Thought someone might be interested.
Michelle
Dr. Michelle Ferrier
Associate Professor, iMedia Graduate Program
Elon University
Elon, NC
336-278-5737 (o)
mferr...@elon.edu

Elon University: www.elon.edu

Interactive Media, Media Communications, Multimedia and Strategic
Communications
The School of Communications at Elon University is searching for four
tenure-track assistant or associate professors to join our current 40
full-time faculty members, effective August 2010. Dr. Connie Book,
associate dean of the school, is chairing these searches. Review of
applications begins November 15th and continues until the positions
are filled.
INTERACTIVE MEDIA POSITION: We seek a faculty member with a Ph.D. and
professional experience to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in
interactive media. The ideal candidate will have an interactive media
professional background and a theory driven scholarship agenda in
interactive design and/or strategies. Teaching expertise can be from
any of the following fields: broadcast, cinema, journalism, new media,
photojournalism, strategic communications or other related field.
Please send an application letter, CV and list of references to
imediasea...@elon.edu.
MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS POSITION: We seek a faculty member with a Ph.D.
and professional experience to teach courses in our core curriculum,
such as Communications in a Global Age, the senior capstone and
courses in the communication science sequence. The School specifically
seeks a faculty member who will be engaged in global perspectives and
interdisciplinary teaching. Please send an application letter, CV and
list of references to mediacomsea...@elon.edu.
MULTIMEDIA POSITION: We seek a faculty member with a terminal degree
(Ph.D. or M.F.A.) and professional experience in digital media to
teach courses in visual design and basic multimedia production. This
faculty member will teach a core course required of undergraduate
majors in communication, Digital Media Convergence. In this course
students learn design theory and a broad range of hardware and
software skills. Skills include, but are not limited to, graphic
design, photography, audio/video and web-design work. The successful
applicant’s area of expertise can be in any of the following fields:
should be rooted in broadcast, cinema, journalism, new media,
photojournalism, strategic communications or other related field. The
ideal candidate will have a strong digital media background and a
solid theoretical foundation. When applying please specify your
hardware and software skills and include examples of work in the form
of a digital portfolio available online or by DVD. Please send an
application letter, CV and list of references to
multimediasea...@elon.edu.
STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS POSITION: We seek a faculty member with a
Ph.D. and professional experience to teach courses in our Strategic
Communications major. Teaching expertise should include Strategic
Writing, Strategic Campaigns, Communications Research or Corporate
Publishing. Research area is open, but the school has current needs in
interactive media as it relates to strategic communication. Please
send an application letter, CV and list of references to
stratcomsea...@elon.edu.
We seek outstanding teachers who are committed to being teacher-
scholars and contribute in meaningful ways to the life of the
university. Elon operates on a 4-1-4 calendar, with a fall term, a
three-week winter term (January) and a spring term. Most faculty
rotate between teaching five courses a year (for instance, a 2-1-2)
and six courses a year. All faculty teach in the School of
Communications core curriculum and participate in the University’s
general education program.
Elon is a private university of 5,000 students and almost 700 graduate
students in the heart of North Carolina. Newsweek recently named Elon
the nation’s leading college for engaged learning. U.S. News & World
Report ranks Elon #2 among the 199 master’s-level universities in the
South. The University is located in the corridor that includes Duke,
Wake Forest and UNC Chapel Hill. Elon’s campus is designated as a
botanical garden.
Elon’s nationally accredited School of Communications is home to
almost 20 percent of the student body. Students select among majors in
Journalism, Strategic Communications, Media Arts & Entertainment
(broadcast and cinema), and Communication Science. The School also
offers an M.A. in Interactive Media. The School of Communications has
six Mac labs, two television studios, and a large field production
inventory for faculty and students. Final Cut Studio 7, Adobe CS4
Design Premium, and Pro Tools 8 are the primary software tools
currently used in our curriculum. The school is known for having one
of the best technology infrastructures in the nation. To learn more
about the School of Communications, visit www.elon.edu/communications.