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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Calibri"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">The Department of Communication at the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position
to begin September 1, 2014, with responsibilities for teaching and supervision at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The Department offers BA, MA, and PhD programs on a multi-cultural campus. For both positions, the
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; BACKGROUND: white; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">ability to collaborate on and eventually lead interdisciplinary, grant-funded projects is desirable. The newly established Institute
for Social Science Research <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(</span></font><a href="http://www.umass.edu/issr/"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: windowtext; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><font face="Calibri">www.umass.edu/issr/</font></span></a><font face="Calibri"><u><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: windowtext; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">)</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; text-underline: none">
is available to provide support for the appointed scholars’ research</span></span></u><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; BACKGROUND: white; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">.</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Calibri"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">POSITION:
<span style="BACKGROUND: white">SOCIAL INTERACTION AND CULTURE</span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; BACKGROUND: white; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Calibri"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; BACKGROUND: white; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">We invite applications<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>from scholars who theorize and conduct research at the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>nexus
of communication and the environment, health, the family,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>religion, or related social concerns.
<span style="COLOR: black">Expertise in qualitative methodology is required, including the ability to instruct and supervise graduate research.</span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">
<span style="BACKGROUND: white">The successful applicant's work will complement current faculty</span>
<span style="BACKGROUND: white">strengths in the ethnography of communication, social interaction, and intercultural communication.</span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; BACKGROUND: white; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><font face="Calibri">Review of applications will begin on October 15, 2013 and will continue until the positions are filled. Applications should include a letter
of interest, a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">CV</i>, evidence of teaching effectiveness, one article-length example of research, and three letters of reference. All materials should be submitted through the Academic Jobs Online website at
</font></span><a href="https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri">www.academicjobsonline.org/ajo</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><font face="Calibri">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>A completed PhD in Communication or closely allied field is required by the start of the appointment. For more information, visit our website at
</font></span><a href="http://www.umass.edu/communication"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri">www.umass.edu/communication</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><font face="Calibri">
or contact Benjamin Bailey (</font></span><a href="mailto:bbailey@comm.umass.edu"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri">bbailey@comm.umass.edu</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><font face="Calibri">),
Donal Carbaugh (</font></span><a href="mailto:Carbaugh@comm.umass.edu"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri">Carbaugh@comm.umass.edu</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><font face="Calibri">),
or Debra Madigan, Office Manager, at dmadigan@comm.umass.edu.<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><font face="Calibri">The University of Massachusetts Amherst is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. The Department is committed to increasing the
diversity of the faculty, student body, and curriculum and is interested in candidates who have demonstrated ability to work with diverse populations.<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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