[Ethnocomm] Tenure Track position in Digital Media Communication at San Jose State University

Fri Nov 5 22:42:24 UTC 2021

Hello everyone,

On behalf of our Digital Media Communication search committee in the
Department of Communication Studies at SAN JOSÉ STATE UNIVERSITY
<https://www.sjsu.edu/index.php>, I am excited to announce our search for a
tenure-track Assistant Professor of Digital Media Communication to start in
August 2022.

*Digital Media Communication* is a growing disciplinary direction for our
department and we have strong student interest and need for faculty
teaching in this area. We seek dynamic scholars and educators to teach
existing courses in new media, games, and media criticism, develop
additional undergraduate and graduate courses, and pursue a robust research
trajectory in digital media.

*The successful candidate would join a Communication Studies department
(semester-system) with a three-three (3-3) (4-unit courses) teaching load* and
a wide range of specialties including (but not limited to):  interpersonal
communication, health communication, intercultural communication, media
studies, rhetoric, performance studies, organizational communication, and
communication pedagogy. Our department also has a robust graduate and study
abroad program, and promotes student engagement through service learning.

*For full consideration, complete applications must be received by December
15, 2021. (Details are listed below.)*

While you are more than welcome to direct questions to our department
chair, you may also reach out directly to the Chair of our search
committee: Dr. Rona Tamiko Halualani <mailto:rona.halualani at sjsu.edu>.

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*Zoom Informational Sessions About This Position*

Dr. Halualani, Chair of the Digital Media Communication search committee,
will conduct Zoom informational sessions about this position.  See Zoom
links below:

**Zoom Informational Session #1 - Digital Media Communication Position
(SJSU): *

Tuesday, November 16th, 2021, 10 am – 12 pm (PST)

Meeting ID: 897 4881 1998

Password: 470874

**Zoom Informational Session #2 - Digital Media Communication Position
(SJSU):*  Tuesday, November 30th, 2021, 3 pm – 5 pm (PST)

Meeting ID: 825 7740 4308

Password: 411518

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SAN JOSÉ STATE UNIVERSITY <https://www.sjsu.edu/index.php>

Assistant Professor - Digital Communication

APPLY NOW
<https://secure.dc4.pageuppeople.com/apply/873/gateway/default.aspx?c=apply&lJobID=505715&lJobSourceTypeID=837&sLanguage=en-us>*Job
no:* 505715
*Work type:* Instructional Faculty – Tenured/Tenure-Track
*Location:* San José
*Categories:* Unit 3 - CFA - California Faculty Association, Faculty -
Social Sciences, Tenured/Tenure-Track, Full Time

*Position Rank and Title:* Assistant Professor, Digital Communication

*School/Department Name:* Department of Communication Studies

*Compensation: *Commensurate with qualifications, experience, and rank as
established by the CSU Salary Schedule
<https://www2.calstate.edu/csu-system/careers/compensation/Pages/salary-schedule.aspx>.
See Benefits Summary
<https://www2.calstate.edu/csu-system/careers/benefits/Documents/employee-benefits-summary.pdf>
for
details about the CSU’s excellent employment benefits.

*Target Start Date:* August 2022

*Application Deadline: *Applications accepted until filled or closed

*Position Description*

We invite applications for an assistant professor in digital communication
with expertise in digital media and power and the implications for various
identity backgrounds such as race, gender, sexuality, disabilities, and
intersectional identities. We especially welcome applicants whose digital
communication scholarship illuminates issues and opportunities related to
Latinx/a/o communities.

Experts in this area examine digital media’s potential to empower creative
expression and civic life, as well as the economic and social implications
of the digital divide and structural inequalities. Successful candidates
may employ an array of methods including collection and analysis of
large-scale behavioral data, ethnographic and participatory action
research, and critical methods. The successful applicant will teach a range
of courses, from core and capstone offerings to undergraduate and graduate
courses in their area of specialty that prepare students to understand the
aesthetic practices, social and political impacts, and cultural and
community implications of digital media.

This position is one of several recruitments focused on Latinx/a/o
experiences across campus, including in Educational Counseling, English and
Comparative Literature, Journalism and Mass Communications, the School of
Information, the School of Management, Sociology and Interdisciplinary
Social Sciences, and Chicana and Chicano Studies.

Founded in 1963, SJSU’s Department of Communication Studies
<https//www.sjsu.edu/comm/> is the fifth largest department on campus, with
about 900 majors, 100 minors, and 40 graduate students. We offer six
curricular programs and nine co-curricular programs (Graduate Teaching
Associate, COMM Center, Internship program, Forensics Team, Social Media
Team, Califia Performance Collective, COMM Study Abroad, COMM Student
Association, and a thriving Honors Program). The department also
coordinates closely with other units in the College of Social Sciences,
particularly via the Ethnic Studies Collaborative (ESC), which supports
Ethnic Studies curricular and co-curricular projects that address issues of
settler colonialism, racial capitalism, immigration, and racialization,
with a focus on the comparative histories and experiential knowledges of
marginalized racial and ethnic groups in the U.S.

The Department of Communication Studies and San José State University value
diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Our excellence in research,
teaching, and service can only be fully realized by faculty, students, and
staff who share our commitment to these values. SJSU enrolls more than
36,000 students, many of whom are historically underserved, and around 45%
are first-generation and 38% are Pell-recipients. SJSU is a Hispanic
Serving Institution (HSI) and Asian American and Native American Pacific
Islander (AANAPISI) Serving Institution. The university’s commitment to
social justice extends from its vibrant, inclusive campus to an
international network of over 275,000 alumni. As such, San José State is
committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty so our disciplines,
students, and the community can benefit from multiple ethnic and gender
perspectives.

Successful candidates will demonstrate evidence of a commitment to equity
and inclusion through their research, teaching, and/or service. We ask that
all applicants include a Diversity Statement with their application
package. A guide to writing this statement can be found at SJSU Diversity
Statement Guidelines
<https://www.sjsu.edu/provost/faculty-success/sjsu-diversity-statement-guidelines-for-faculty-applicants.php>,
along with information about how these statements will be evaluated.

*Required Qualifications*

●   Applicants are expected to possess a Ph.D. in communication or a
related field, with degree awarded by time of appointment.

●   Qualifications for the position include:

   - Demonstrated commitment to teaching excellence
   - Preparation to teach departmental core courses, such as our upper
   division junior-level theorizing communication course and our senior
   capstone.
   - Record of research and/or creative achievement

●   Applicants should demonstrate an awareness of and sensitivity to the
educational goals of a socially and economically diverse student population
as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching, and
other comparable experience.

*Preferred Qualifications*

We seek applicants with research and teaching trajectories that speak to
and focus on historically underrepresented and socio-politically
marginalized communities and networks, and especially welcome applicants
who can address issues and opportunities related to Latinx/a/o communities.

*Key Responsibilities*

   - The candidate will teach undergraduate and graduate courses, advise
   graduate projects and theses, advise the department’s Social Media Team,
   and create partnerships with nonprofit, for-profit, and/or community
   organizations and other departments in the SJSU College of Social Sciences.
   - The candidate will participate in shared governance, usually in
   department, college, and university committees and other service
   assignments.
   - The candidate must demonstrate awareness and experience understanding
   the needs of a student population of great diversity – in age, abilities,
   cultural background, ethnicity, religion, economic background, primary
   language, sexual orientation, gender identity, and academic preparation –
   through inclusive course materials, teaching strategies and advisement.

*Application Procedure:*

Click Apply Now to complete the SJSU Online Employment Application and
attach the following documents:

   - letter of interest
   - curriculum vitae
   - diversity statement
   <https://www.sjsu.edu/provost/faculty-success/sjsu-diversity-statement-guidelines-for-faculty-applicants.php>
[2
   pages]
   - statement of teaching interests/philosophy [2 pages]
   - research plans [2 pages]
   - three references with contact information

Candidates are also welcome to include an optional statement of how
Covid-19 pandemic has affected their professional lives and scholarly
output.

Inquiries may be directed to the Department Chair: Andrew F. Wood <
mailto:andrew.wood at sjsu.edu <andrew.wood at sjsu.edu>>.

*Conditional Offer*

Employment is contingent upon proof of eligibility to work in the United
States. Satisfactory completion of a background check (including a criminal
records check) is required for employment. CSU will make a conditional
offer of employment, which may be rescinded if the background check reveals
disqualifying information, and/or it is discovered that the candidate
knowingly withheld or falsified information. Failure to satisfactorily
complete the background check may affect the continued employment of a
current CSU employee who was conditionally offered the position.

*San José State University: Silicon Valley's Public University*

Located in the heart of Silicon Valley — one of the most innovative regions
in the world — San José State University
<http://www.sjsu.edu/about/index.php> is the founding campus of the
23-campus California State University (CSU) system and the first public
university in the West. The 2020 #1 Most Transformative University in the
nation according to Money Magazine, San José State is an essential partner
in the economic, cultural and social development of Silicon Valley, the Bay
Area and California. SJSU is a top-200 school nationally in research
funding and second highest in research productivity in the CSU system. This
cutting-edge research, combined with its world-class scholarship,
student-centered learning opportunities, and experiential and
interdisciplinary programs, allows SJSU to provide transformative
opportunities that advance the public good locally and globally.

*Equal Employment Statement*

San José State University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity
Employer. We consider qualified applicants for employment without regard to
race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, gender
identity/expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, medical
condition, marital status, veteran status, or disability. This policy
applies to all San José State University students, faculty, and staff as
well as University programs and activities. Reasonable accommodations are
made for applicants with disabilities who self-disclose. Note that all San
José State University employees are considered mandated reporters under the
California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and are required to comply
with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition
of employment.

*Advertised:* October 15, 2021 (9:00 AM) Pacific Daylight Time
*Applications close:* Open Until Filled

*Posted Position Link:*

https://jobs.sjsu.edu/sj/en-us/job/505715/assistant-professor-digital-communication

-- 
Dr. Tabitha Hart
Author of *Exploring cultural communication from the inside out: An
ethnographic toolkit*
Now available for purchase or course adoption
<https://titles.cognella.com/exploring-cultural-communication-from-the-inside-out-9781516582907>
.
Visit my Academia.edu page <https://sjsu.academia.edu/TabithaHart> for more
publications.
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