SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION TENURE-TRACK POSITION(S) AT THE RANK OF ASSISTANT, ASSOCIATE OR FULL PROFESSOR THE SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, invites applications for positions in THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION from scholars who value a climate of cross-departmental collaboration and interdisciplinary commitment to the development of discoveries and new ideas in response to local and global challenges. The school embraces Rutgers’ goals of diversification of its communities and programs and encourages applicants who would address these goals. The school offers six degree-granting programs and is home to more than 50 faculty within its three academic departments—Communication, Journalism and Media Studies, and Library and Information Science. Global media and democracy; social media interaction and collaborative design; health and wellness; and leadership, organizations, and policy are currently school-wide research foci. THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION seeks applications from scholars whose work, informed by theory and research in the areas of human communication technologies, organizational communication, interpersonal communication/social interaction, and health communication, relates to the above school-wide foci and departmental faculty synergies in the areas of Community, Connections, and Collaboration. An ideal candidate has an active research program with high promise of external funding. Candidates have the potential to become affiliated with one of our three research centers, including the Center for Mobile Communication Studies (CMCS), The Center for Organizational Development & Leadership (ODL), and the Center for Communication & Health Issues (CHI). SUBMISSIONS: Applications should be submitted in electronic format. Include letter of application, CV, up to three representative publications, and names and contact information of three references (no letters at this time please). The applicant’s program of research should complement the research foci of current faculty. Senior level applicants should provide integrative leadership in research, instruction, and external funding. Letter of application should address these points, and clearly articulate the candidate’s fit to departmental and school-wide research interests. Candidates should have a Ph.D. in hand or firmly expected by July 2011. Duties of the successful candidate, at both junior and senior rank, include departmental, school, and university assignments in teaching, scholarship, and service, consistent with university and school policy for tenure-track appointments. Submit to: http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/communicationsearch2011 no later than December 20, 2010. For more about the Rutgers-School of Communication and Information see: http://comminfo.rutgers.edu. Founded in 1766, Rutgers is the eighth oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is a member of the elite AAU research universities in North America. An equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is committed to building a diverse community and encourages the applications of women and minority candidates.