job announcement

[Marco Jacquemet]

INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION/SOCIAL INTERACTION (TENURE TRACK)
The Department of Communication Studies at the University of San Francisco 
invites applications for a tenure-track position in Interpersonal 
Communication/Social Interaction.  This position will be at the Assistant 
Professor level and is anticipated to begin Fall 2009, pending approval 
and funding.
Teaching responsibilities will include the foundational course for the 
major, Communication and Everyday Life, a theory-based introduction to 
interpersonal communication.  Additional courses could, but need not, 
include the following: Language and Social Interaction, Communication and 
Technology, Organization Communication, and Communication and Aging.  The 
Department continues to increase course offerings at the junior-senior 
level and looks to new faculty to develop compelling new courses beyond 
those listed above.  Successful applicants will have experience teaching 
interpersonal communication and will also detail what possible new courses 
they could contribute to the Department.  The teaching load at USF is two 
courses per semester with an additional third course every fourth semester 
(2-2-2-3 over two years).  
Qualifications include an earned doctorate by Fall 2009, University 
teaching experience, evidence of a strong commitment to teaching, evidence 
of a strong and ongoing scholarly research program, a commitment to work 
in a culturally diverse environment, an understanding of and commitment to 
support the mission of the University, and a dedication to service to both 
the Department and the University.  
Applicants should submit the following documents electronically in PDF 
format to communicationsearch at usfca.edu: a letter of application, 
curriculum vitae, graduate transcripts, brief description of research 
plans, copies/reprints of recent research papers, statement of teaching 
philosophy, copies of official teaching evaluations, and three letters of 
recommendation. 
The Subject Line of your e-mail(s) should begin with your full name: e.g.,
Subject: Mary L. McEnroe--- Interpersonal Communication/Social Interaction 
Any remaining elements that cannot be submitted electronically in PDF 
format should be mailed to:
Communication Studies Search Committee
c/o Eve-Anne Doohan, Search Committee Chair
Department of Communication Studies
University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton Street
San Francisco, CA 94117-1080

Applications must be received by October 1, 2008 in order to ensure full 
consideration. 

The University of San Francisco is a Jesuit Catholic university founded in 
1855 to educate leaders who will fashion a more humane and just world.  
Candidates should demonstrate a commitment to work in a culturally diverse 
environment and to contribute to the mission of the University.  USF 
offers a competitive salary and benefits package.  Please see 
http://www.usfca.edu/hr/ for more information. 

USF is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to affirmative action and 
to excellence through diversity.  The University provides reasonable 
accommodations to qualified applicants with disabilities upon request.