Communication and Media Studies 2009-2010

Applications Due
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Arizona State University - Hugh Downs School of Human Communication - rhetorical studies, rhetoric and critical culture (Assistant/Associate) (due December 1) Listing Here

--Note: Received email receipt of materials and EEOO form 11/24

Coastal Carolina University - Public Relations (review begins immediately)

Colorado State - Special Instructor in Media and Visual Culture, including visual rhetoric (due December 15, 2009)

Duquesne University - Assistant Professor of IMC/Business & Professional Communication (due December 15, 2009)

Emerson--Director of Fundamentals of Speech Communication (due Dec. 7)

Grand Valley State (2 positions) - Broadcast and Health Communication (deadline 11/23/09) Full Listing Here

Georgia State University - Two positions Listings Here Gonzaga University - Two positions Listings Here
 * rhetorical studies (due Nov 20)
 * international communication (due Dec 15)
 * public relations (due Dec 1)


 * technologically mediated communication (due Dec 1)


 * Note: Email confirmation sent on receipt of application.

Indiana State University - PR (due December 15)

Marquette University - PR and Corporate Communication (due December 1)

Michigan State University- Health Communication Technology (Due December 1) Listing Here

Oglethorpe University - Communication and Rhetoric (due December 8) Listing Here Why is this not posted on any job sites?
 * They posted a mass ad on the Chronicle for several positions, so it's kind of buried: Chronicle Listing Here

Rutgers University, School of Communication and Information (4 open rank posts)
 * Communication (due Dec 1)
 * Journalism and Media Studies -- Global Media & Democracy (due Dec 1)
 * Digital Media & Society (due Dec 1)
 * Library and Information Sciences (due Dec 1)


 * 11/2 - got an email notice that materials were under review
 * - heard rumors at NCA that they're looking for very senior people for this [PLEASE CLARIFY: senior people for which positions?]
 * - To clarify, it is not the case that they are looking for senior people across the board.
 * - Yes, sorry, the Comm job.
 * - They have emailed some non-senior people to recommend they apply for the Digital Media & Society position. So, I assume that means it is not across the board.

University of Central Missouri - Public Relations (due December 4)

University of North Carolina Wilmington- Performance Studies (due January 20, 2010) Listing Here

University of Portland (Two positions) Listing Here University of Wisconsin-Madison- (Three positions)
 * Assistant Professor Communication Studies (due Nov. 30, 2009)
 * Journalism/New Media (due Nov. 30, 2009)
 * Communication Science (due December 1, 2009)
 * Rhetoric (due December 1, 2009) Listing Here
 * Mass Communication


 * They're actually starting to bring people in this month.


 * - Does "this" month mean November?

Deadline Passed, Awaiting News
American University - Public Communication (October 1, 2009)

Auburn University- rhetoric, intercultural, health (due November 2, 2009), Listing Here


 * Note: sending email upon receipt, then a "form c" (EEOO form) via snail mail.
 * Any news?
 * The rumor is they have an inside candidate

Babson College- Assistant Professor in Media Studies (review begins Nov 6, 2009) Full Listing Here


 * email receipt received on 11/5


 * Any update on this? (11/23)

Baylor University - Organizational Communication (due Nov 1) / Visual Rhetoric (due Nov. 1)


 * Any news?

Butler University - PR (due November 15)

College of Wooster- Rhetorical approaches to media communication (due November 1, 2009), Listing Here


 * Note: Sending emails upon receipt of materials
 * Note: Reposted the position on November 3rd to CRTNet and basically said send applications ASAP

Eastern Kentucky--Generalist (review underway) Elon University - Media Communications (Due Nov 15) - Listing Here

DePaul University - Public Relations (due 10/15)

Georgetown College- Communication and Media Studies (review starts October 15, 2009) Full Listing Here

George Washington University - General Communication (review starts October 25, 2009)

Illinois College Media Production (due October 31, 2009) Listing Here


 * Note: they email an affirmative action form upon receipt of your application.

Indiana University South Bend- media, cultural studies, PR/journalism (due November 20, 2009), Listing Here

Kent State--Health (review underway) Monmouth College- generalist, qualitative (due November 16, 2009), Listing Here

Northwestern University - Technology & Social Behavior (Due Nov 15, 2009) Listing Here

University of Nevada Reno- Public Communication (due November 21, 2009), Full Listing Here

Ohio State University - Communication Technology (deadline November 1, 2009)


 * Got affirmative action letter 10/30
 * Heard rumor at NCA that they were interviewing already

Middlebury- Comparative Media Studies (review starts 11/2) Full Listing Here


 * Requests for more information made this week to 30 candidates: http://justtv.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/moving-forward-with-our-media-studies-search/#comments

Missouri State University- Tenure-Track Assistant Professor position in Media (review begins Oct. 5, 2009),Full Listing Here.

Montclair State University--Health Communication (review began in Sept.) Monmouth College--Generalist (review began Nov. 16th) North Central College- generalist (due November 1, 2009), Full Listing via CRTNet, college website hereListing Here

Northeastern University - Assistant Professor (with expertise in research methods) (due November 1 2009)

Rochester Institute of Technology- Journalism (due Oct. 1, 2009), [http://https://myinfo.rit.edu/OA_HTML/OA.jsp?page=/oracle/apps/irc/candidateSelfService/webui/VisVacDispPG&OAHP=IRC_EXT_SITE_VISITOR_APPL&OASF=IRC_VIS_VAC_DISPLAY&akRegionApplicationId=821&transactionid=53668611&retainAM=N&addBreadCrumb=RP&p_svid=32669&p_spid=532102&oapc=7&oas=gc1agMHXP5SJYs58zAZaCQ.. Full Listing Here]

Texas Christian University--Two assistant professor positions (review began Nov. 1st)
 * Any news on TCU?

University of Arkansas at Little Rock--Generalist (review began in Oct.) University of Colorado at Boulder (Assistant Professor in Journalism) due November 1, 2009)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign(Assistant Professor in Interpersonal Comm. due November 1, 2009)
 * Interviewed short list at NCA

University of Illinois--Chicago-Health Communication (due Oct. 15) University of Michigan - Interdisclipinary Study of Mass Media (due September 25)


 * 10/28 Affirmative Actions email came
 * Any update here?
 * At NCA they were courting a very senior person for this position.
 * The only person from UMich that I saw was Scott Campbell. Were there others?

University of Missouri - Interpersonal Communication and Political Communication


 * Political Comm email receipt of information 11/10. 38 applicants
 * I heard the Interpersonal job had 100 applicants

University of Minnesota - 2 positions - New Media Journalism and Journalism and Mass Communication History (due October 19, 2009) (review starts October 30, 2009) Full Listing Here


 * They follow up with an EEOO (online) form request via email once they start to process your application

University of Oregon - Communication Studies (due September 20, 2009)

University of Texas at Tyler- Assistant/Associate Professor in Journalism (review began in October 2009)Full Listing Here

University of South Carolina at Aiken - Communication and Media (due October 13, 2009)


 * Email sent on receipt of final letters. Contacting references of semi-finalists.

University of Utah- (Two positions) New Media Studies (review starts November 15, 2009); organizational communication


 * Note: they email an EEOO form.


 * (see On Campus visits for the New Media position)

Western Illinois University - qualitative/generalist (due October 15)

Positions Canceled
University of Pittsburgh -- Rhetoric (deadline 1 October 2009) Full Listing Here


 * Withdrawn according to CRTNET, August 18, 2009.

University of California Los Angeles- Mass Communication
 * **Does anyone know where this was posted?**
 * I believe it was posted in the September edition of Spectra.
 * I saw it on one of the sites like phds.org or higheredjobs.com, but it doesn't matter because it was pulled over a month ago (11/1)

University of Iowa -- Visual News/Digital Communication


 * Search cancelled due to budget cuts. Email sent to applicants 11/11

Phone Interviews
Austin College - Assistant Professor of Media Regulation/History, Rhetoric, and/or Documentary Film/Video Production
 * Email request for phone interview 11/5.

Denison University -Assistant Professor in International/Cross-Cultural Communication and Media Studies.
 * Phone interview scheduled for the week of November 2nd. Contacted via email.
 * Any news after the phone interviews? (11/7)
 * Heard the SC met candidates at NCA (11/16)
 * Any update on this position? Has anyone been contacted for an on campus interview or any follow up?
 * What timeline did they say?

Eastern Illinois - Scheduled for October 19


 * For both Multimedia Design and Basic Course Director.
 * Any news about the Basic Course?
 * Phone interview for Multimedia Design held week of 10/12

Empire State College -


 * Phone interview October 29th

Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne
 * Email received with follow-up questions on November 11. They're scheduling phone interviews for November 18-25 and planning to bring in 3 people for campus interviews in January and February.
 * Request for phone interview (11/12)
 * Is this for the rhetoric position or the digital media position?
 * Rhetoric position.
 * Media Studies position too = by media studies, do you mean the media policy position OR the digital journalism position?
 * ==&gt; See the original ad below for the media studies position. Based on this, I suspect they're looking for candidates to teach/research media policy and digital journalism:
 * "The candidate should be able to teach undergraduate and graduate courses primarily in media law and policy with some combination of research methods, cultural studies, media analysis, media and society, as well as the candidate's area of expertise. We will consider all areas of research specialization, including but not limited to new and emerging media, Internet, digital and visual cultures, race/ethnicity, multimedia production and design."
 * I didn't apply for any of these jobs but I know the people there, it is a great group.
 * Update: they are looking at issuing invitations for on-campus interviews within the next week and a half (either just before or just after the holiday) for the rhetoric position.
 * Were there phone interviews scheduled for the digital journalism position yet?!
 * They are hiring FIVE people this year, so we should try to be very precise as we post news about the process on these.
 * I can find three positions on the Highereds.com site. (Media Policy, Rhetoric, & Media Production) Where did you find five?
 * They told me they're hiring five for the entire department during my phone interview. I think the other two are in journalism and film.

Keene State College - Rhetoric/Philosophy/Journalism (due November 16, 2009)


 * E-mail received late on 11/20 for request for phone interview, to take place sometime 12/1-12/4
 * Do they have an inside candidate?
 * --I wrote the above note about getting a phone interview, and have no idea why someone would think there is an inside candidate, as I live far away from New Hampshire. Plus, why would the search committee take so much time to interview over the phone if there was an inside candidate? Even if there is an inside candidate, it at least appears there is serious consideration of others.
 * -I think we have to be careful about being too defensive on this wiki. It seems like the person who asked if there was an inside candidate was just wondering.  We are all feeling anxiety about this awful job market and if people respond to inquiries with a defensive tone this will tend to inhibit full discussion on this site.
 * - One must always be wary of inside candidates--it's all too common. Last year, I had a phone interview of over an hour, a campus visit in which I was told I should check out real estate the last few hours in town, and they then hired an internal candidate. I'm not saying I wasn't given serious consideration, but I think I had a huge mountain to overcome (as one member of the search committee hinted in private). Not to mention, the inside candidate doesn't even have a PhD as the job listing stated as a requirement.
 * - One must always be wary of inside candidates--it's all too common. Last year, I had a phone interview of over an hour, a campus visit in which I was told I should check out real estate the last few hours in town, and they then hired an internal candidate. I'm not saying I wasn't given serious consideration, but I think I had a huge mountain to overcome (as one member of the search committee hinted in private). Not to mention, the inside candidate doesn't even have a PhD as the job listing stated as a requirement.

Penn State Hazleton
 * E-mail received 11/11 with interviews being scheduled for 11/23-24, 11/30, 12/4.

Sam Houston State University - Business Communication (review begins immediately)
 * Phone interview held 10/20 and other interviews being held at ABC

Towson University - Assistant Professor, Research Methods. Phone interviews scheduled for Dec 1, 2009.

University of Missouri - Interpersonal Communication

Received phone call & email about scheduling a phone interview for the first or second week in December (11/24)

University of Maryland - Emerging Media (due 10/30/09)
 * Apparently this position only attracted a mere 33 applicants by 10/30/09. Any other info?
 * Is this the same as the cluster hire in Digital Humanities, Media and Cultures? The deadline for that isn't until Dec 15.
 * I heard they are separate positions. Where is the "33 applicants" info from?
 * I don't think they are the same position. Was contacted for a phone interview for the emerging media position, to be held second week in December.

- When were you contacted? Via email?

== On-Campus Interviews== DePaul University - Assistant professor of online journalism

on-campus interview is scheduled for December

Eastern Illinois University

On-campus interview conducted week of Nov 16 - multimedia/web position

Fairfield University 


 * On-Campus interviews scheduled for November
 * Did someone post this because Fairfield said that was their plan? Or has anyone actually been invited for an on-campus interview yet?
 * - Actually invited for an on-campus interview
 * Does anyone know if they have one or two open positions? I heard a rumor it might be two.
 * - When did they invite you for an on-campus interview? Had a phone interview in early October but have not heard anything as of yet.
 * There is at least one on-campus interview happening this week. (10/29)
 * Have others been scheduled?
 * Hoped to be finished interviewing (on-campus) by the end of this week (10/30)


 * Any news on this position? Has there been an offer made?

George Washington University - Assistant Professor, School of Media and Public Affairs (due November 1, 2009)


 * On-campus interviews have been scheduled.
 * For the interpersonal position??

Illinois College
 * Rhetoric and Communication Studies Full Listing Here
 * Scheduling NCA interviews, October 30, contacting by phone
 * They received about 165 applications. They're planning on interviewing 15 at the convention, following up with campus interviews after NCA.
 * Do you know if all 15 calls have been made?
 * At 6pm EST on Oct 30 they had made about half of them.
 * Great, thanks for the information.
 * Do you have any idea if the rest of the calls have been made?
 * No idea, although they haven't gotten back to me with a finalized day/time for my interview, so they may still be contacting/scheduling. update: day/time finalized as of 6 nov.
 * Update: Planning to contact candidates for on campus interviews before Thanksgiving, but probably won't be able to arrange all the on campus visits til January. Hoping to make an offer by the end of January.
 * Is this information based on the NCA interview or have they contacted you recently?
 * Someone has been contacted recently, since this showed up in the on-campus interviews section. Moved the history up from NCA interviews.  Whoever added the on-campus interview, do you have any details?

James Madison University 
 * On-campus interviews scheduled for late November - early December
 * For which position(s)? They've just reposted all their jobs on[ HigherEdJobs.com] and it looks like some of the deadlines are now "open until filled."

Middle Tennessee State University - Organizational Communication (due 10/26)


 * E-mail invitation for on-campus in late November

Northeastern Illinois University (Chicago) - Generalist (Due Oct 31)
 * E-mail received 11/20 with interviews being scheduled for December

Ohio University (Multimedia journalism position)


 * Interviews held late Oct/early Nov.
 * This info was deleted earlier - not sure why. Please don't delete. If there's new info, update it. If the job has been offered or cancelled, list it in the appropriate section.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill - (PR position)


 * On-campus interviews started Oct.26
 * Have all the campus interviews been scheduled? I heard a rumor they are hiring two people this year.
 * Don't know if all have been scheduled, but they are bringing 6 candidates with the aim of filling 2 positions.

University of Minnesota - Mass communication history position


 * 3 finalists selected and on-campus interviews scheduled for November

University of Richmond- Communication and Culture (review starts October 1, 2009) Full Listing Here
 * 11/5: Finalizing short list. Will be contacting (calling) soon to schedule NCA preliminary interviews (x2)
 * I received an e-mail for an interview with Richmond, to take place Friday or Saturday during NCA (e-mail received 11/9) (x2)
 * I received an email today to schedule an on campus interview in December. (11/23)

University of Utah - New Media
 * On campus visit arranged. (They skipped phone interviews and went directly to campus interviews.)
 * Date? How'd they contact you? Did you meet with them at NCA?
 * Contacted on 11/20 by phone. Had a very brief meet-and-greet at NCA (a 20 minute conversation between panels).
 * Anyone else hear from them?

Saint Louis University - Multiplatform journalism position


 * on-campus interview scheduled for later in November. Bringing in 3 candidates with aim of having an offer made and accepted by middle/end of December.

Roger Williams University - Assistant Professor of Journalism


 * scheduled for first week in December

Rowan University
 * met with people at NCA
 * Campus interviews have been scheduled for early Dec. Finalists have been notified.
 * Finalists have been chosen, campus interviews are scheduled for early Dec.

Roosevelt University - Media Studies [ Full Listing Here.]


 * Scheduling campus visits between now and December 18th.
 * Any idea how many interviews they are doing?

Santa Clara University
 * Phone Interviews in late October - early November

On campus interviews scheduled for November - early December

University of Oregon - Online journalism assistant professor


 * invited for interview in January = presumably there are two of you lucky folks? correct?
 * that's what I understand, yes

Villanova (Rhetoric)
 * Any details?
 * Received email for NCA interview for rhetoric position (11/9)
 * - Journalism/Media Studies - Received invitation (11/10) for interview on Saturday.
 * - Any update on this? I heard they were going to start interviewing next week for the journalism job--has anyone heard anything?

Offers Made & Accepted
Ohio University (3 positions: organizational communication, multicultural, health)
 * An offer was made to an org comm candidate, and the offer was accepted on 11/3.
 * ---Congratulations! Who is the candidate/new asst. professor?


 * Brittany Peterson at UT Austin.
 * -is this the org comm or the org comm (multicultural position)??


 * The Org Comm position, not the multicultural position.


 * An offer was extended to someone also for the org com/multicultural position. The candidate is in negotiation with them.


 * I believe an offer has also been extended for the health position, though I do not know whether the candidate has accepted or not.

High Point University (North Carolina) (Graduate Coordinator Position)

An offer has been extended and accepted.

Saint Louis University (Public Relations Position)

Xavier University (Public Relations Position)

== NCA Interviews == Clemson - Technology & Culture


 * Scheduling NCA interviews (11/2). Contacted by phone.
 * any idea how many they are doing?
 * - He was vague about that, though interviews are 25 minutes long and and they were trying to schedule them between 11 and 4pm on Thursday, so my guess is about 10. Though I'm not clear if this is for Tech & Culture only, or for the Org Com position as well (they might have Org Comm people coming on a different day). It sounded like he was going to make most of the calls today/tomorrow...

Duquesne University - Assistant Professor of IMC/Business & Professional Communication
 * They conducted NCA interviews (11/14). Contacted by phone.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Interpersonal Communication
 * conducted NCA interviews

Georgetown College (KY)
 * scheduling by phone 11/7
 * update: They conducted NCA interviews

Northeastern (Boston)
 * - They were going to have interviews at NCA but the interviewer has the flu. They're going to contact for campus interviews in January.

Queens University of Charlotte - informal meet and greet.
 * Can you say more? Do you know if they did more than just your meeting?
 * I don't know whether they met anyone else. They are still in the early stages of their search.

SUNY New Paltz The department chair conducted NCA interviews Trinity (TX) Conducted NCA interviews but it was unclear if it was a shortlist.
 * -Looked to me like they had a fairly big stack of materials in front of them while I was meeting with them. Made me think it wasn't to a short list yet.
 * -Also, they couldn't have interviewed a short list because the deadline for apps isn't until Dec. 5th
 * -They said that they would begin reviewing apps immediately after the deadline and contact people shortly thereafter (they said they would be "moving quickly")and do campus interviews in January. But you can bet they were still taking notes on who they liked; that may not have been the short list, but they were checking out potential candidates for sure.

University at Buffalo (SUNY) - HCI
 * They may have interviews at NCA, details pending.
 * confirmed - informal.

University of Cincinnati - Comm - TT Comm & Emerging Technologies - Scheduling NCA meet and greets (10/20)
 * from what I heard, these are not 'interviews,' per se, but rather informal 'meet and greets' with candidates who have expressed interest in the Cincinnati position.
 * Are they contacting people to schedule them or should we initiate that?
 * They are contacting people who have started submitting their applications, even if they are not yet complete. i did that and mentioned my nca availability, and then was contacted for a 'meet and greet.'
 * ---I am the same - I submitted my application and have not mailed in the rest of the what they want. I was also contacted and scheduled a "meet and greet" appointment at NCA.
 * --hmm, I've submitted and sent everything (and indicated NCA availability in my letter) and have heard nothing.
 * --I am in the same position as "hmm, I've" right above me.
 * -- I am the OP on this. Yes, it is a meet and greet. I am under the impression that a faculty member in my dept told someone on the search committee that a few of us would be a good fit and then we were contacted to touch base with them at NCA. After that I submitted my postal materials and search chair set up meet and greet. He then followed up when my electronic app materials were completed.
 * --Thanks for the info.
 * -- I am the same as directly above.
 * -- I am very confused, does this mean that we should contact someone at Cincinnati if we want to talk to them about the position? does this mean that if we don't get contacted they aren't interested in our application?
 * -- I don't know and I don't think that any of us could know. (OP here again) Maybe the SC contacted me and my classmates because he was told to do so via this faculty member... and maybe he isn't really interested in us at all but is doing a favor for someone. PERSONALLY, my NCA strategy is to contact SCs and ask if they're doing any meetings and/or holding any receptions. YMMV. NCA is early this year and the job postings were late, so maybe some schools aren't ready? Just my 2 cents.
 * --I have been advised by a very experienced full prof to *not* contact the SC about meetings at NCA. That said, it doesnt seem like it could hurt in this situation (where you have good info that other people are being contacted for meetings). If you havent heard from them and they dont want you they will say no. If they want to talk to you they will say yes. Just my 2...
 * - Yeah, I was advised by a very experienced full prof TO contact people. He said "At NCA it's on and SCs expect this. I dunno. I asked my advisor what he thinks. I think that it could go either way. :0/ Once again, conflicting info...
 * - A bit late for this, sorry, but I contacted the SCC and had a meet-and-greet. Was expecting a short "here's the position, what questions do you have" talk but was pleasantly surprised to get over 30 mins with the SCC and another SC member.  Very professional, very supportive - they seem like they'd be great colleagues.  Don't know what will happen in the next stage, but good luck to whoever gets on-campus interviews!  If I recall correctly, they will narrow to a long shortlist (10-12) at the beginning of next semester.
 * - I also had a "meet and greet" at NCA (they can't call it an interview because the call hasn't closed, and it wasn't an interview anyway). Like the person above, I expected a short meeting but mine lasted for about an hour and I also met with the SCC and another SC member. Although they did meet and greets at NCA, they are still accepting applications and, from what I can tell, are considering all of them. They want to narrow it down to about 5 finalists and bring 3 for on campus interviews after the first of the year. This seems like a great department and I was impressed with the SCC's discussion of it.

University of Houston Downtown - Rhetoric (due October 15, 2009) Full Listing Here
 * - Scheduling NCA interviews by email (11/3)

University of Kentucky - Interpersonal communication


 * Did interviews at NCA, but don't know how many people they met 

University of South Carolina - Rhetoric (Due Oct 30, 2009)
 * Note: Sending letters upon receipt.
 * Will be calling for NCA interviews shortly and then scheduling phone interviews for after NCA
 * --- on 11/6, I got an e-mail and phone call to schedule an NCA interview either on Friday (Nov. 13) or Saturday (Nov. 14)
 * - Any news on this position?

Willamette - Rhetoric Position
 * Scheduling NCA interviews (10/23)--contacting by phone
 * Can you tell me when you submitted your application materials? Thanks and congratulations!
 * I submitted mine electronically, on the 19th
 * Same here, and was contacted on 10/23 for NCA interview.
 * Any updates?
 * They were very vague on timeline -- hope to make an offer by end of February but didn't sound too optimistic that that would happen. There is also a Dean search happening there so that is clogging things up somewhat -- hard to get meetings on people's schedules, etc.  Also, they filmed the NCA interviews, so need to allow time for the rest of the faculty to watch all 15 (I think that's how many they said) interviews before moving to the next stage.