from Mary Alice Basconi East Tennessee State University Department of Communication Lecturer, Advertising/Public Relations position beginning Fall 2014 Job Summary/Basic Function: The East Tennessee State University Department of Communication is seeking a full-time lecturer in Advertising/Public Relations, to begin August 2014. The candidate will teach basic and advanced courses in Advertising/Public Relations, provide academic advising and professional career counseling to students, make substantial service contributions to the department, and serve as an adviser to student organizations. Mass Communication, which includes Advertising/Public Relations, Journalism, and Radio/TV/Film, is part of a multi-disciplinary department that also includes Communication Studies, Theatre & Dance, and Storytelling. This is a one-year, non-tenure-track position, renewable for up to three years. Salary is $25,000 per academic year with benefits. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: The successful candidate must evidence ability to effectively teach a variety of skills courses in Advertising/ Public Relations and Mass Communication such as: Survey of Promotion, Writing for Public Relations, Media Writing, Public Relations Publications and Advertising Practices. Ability to teach both traditional and digital mass communication media skills is expected. Minimum Qualifications: Master's degree in Mass Communication, Integrated Marketing Communication, or Communication with emphasis in Public Relations. Degree must be in-hand by start date. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States. Preferred Qualifications: At least three years professional experience in Advertising/Public Relations and three years college or university teaching experience in Advertising/Public Relations. Special Instructions to Applicants: Review of applications will begin Jan. 15, 2014. All applications must be submitted through ETSU's online application system (https://jobs.etsu.edu/applicants/ jsp/shared/Welcome_css.jsp) Applicants should upload: a cover letter addressing job functions & required/preferred qualifications; a curriculum vitae; and copies of graduate transcripts. Under 'Other Document,' applicants should upload a sample Mass Communication course syllabus, and other evidence of teaching excellence (e.g., summary of recent student teaching evaluations, peer teaching evaluations, supervisor teaching evaluations). Note: syllabus and evidence must be uploaded as a single document. In the Faculty Profile, applicants should provide the names, email addresses, and telephone numbers of three professional references who can speak to the applicant's professional experience and/or technical skill as well as her/his ability as a teacher (the upload of this information shall indicate candidate's approval to contact those references listed). References will be contacted by email and directed to upload a letter. In addition to the references provided on your application, for this position you will be required to provide the names and email addresses of at least 3 references (you may choose to provide the same references you listed on your application, or you may list different references). The references provided in the "Provide References" -- Know Justice; Know Peace, Rev. Dr. E-K. Daufin Professor of Communications Alabama State University National Media Size Equity Expert Winner -- 2000 MaryAnn Yodelis-Smith Research Award AEJMC CSW AEJMC MAC Membership Chair 915 S. Jackson St., MTG, AL 36101-0271 334-229-6885 *Follow me to my home country where the definitions are daufinations at:* http://daufination.blogspot.com http://pinterest.com/ekdaufin/ and www.home.earthlink.net/~ekdaufin *Your research and creative activity referrals are welcomed.* *With all my heat & heart I want to work with and for kind, competent, strong people who love and help me and I they. Ashe!*