.      Ability to address the needs of a department that integrates communication, journalism and mass communication.
4.      Demonstrated excellence in teaching graduate and undergraduate students.
5.      Ability or potential for obtaining external funding to support research and teaching.
6.      Record of active participation in academic and professional associations.
7.      A demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and student success, as well as working with broadly diverse communities.

Application Process:  A complete application consists of:  (1) letter of interest identifying scholarship, areas of administrative/leadership experience and teaching experience; (2) academic curriculum vita; and (3) three letters of references.  Reference letters should be emailed as PDF files from the letters’ authors directly to Dr. Phil Ganderton, Senior Associate Dean AND to Dr. Janet Shiver, Chair, Communication & Journalism.   References will be contacted for all semifinalists.

Submit application materials online.  For best consideration, applications should be submitted by December 15, 2015, and applications will continue to be reviewed until the position is filled. For more information, contact, Dr. Janet Shiver, Chair, Communication & Journalism. Applicants who are appointed to a UNM continuing faculty position are required to provide an official certification of successful completion of all degree requirements prior to their initial employment with UNM.

National University of Singapore job ads

Tenured Full/Associate Professor with research and teaching specialization in Health Communication and New Media at National University of Singapore

The Department of Communications and New Media at the National University of Singapore (NUS) seeks to hire a tenured Full/Associate Professor with research and teaching specialization in Health Communication and New Media. In particular, research and teaching interests in e-health, communication technologies and health, Tele-health, health information systems, health communication campaigns, health information-seeking, social support networks, provider patient communication, public policy and health, social change communication, community-driven participatory research, and/or health and globalization are desired. We are interested in internationally recognized scholars who value diverse research methods and approach health communication through new and emergent media perspectives. Candidates must have a Ph.D., extensive teaching experience, globally recognized research achievements, proven administrative experience, and leadership qualities.

The Department, a part of the globally ranked Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at NUS, offers degree programs at the undergraduate, master’s and doctoral levels, and is ranked among the top global Communication and Media Studies departments.

Position Available:  January 2017. Remuneration is internationally competitive.

Application Procedure: Applicants must submit:
1. a letter of interest;
2. an updated curriculum vitae (including education, employment history, public and professional service, honors and awards, and a complete list of publications);
3. a list of six referees (with affiliations and particulars); and
4. a statement of research
5. analysis of research impact
6. Five key publications

Enquiries and applications should be sent to Ms. Gayathri Dorairaju, Department of Communications and New Media, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, Blk AS6, #03-41, 11 Computing Drive, Singapore 117416. Tel: (65) 6516-4670, Fax: (65) 6779-4911, Email: cnmcareer@nus.edu.sg. For general information about NUS, please visit http://www.nus.edu.sg. Visit also the Department of Communications and New Media at http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/cnm/

Application Deadline: To ensure consideration, applications must arrive by 15 January 2016 and the search will continue until the position is filled. We uphold the principle of non-discrimination and encourage every qualified individual to apply.

TENURE TRACK POSITIONS IN 1) SOCIAL MEDIA, 2) CRITICAL THEORY AND NEW MEDIA, 3) NEW MEDIA AND POLITICAL COMMUNICATION at National University of Singapore

The Department of Communications and New Media at the National University of Singapore (NUS) seeks outstanding candidates for three tenure-track Assistant Professor positions, with research that complements our strengths in new media studies. CNM is a dynamic group of researchers who specialize in emergent issues at the intersections of media and communication in today’s digitally networked media environment.

We are seeking three individuals with expertise in one or more of the following broad areas: 1) Social media –computer-mediated communication, social and semantic network analysis, big data and computational methods, interaction design and analysis, digital risks and privacy, socially mediated relationships. 2) Critical theory and new media – ICTD, digital rhetoric and digital humanities, cultural studies of new media, political economy of new media, postcolonial theories of new media, new media mobilities, digital Marxist theory, performance studies and new media, new media policies and regulations, digital ethics. 3) New media and political communication – activism, elections and campaigns, power and politics, collective action, social movement, civic engagement, public opinion, political psychology and behavior. The Department is situated within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at NUS, Singapore. It offers degree programs at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels, and is ranked among the top Communication and Media Studies departments globally. Remuneration and work support provided are internationally competitive.

Please submit: (1) Research and teaching interest statements, (2) Curriculum Vitae including publications and teaching experience, (3) names, affiliates, and contact details of PhD supervisor and three other references, (4) selected copies of up to two journal/conference articles or book chapters representing best work.

Position Available:  July  2016. Candidates who are at the ABD stage and can show strong evidence of PhD completion by 2016 summer are welcome to apply. We strongly uphold the principle of non-discrimination and encourage every qualified individual to apply.  Remuneration is internationally competitive.

Enquiries and applications should be sent to Ms. Gayathri Dorairaju, Department of Communications and New Media, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, Blk AS6, #03-41, 11 Computing Drive, Singapore 117416. Tel: (65) 6516-4670, Fax: (65) 6779-4911, Email: cnmcareer@nus.edu.sg. For general information about NUS, please visit http://www.nus.edu.sg. Visit also the Department of Communications and New Media at http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/cnm/

Application Deadline: To ensure consideration, applications must arrive before January 3, 2016. We uphold the principle of non-discrimination and encourage every qualified individual to apply.

Study Abroad 2016 with Villanova University: Rhetoric in Greece

RHETORIC SUMMER STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM IN GREECE
5 weeks: May 15th to June 22nd 2016

The Department of Communication at Villanova University announces its 2016 Summer Study Abroad in Greece program–and invites applications from undergraduate students across the United States. Admission is competitive; early action deadline for application is December 15, 2015. Interested students should contact the 2016 Program Director, Dr. Bryan Crable, as soon as possible.

This amazing five-week, 6-credit summer program is specially designed to give Communication students important insights into the origin of the discipline and its relevance to contemporary public discourse. The program travels throughout Greece–including stops in Athens, Delphi, and Tolo as well as the Greek islands of Mykonos, Delos, Santorini, and Crete–as it focuses on the history of the spoken word–and its relation to epic storytelling, oratory, drama, and the life of the polis. The program, run annually since 2001, welcomes students who are majoring & minoring in Communication and closely related fields, such as English, Classics, Humanities, Honors, etc.

The program consists of two team-taught courses, one focusing on ancient Greek rhetoric and democracy (taught by Dr. Billie Murray, Villanova University), and the other on the rhetorical function of myth (taught by Dr. Bryan Crable, Villanova University). The courses take place on ancient archaeological sites and on hotel grounds (including, often, the beach). The size of the program is also ideal, since two faculty members are accompanied by 20-22 students, from universities across the country. This creates a unique learning environment, one that fosters a close intellectual and personal bond between students and faculty.

Scheduled site visits include the Athenian Acropolis, Agora, and Pnyx, Delphi,’s Temples of Apollo and Athena, Akrotiri on Santorini, Ancient Corinth, the Palace of Knossos on Crete, the sacred island of Delos, Agamemnon’s palace at Mycenae, and Epidaurus.  The program is housed in 3- and 4-star hotels throughout the duration of the trip, and program costs include tuition for 6 upper-level Villanova credit hours in COM, all land fees, all breakfasts, all site admissions, and in-country transportation via bus and ferry.

For more information on this unique intellectual and intercultural experience, encourage your students to visit our website. At the site, they can access the online application form, learn more about this year’s program, and check out photos from previous trips.