Assistant Professor, Interactive Media/Gaming, Tenure-Track

The School of Communication at the University of Miami invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in interactive media creation and gaming to begin in August 2012. A Ph.D. or M.F.A. is required along with a minimum of two years of teaching experience. Applicants must have a track record of accomplishments in areas such as interaction design, 2D/3D motion graphics or game prototyping. Ideal applicants should have a technical research background with associated publications and a demonstrated engagement with visual and/or narrative arts, as well as experience with the critical evaluation of interactive media. Familiarity in new mobile and game technologies, prototyping tools, engagement metrics, physical computing, game engines and the ability to write scripts within these engines is desirable. Applicants will be expected to teach courses, advise student projects and develop trans disciplinary collaborations with scholars, artists, journalists and filmmakers within the School. All faculty are involved in teaching, service, and research or creative activities.

Review of applications will begin December 1, 2011 and continue until the position is filled. Interested and qualified candidates should e-mail a letter of application, a recent curriculum vitae, a statement of teaching philosophy, internet portfolio links and the names and contact information of three references to: motionpictures@miami.edu<mailto:motionpictures@miami.edu>. Only electronic submissions please. Do not mail in materials.
The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package and is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

Position requisition #110557 minimum qualifications: Master’s degree in public relations or related field; ability to teach in innovative, cross-disciplinary professional courses across the curriculum; experience using social media for public relations goals, professional public relations or related field experience; and defined research agenda. Strong ties to professional community; demonstrated teaching ability in a variety of conceptual and skills public relations classes.

Position requisition # 110664 minimum qualifications: Master’s degree in public relations or related field; ability to teach innovative, cross-disciplinary professional courses across the curriculum; experience using reporting skills and public relations knowledge to teach multiplatform communications skills for businesses, governmental agencies or nonprofit organizations. Professional public affairs or related field experience; defined research agenda; grounded in public relations theories and best practices with emphasis in applications and actively engaged in shaping the future of public relations.

Preferred qualifications for both positions include: Ph.D. in public relations or related field; significant professional PR experience; undergraduate and graduate level teaching experience; solidly defined scholarly research agenda with corresponding publication record.

The University of Nebraska has an active National Science Foundation ADVANCE gender equity program, and is committed to a pluralistic campus community through affirmative action, equal opportunity, work‐life balance, and dual careers. We are particularly interested in applications from members of under‐represented groups and strongly encourage women and persons of color to apply.

Applicants should go to: http://employment.unl.edu/. Access Faculty Tenure/Tenure Leading positions, Assistant Professor of Public Relations, requisitions #110664 and #110557. Review of applications will begin on December 2, 2011 and continue until position is filled or the search closed.

University of Illinois is one of the nation’s pioneering institutions for education and scholarship in agricultural communications. The Agricultural Communications program has provided courses on a regular schedule since the1940s. The program has been offered jointly by the College of ACES and the College of Media since it began a half century ago; more recently, those connections have been strengthened to mutually benefit both students and faculty. To find out more about the program, please visit:
http://agcomm.illinois.edu/
The Department of Advertising at the University of Illinois was established in 1959 by Charles H. Sandage, considered by many to be the “father of advertising education.” Today, the newly renamed Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising celebrates Sandage’s legacy and his vision with a program that is professionally relevant, yet broad enough that students learn critical, analytical and problem solving skills. As the leading institution for advertising education in the world, our curriculum, “The Sandage Way,” lays claim to the philosophy of our founder while positioning us for the future. Our faculty incorporates these values in their teaching and scholarship that is focused on understanding, evaluating and communicating the many faceted aspects of advertising.
Successful candidates will develop a nationally recognized program of research, will be excellent teachers at the undergraduate level, and will perform service in the department, the agricultural communications program, the community and academic field. Responsibilities include:
•   Developing and teaching undergraduate courses in such areas as public relations, advertising and other marketing communications, new and emerging media technology, and informational campaigns.
•   Contributing to the scholarly literature of agricultural communication.
•   Developing an externally funded research program in Agricultural Communication.
The position will begin on August 16, 2012. Ph.D. in AgriculturalCommunications or related field required. Individuals working towards a Doctorate degree may be considered, but the degree must be obtained by the starting date.  Salary will be commensurate with experience. Please create your candidate profile at http://jobs.illinois.edu and upload your cover letter, curriculum vita/resume, and the names, e-mail addresses and phone numbers of three professional references. Also submit professional work samples, research publications, and/or teaching samples. All requested information must be submitted for your application to be considered.

Full consideration will be given to applications received by December 5, 2011.  Applicants may be interviewed before the closing date; however no hiring decision will be made until after that date.  The review will continue until the position has been filled.  For further information regarding application procedures, you may contact Jane Dowler at dowler@illinois.edu or 217-333-2351.

The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and ideas who embrace and value diversity and inclusivity http://www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu/.

Advertising Education Practice & Research

Submission deadline for Extended Abstracts Only: Midnight Sat., Dec. 17, 2011 Email submissions to Ludmilla Wells: lwells@fgcu.edu

Ad Division announces new teaching award

Given the Advertising Division’s long-standing commitment to teaching excellence and student learning, we are pleased to announce the establishment of the Advertising Division’s Distinguished Teaching Award. This award is intended to encourage and recognize individual excellence in undergraduate teaching over a sustained period of time. Such teaching rises above good teaching; it incites intellectual curiosity in students, engages them thoroughly in the enterprise of learning, and uses innovative methods to increase the effectiveness of learning both inside and outside the classroom. The award includes a $200 cash prize. To be eligible, a nominee must be a member of AEJMC’s Advertising Division with at least three years of teaching experience as a full-time faculty member.

Award Criteria
The Distinguished Teaching Award criteria are grounded in the four areas of emphasis highlighted in the AEJMC Teaching Committee’s Criteria and Goal Statement—curriculum; leadership; course content and teaching methods; and assessment—but expand upon those areas to encompass additional criteria for evidence of exemplary teaching.

Nomination Process
The nomination process is divided into two stages. An eligible teacher can self-nominate or can be nominated by another faculty member in the same school or college who is a member of AEJMC and has at least three years of teaching experience as a full-time faculty member. All nomination materials will be submitted electronically to the chair of the committee.

Stage One: Initial Nomination Materials
(Deadline: Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 11:59pm)

• A nominating letter (limited to 1,000 words) outlining the ways in which the nominee demonstrates excellence in any or all of the areas of emphasis outlined in the criteria.
• A brief statement from the nominee (limited to three pages) outlining why he or she should be considered for the award. In the instance of self-nomination, the nominee should request a recommendation letter from a colleague.
• A current curriculum vita
• Two letters of support from students (each limited to 500 words):
• one letter from a student currently or previously enrolled in one or more classes which the nominee has taught/is teaching.
• one letter from a student at least 2 years post graduation who had been enrolled in one or more classes taught by the candidate (limited to 500 words)

Nomination materials from Stage One will be reviewed by the selection committee, which will select no more than five nominees for further consideration. Nominators and nominees selected as finalists will be notified no later than February 1, 2012.

Stage Two: Award Finalist Materials
(Deadline: Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 11:59pm).

• Initial nomination materials.
• A “teaching portfolio” not to exceed 20 pages. Teaching portfolios/dossiers can take on a variety of formats and include a wide variety of materials chosen to highlight the candidate’s achievements in the context of the award selection criteria. The only required materials to be included in the portfolio are:
• A reflective statement by the candidate outlining their teaching philosophy, goals, objectives, experiences, not to exceed 1,000 words. This is typically included in a teaching portfolio, and will not count in the 20-page limit
• A list of courses taught in the last three years, and quantitative evaluative data (e.g., student evaluations of teaching and learning experience, grade distributions).
• The remainder of the materials in the portfolio may be chosen to best demonstrate the nominee’s achievement of the award criteria. Those materials may include but are not limited to: course syllabi; class assignments; website links/online; digital media; unsolicited student feedback; assignment rubrics; community/professional endorsements.

Final Selection
The selection of the winner will be made by the Teaching Award Selection Committee, a new standing committee comprised of five division members:

• The editor of the Journal of Advertising Education will be an ex-officio member with all committee responsibilities and voting privileges. Alice Kendrick.
• 2 members appointed by the executive board. These members will serve staggered three-year terms. Since this is the first year of the committee, the executive board appointed George Anghelcev for a two-year term and Joel Geske for a one-year term. Joel Geske will also chair the award this year.
• 1 member elected by the division membership. This member will also serve a three-year term. Carson Wagner was elected and will begin his three-year term this year.
• The recipient of the award will serve a one-year term on the selection committee for the following year’s award. As chair of the Award development committee, Peggy Kreshel will take this position for the first year.

Special thanks to Peggy Kreshel, HalVincent, Keith Quesenberry and Heidi Hennink-Kaminski for finalizing this award.

From a two-person beginning in 1996, this agency has grown to over 100 professionals today. In 2006, Rogers Townsend became part of Omnicom, which provided them with global reach and enhanced services. Rodgers Townsend is an integrated advertising agency, offering strategic planning, mass media, one-to-one marketing, digital, corporate identity, sales support, media, and employee engagement. Clients include St. Louis Rams, AT&T, The Hartford Insurance, Scotttrade, and Anheuser-Busch.

If you would like to attend please RSVP ASAP to Scott Hamula at shamula@ithaca.edu

The theme of this year’s workshop is Strategic Solutions at the Intersection of Content and Channel. The morning speaker, Judy Franks, will be joining us from Chicago. Judy is Founder and President of The Marketing Democracy and will be  discussing “Media: from Chaos to Clarity. Making Sense of a Messy Media World.” Judy’s 23-year career in Chicago includes a wide range of experiences in full-service, media service, and creative service agencies at places you’ll recognize: Euro RSCG, Leo Burnett, Starcom, EnergyBBDO. She teaches creative/media integration for the William Wrigley Jr. Company’s Global Marketing College, and lest I forget, she is an award-winning teacher at Northwestern’s Medill School. She founded The Marketing Democracy in 2008. Check out Judy and The Marketing Democracy at: themarketingdemocracy.com

In order to make time for those conversations we never seem to have enough time for, we’ll round out the morning with a “teaching free for all,” an open discussion about teaching. Bring your questions, and hey, bring answers too.

After lunch we’ll continue the “back to basics” theme we began at last year’s workshop. This year, Amy Faukner (Syracuse) and Michelle Nelson (Illinois) will talk to us about the challenges, concerns, controversies, and of course, the methods they use in teaching the media course in today’s chaotic media environment.  Karie Hollerbach (Southeast Missouri State), Teri Henley (Alabama) and Heidi Hennink-Kaminsky (UNC) will turn our focus to the capstone campaigns course.

If you are looking for a day rich with information, insights, teaching tips, and camaraderie,  this year’s workshop will deliver.  Why not join us?

To be considered for the award, your article must be published in the Fall 2011 or Spring 2012 issue of JAE.  AEJMC Advertising Division members will be invited to consider all published papers at the end of the academic year and vote for the best one based on content, clarity, and contribution to the field.  The winning paper will be announced at the Ad Division members’ meeting at the AEJMC conference in August 2012 in Chicago.

The Journal of Advertising Education is a peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to research and commentary on instruction, curriculum and leadership in advertising education.  In addition to traditional research, the journal publishes articles and opinion pieces, teaching tips, reports and books/software reviews; all are eligible for the Award.

To be eligible for the $1000 prize, the paper must first be published in JAE.  To be considered for publication, email submissions to: Editor Jami Fullerton at jami.fullerton@okstate.edu before July 1, 2011 for the Fall issue and before January 1, 2012 for the Spring issue. 

To learn more about the journal and submission requirements visit http://www.aejmc.net/advertising/JAEWeb/Order.html