Position Announcement

Chair, Department of Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media

Temple University

The department of Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media (BTMM) at Temple University invites applications from senior faculty for the position of Department Chair beginning fall 2007. This is a tenured faculty position in a department of approximately 800 majors who study audio, video and electronic media production; management of media institutions; and social and psychological functions, processes and effects of media. The department offers a master's degree and contributes to an inter-departmental doctoral program in Mass Media and Communication. BTMM is one of six departments in a large, diverse and dynamic School of Communications and Theater.

We seek a person with the relevant background and the dedication, vision and leadership skills to guide the department in its mission to train students to responsibly create, reflect on and analyze media content and institutions. Candidates with academic backgrounds should have a Ph.D. and an understanding of and appreciation for the creative processes related to the field. Candidates with professional backgrounds should have a terminal degree and demonstrate an understanding of the values of university life and scholarship.

Temple University is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the fourth largest media and telecommunications market in the nation. The University community at large includes more than 33,000 students in the region and at several international campuses; the School of Communications and Theater includes 3,500 undergraduate and graduate students.

For more information about the department, school, and Temple University, please visit http://www.temple.edu/btmm and http://www.temple.edu/sct.

To apply, please send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, and the names of three references to:

Search Committee

Dept of Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media

Temple University

Annenberg Hall (011-00)

2020 North 13th Street

Philadelphia, PA 19122

Applications will be reviewed beginning October 1, 2006.

Temple University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and educator where diversity is an essential source of vitality and strength. The University is committed to nondiscrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, religion, age and disability.

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Thank You.

Kimberlee B. Johnson, Office Manager

Broadcasting, Telecommunications & Mass Media

205 Annenberg Hall

2020 N. 13th Street

Philadelphia, PA 19122

(215)204-5475