[ATTW-L] Announcing: New Position at Miami University for Assistant Professor in Professional/Technical Communication and Interactive Media Studies

Tue Aug 21 21:03:33 UTC 2018

Colleagues ... We are pleased to announce that Miami University is
searching for an Assistant Professor in Professional/Technical
Communication and Interactive Media Studies, to start August 2019. Full
details follow below. Apply at https://miamioh.hiretouch.com/
job-details?jobID=6213. Best, Jim Porter

*Assistant Professor in Professional/Technical Communication and
Interactive Media Studies. *Assistant Professor for a joint tenure-track
appointment in the Department of English and the program in Interactive
Media Studies (50/50 appointment, tenure home to be determined at time of
hire), to teach courses in Professional Writing and Interactive Media
Studies (including online courses); maintain an active agenda of
scholarship and research; advise students; and provide service to the
institution. Position begins in August 2019.

Require: PhD in rhetoric/composition, professional/technical
writing/communication, digital media production, or closely related field,
by date of appointment; experience teaching technical/professional writing
and communication at the college level.  Applicant must be a U.S. citizen,
a lawful permanent resident, admitted for residence as an applicant under
the 1986 immigration amnesty law, refugee or asylee.  Consideration may be
given to candidates with front-end programming skills (e.g., familiarity
with HTML, CSS, Javascript and/or PHP); as well as teaching experience
and/or research focus in several of these areas: visual rhetoric,
professional/technical writing/communication, digital media production,
mobile design and development, data visualization, usability and UX design,
web and interaction design, and game design or game studies.

This joint appointment offers the opportunity to forge innovative
partnerships across programs in two different colleges. The College of
Creative Arts (CCA), one of the University's five academic divisions,
includes five departments: Architecture/Interior Design, Art, Music, and
Theater. IMS is an innovative degree-granting program in CCA driven by
emerging interactive technologies and a cohort of collaborative faculty who
build horizontal curriculum and conduct research across campus. (For more
information, visit http://miamioh.edu/cca/aims/.) The Department of
English, located in the College of Arts & Science (CAS), offers
undergraduate degrees in Creative Writing, Linguistics, Literature, and
Professional Writing; BA/MA degrees in Literature; MAs in Composition and
Rhetoric and Literature; a residential and low residency MFA in Creative
Writing; PhDs in Literature and Composition and Rhetoric; and an MAT
through the Ohio Writing Project. (For more information visit
http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english.)

English and IMS have long collaborated on curricula and offer several
dual-listed courses. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to
contribute to an established transdisciplinary effort, with award-winning
faculty and strong students, at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.

Submit letter of interest, curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching
effectiveness, teaching philosophy and writing sample to
https://miamioh.hiretouch.com/job-details?jobID=6213.  The department will
solicit reference letters from references provided in application.  For
inquiries about posting, contact James Porter at porterje at miamioh.edu.
Screening of applications will begin September 15, 2018 and will continue
until the position is filled.

Miami University, an EO/AA employer, encourages applications from
minorities, women, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.  Miami
University does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, disability,
gender identity or expression, genetic information, military status,
national origin, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or
protected veteran status in its application and admission processes,
educational programs and activities, facilities, programs or employment
practices. Requests for all reasonable accommodations for disabilities
related to employment should be directed to ADAFacultyStaff at miamioh.edu or
513-529-3560.

Miami University’s Annual Security and Fire Safety Report with information
on campus crime, fires, and safety may be found at:
http://www.MiamiOH.edu/campus-safety/annual-report/index.html. Hard copy
available upon request. A criminal background check is required. All
campuses are smoke- and tobacco-free campuses.

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*James E. Porter, PhDProfessor of Rhetoric and Professional Communication*
Department of English / College of Arts & Science
Interactive Media Studies / College of Creative Arts
Graduate Faculty, Composition and Rhetoric MA/PhD
Graduate Faculty, Experience Design MFA

office: Bachelor Hall 279
office phone: 513.529.6520
email: porterje at miamiOH.edu
comp/rhet graduate program: http:// <http://miamioh.edu/comprhet>
miamioh.edu/comprhet
twitter: https://twitter.com/reachjim

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