Fwd: Position Posting

[Kathryn Woolard]

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>The UCSD Department of Communication plans to appoint a senior faculty
>member (Associate Professor to Professor) starting with the 2001-2002
>academic year. The appointee will hold a dual affiliation with the
>Communication Department and UCSD's new Center for Research on Educational
>Equity and Teaching Excellence (CREATE). The Department of Communication
>is an interdisciplinary department with a faculty drawn from a variety of
>social science and humanities fields. Its distinguished faculty (5
>Guggenheim Fellows and other award winners) come together in their
>research and teaching interest in the various media of communication,
>including language, print, film and theater, broadcasting as well as
>web/internet/information technology. CREATE is a new academic unit whose
>mission includes improving education and educational opportunity in San
>Diego. The Communication/CREATE faculty member would be a full member of
>the Communication Department. His or her CREATE affiliation would mean
>teaching at least one course per year that supports CREATE as part of
>normal teaching responsibilities in the Communication Department. It would
>also be expected that the faculty member would undertake research in
>connection with one or more of CREATE's partner K-l2 schools in San Diego.
>We especially seek scholars who study communication processes in relation
>to diversity and equity issues. This interest can be expressed in a
>variety of theoretical and empirical domains, including the influence of
>race, class, gender and national identity on educational achievement,
>technology as a transforming and stratifying practice, communication
>practices in classrooms, schools, and communities.
>For department information see:
><http://communication.ucsd.edu/>http://communication.ucsd.edu/ and
><http://create.ucsd.edu/>http://create.ucsd.edu/
>Salaries are in strict accordance with UC pay scales. If non-citizen,
>state immigration status. UCSD is an equal opportunity/affirmative action
>employer committed to excellence through diversity. Applicants are invited
>to preview campus diversity resources and programs at Diversity at UC San
>Diego.
>To assist applicants who may have concerns regarding employment
>opportunities for spouses/partners, please consider the UCSD Academic Job
>Opportunities Bulletin, the Staff Employment Opportunity Bulletin or
>employment opportunities at other education and research institutions in
>San Diego.
>Send vita, statement of research and teaching interests, and names of 3
>references by November 15, 2000, or until the position is filled to:
>Michael Schudson, Recruitment Committee Chair (CLS), Department of
>Communication (0503), UCSD, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0503.

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Kathryn A. Woolard 	  	kwoolard at ucsd.edu
Department of Anthropology, 0532
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093-0532

Office phone: 858/534--4639
Fax:  858/534-5946
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