What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Professor in Journalism Studies >>> position at Tulane University School of Medicine?
The Department of Communication at Tulane University invites applications for a tenure-track, Assistant Professor position in journalism studies. We seek scholars whose research critically explores how journalism engages with contemporary crises, including but not limited to issues such as climate change, immigration, public health, authoritarianism, and challenges to democracy. The ideal candidate will have an established record of or exhibit promise in producing peer-reviewed scholarship, employing research methods within a critical framework.
The Department has a strong intellectual commitment to innovative interdisciplinary and transnational media research, evidenced in the scholarship of our faculty, many of whom have joint appointments with other programs in the School of Liberal Arts. We seek a faculty colleague to expand the “Structures and Institutions” area of the undergraduate core curriculum (https://liberalarts.tulane.edu/departments/communication/academics/the- communication-major). Structures and Institutions analyzes the political, economic and social forces that define the media landscape and the organization of media industries. Drawing particularly on the fields of political economy and media industry studies, core courses in this area examine the connections between communication and broader historical formations, such as the market, the state and civil society. Candidates should be prepared to teach one or more of our core offerings (Media Industry Analysis or Technology Analysis), in addition to courses in their areas of specialization. The course load for this position is 2-2.
The Department has a strong intellectual commitment to innovative interdisciplinary and transnational media research, evidenced in the scholarship of our faculty, many of whom have joint appointments with other programs in the School of Liberal Arts. We seek a faculty colleague to expand the “Structures and Institutions” area of the undergraduate core curriculum (https://liberalarts.tulane.edu/departments/communication/academics/the- communication-major). Structures and Institutions analyzes the political, economic and social forces that define the media landscape and the organization of media industries. Drawing particularly on the fields of political economy and media industry studies, core courses in this area examine the connections between communication and broader historical formations, such as the market, the state and civil society. Candidates should be prepared to teach one or more of our core offerings (Media Industry Analysis or Technology Analysis), in addition to courses in their areas of specialization. The course load for this position is 2-2.
