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ASSISTANT OR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (TENURE-TRACK) IN SPEECH COMMUNICATION, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CARBONDALE.

The department seeks a teacher/scholar in communication pedagogy, performance studies, rhetoric, or some combination of those areas, with expertise in qualitative methods, or other strategies for researching lived experience in cultural contexts. We welcome all qualified applicants, but we particularly seek scholars working from interpretive, critical, and/or postmodern perspectives.

DUTIES include: graduate advising and committee service, pursuing active research agenda, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses as assigned, and providing service as needed. Graduate teaching includes such courses as: critical communication pedagogy; speech communication at university level; communication pedagogy and culture; teaching as performance; seminar in communication pedagogy; studies in rhetoric; theory and criticism in performance studies; or others in area of expertise and as needed by the department. Undergraduate teaching should contribute to one or more of the undergraduate specializations.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: a) Ph.D. in speech communication or closely related field; b) expertise in communication pedagogy, performance studies or rhetoric as indicated by major graduate coursework, dissertation, relevant experience, or scholarly publication. For either position, ability to supervise graduate assistants teaching the basic course is preferred. Additional expertise in one or more of the following areas is preferred: interpersonal communication; intercultural communication; organizational communication; or gender, sexuality, and communication. Assistant Professor (tenure track) requirements include: college/university teaching experience; scholarly accomplishment indicated by single author or first author peer-reviewed national journal articles or conference papers. Three or more years in rank and experience supervising graduate research preferred. If all of the requirements for the Ph.D. are not met by August 15, 2011, a one-year contract at the rank of instructor will be offered at a reduced salary. Associate Professor (tenure track) requirements include: six years university-level teaching; evidence of scholarly accomplishment indicated by a substantial record of single author or first author peer-reviewed national journal articles or books, and conference papers.

APPLICATION DEADLINE is June 10, 2011, or until filled.  Effective date of appointment will be August 16, 2011.  TO APPLY, send letter of application, curriculum vitae, publication/ manuscript sample, transcript copies of highest degree earned, and three current letters of reference to Nathan Stucky, Chair, Department of Speech Communication, Mail Code 6605, SIUC, 1100 Lincoln Dr., Carbondale, IL  62901.  SIUC is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer that strives to enhance its ability to develop a diverse faculty and staff and to increase its potential to serve a diverse student population. All applications are welcomed and encouraged, and will receive consideration.