COMMUNICATION
Assistant or Associate Professor - Media Production - Tenure-Track
Description:
The Valenti School of Communication at the University of Houston invites applicants for a junior tenure-track or mid-level tenured position in media production.
The preferred candidate must have a Ph.D and demonstrated teaching and research/publication/creative ability. The successful candidate will be expected to teach undergraduate media production courses in a fully-developed program centering on studio and field production, nonlinear editing, long and short-form narrative storytelling and multimedia production. Candidate would be expected to assist in the transition to high definition television, teach a 2-3 course load, assist in supervising the media production curriculum and have a programmatic research or creative production agenda.
The position start date is for the fall '10 academic year, which is also the anticipated completion date of donor- funded studio expansion.
The University of Houston is a state-assisted university. Approximately 350 of the 1,500 majors specialize in media production.
The University and the School of Communication:
Candidates may obtain additional information on the School of Communication by visiting www.class.uh.edu/comm/. The School prides itself for its role in working with a diverse student population. The University of Houston is the flagship campus of a system that enrolls 50,000 students in a vibrant city which has multi-national industry, commercial centers, a world-class Medical Center, a robust arts community, professional sports, and an entrepreneurial approach to new technologies, especially biotechnology.
Application Procedures:
Review of CV's will begin 10/01/09. Send CV, letter of application, three letters of recommendation, and official transcripts to:
Beth Olson, Ph.D.
Director, School of Communication
101 Communication Building
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-3002
Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action:
The University of Houston is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, women, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.