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From: Carolyn Nielsen
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 8:18 PM
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Subject: Western Washington University seeks Assistant Professor in Journalism/Public Relations

About the Position:  Assistant Professor of Journalism with public relations experience, full time, tenure track, beginning September 2012.   We strive for a diverse range of applicants, including women and minorities. Position is at the rank of assistant professor. Salary is commensurate with education and experience. The WWU Department of Journalism seeks a colleague with strong professional and academic experience to teach in a program oriented toward news media with sequences in news-editorial, public relations and visual journalism.

About the Department:  The journalism department offers strong, professionally oriented undergraduate news-editorial, public relations and visual journalism sequences. At the heart of the department's curriculum are its writing courses – news writing, editing, reporting, feature writing, advanced reporting and public relations. These courses stress clarity, accuracy and depth of content in a sequence designed to develop professional skills, sensitivity to people and understanding of society. Publications produced by journalism students have won numerous state, regional and national awards. The department has nine full-time positions and several adjunct positions, and puts a high premium on teaching quality, maintaining small class sizes (for example, writing and editing classes are capped at 18 students) and an intimate working environment for faculty and students. The department has about 200 majors and pre-majors.

The department is widely recognized for excellence in journalism instruction and is an integral part of a minor in Internet resources. Students are required to complete a supervised internship. The department has a Macintosh teaching lab and state-of-the-art laboratories for the student-produced newspaper, magazines and online publications. Faculty take active roles in department administration and university affairs. Find us at: http://www.wwu.edu/depts/journalism/.


Position Responsibilities:

·         Teach public relations courses and other assignments in news-editorial and public relations

·         Teach news-editorial courses – such as news writing, feature writing and media ethics

·         Advise students

·         Collaborate on curriculum development and participate in program activities

·         Maintain a research, creative and/or professional practice agenda

·         Participate in committee work, departmental and university governance activities

Required Qualifications:


·         Full-time professional public relations and print or online news experience.

·         Master’s degree in Journalism, Public Relations or related field.

·         Evidence of excellence in teaching in higher education and an ability and interest in working closely with students.

·         Ability to teach a variety of public relations and news-editorial courses.

·         Evidence of scholarly achievement or potential.

·         Ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues on curriculum development and program activities.

Preferred Qualifications:

·         Ph.D. in a field related to the discipline.

·         Three or more years of public relations experience and three or more years of print or online news experience.

·         Evidence of leadership in an academic or professional setting.

·         Ability to teach courses in other areas, such as news writing, reporting, editing, intro to mass media, online journalism, media history, media law, media ethics, photography, design; and ability to advise student newspaper and magazine. Ability to teach media diversity or gender courses.

·         Ability to work with a diverse student body.

Academic Emphasis:  Public Relations/Journalism

Job Location: Western Washington University, Bellingham, Wash.

Salary: Commensurate with experience and qualifications

Bargaining Union: United Faculty of Western Washington

Application Instructions and Requested Documents:  Please log in to https://jobs.wwu.edu<https://jobs.wwu.edu/> and submit your application via WWU’s Electronic Application System for Employment (EASE). Note: You will need to be using Internet Explorer to utilize our online application system.

Interested candidates should submit a letter of application, CV, evidence of quality teaching and professional experience, and contact information for three references.

Other information:

Western Washington University serves 14,842 full- and part-time students on its 215-acre campus overlooking Bellingham Bay and employs 501 full-time faculty. WWU is one of six state-funded, four-year institutions of higher education and operates on a September-to-June academic year (quarter system).

WWU is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, committed to assembling a diverse, broadly trained faculty and staff. Women, minorities, persons with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply. All new employees must comply with the immunization policy and show employment eligibility verification as required by the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Service before beginning work at WWU. A thorough background check will be conducted on all new hires. For disability accommodation, call (360) 650-3774.

Job Posted: 1/27/2012

Closing Date Notes:   Application review begins March 1, 2012; position is open until filled