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Company:	University of Memphis Journalism Department
Position:	Hardin Chair of Excellence
Location:	Memphis, Tennessee
Job Status:	Full-time
Salary:	Negotiable
Ad Expires:	December 9, 2009
Job ID:	1119748

Description:
The University of Memphis Department of Journalism seeks candidates for the Hardin Endowed Chair of Excellence. This is a full-time position and can be either tenure-track or renewable non-tenure track. Appointment begins August 2010. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

Ideal candidates will possess an outstanding record of professional accomplishments, a national reputation, and a commitment to teaching. They should also have demonstrated expertise in at least one of the following:

• new media, social media, multimedia;

• entrepreneurialism, publishing, marketing;

• professional development and outreach;

• business or economic journalism;

• strategic communication;

• traditional journalism skills, including writing, reporting, editing, producing, design and layout, or visual media.

In addition, individuals who are entrepreneurs, innovators or grant winners would be highly desirable. Duties are negotiable depending on candidate’s interests and experience but are normally a combination of teaching and either professional outreach or research. The chair will teach two on-campus courses in the fall and two in the spring and also undertake a professional-outreach project after consultation with the faculty.

Salary: Competitive salary and excellent benefits.

University of Memphis Department of Journalism: We are a dynamic, ACEJMC-accredited department of journalism making a gradual transition to a more converged curriculum. We work hard to offer our students cutting-edge knowledge and skills for the changing media landscape, while retaining a strong focus on the core values of quality journalism. The department has approximately 300 undergraduates and 50 graduate students. Undergraduate concentrations include Newspaper/Magazine, Broadcasting, Internet, Public Relations, and Advertising but may soon reorganize to reflect industry changes. Home to the nationally acclaimed city-wide high school newspaper The Teen Appeal, the peer-reviewed Newspaper Research Journal, College Media Advisers, the nation’s first online master’s program, and a German-American exchange program, the department celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2008.

Memphis, Tennessee: Memphis is at the center of America’s heartland, a commercial and transportation hub made famous by the Mississippi River, by railroads, and by FedEx. It is also a crossroads at the cusp of the Delta, a mixture of urban and rural, black and white, country and soul, gospel and secular. It’s not surprising that rock n’ roll was born here. Memphis boasts a diverse population of 600,000, thriving arts and music scenes, nationally recognized parks and libraries, and—oh, yes—world-famous barbecue.

Contacts: For additional information, see the Journalism Department’s Web site at http://www.memphis.edu/journalism or contact the search committee chair, Dr. Joe Hayden (jhayden@memphis.edu).

How to apply:

You are invited to apply for the position through the University of Memphis job site at http://workforum.memphis.edu. The applicants are asked to submit a cover letter, resume, and a list of three references to include address, telephone number and e-mail address.

Deadline: Screening of applications will begin on January 11, 2010. The position will remain open until filled. .

An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action University