[gamestudies.pca] Test
- From: "Voorhees, Gerald" <gvoorhee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gamestudies.pca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:41:06 -0400
I thought I'd test by sending out a copy of my dept's job call. And by the
way, that "New Media" opening is intended for a game design or development
person (they wrote it before I got here) if you know anyone looking!
The Nido Qubein School of Communication at High Point University is searching
for two graduate coordinators and for five additional energetic faculty
members. Positions will begin August 2009.
1. Graduate Program Coordinator: Creative Media Industries. The successful
applicant will direct new MA and MFA programs in interactive media and teach
and research in the field. Candidates must have a strong foundation in the
interactive media and gaming industries. Demonstrable hands-on expertise in
related software is expected. (Minimum credentials: Ph.D./MFA and 10 years of
higher education experience.)
2. Graduate Program Coordinator: Strategic Communication (Health
Communication). In addition to teaching and researching in the field, the
successful applicant will direct a new professional MA program in Strategic
Communication with emphases in health communication, public relations and
possibly political communication. Academic and professional experience in
health communication is expected. (Minimum credentials: Ph.D. in Health
Communication or closely related field and 10 years of academic and/or
professional health communication experience.)
3. New Media. Candidates must be prepared to teach HTML and a variety of
cross-platform media software packages including, but not limited to:
PhotoShop, Adobe Audition, Adobe Premier, Dreamweaver, ProTools, Final Cut Pro,
Avid and Flash. (Minimum credentials: MA/Ph.D. preferred.)
4. Media Production. Candidates will teach basic and advanced audio and video
production courses. Individuals with professional multi-track audio recording
experience will be given preference. The successful applicant must have recent
professional experience from the broadcast, corporate/industrial, and/or
recording industries. Fluency in current software is expected. Candidates may
also be asked to advise the campus radio station. Teaching in our new graduate
program is possible. (Minimum credentials: MA/Ph.D. preferred)
5. Journalism. Candidates must have recent broadcast journalism experience.
Individuals with hands-on experience in sports journalism will be given
preference. Understanding of journalistic ethics is required as is willingness
to participate in a converged journalism curriculum. Teaching in our new
graduate program is possible. (Minimum credentials: MA/Ph.D. preferred).
6. Strategic Communication (Public Relations/Advertising). Candidates must
demonstrate exceptional media-related graphic design skills. Experience in the
public relations/advertising industry is expected as is fluency in related
software. Candidates must be prepared to teach in a new graduate program.
(Minimum credentials: MA/Ph.D. preferred)
7. Speech/Organizational Communication. Candidates will teach courses in
Organizational Communication, Human Communication, and Interpersonal
Communication as well as other speech related areas. Candidates must also be
prepared to teach in our new graduate program. Candidates with strength in
quantitative research will be given preference. (Minimum credentials: Ph.D./ABD
accepted.)
Credential review begins September 29, 2008 and continues until the positions
are filled. Finalists for all positions will be asked to submit a portfolio of
their professional/academic work. Academic rank for each position will depend
on candidate's credentials and experience.
In December 2008 The Nido Qubein School of Communication, a dynamic community
of teachers and scholars, will be moving into a new 60,000 sq. ft.
state-of-the-art facility featuring a game development studio, two HDTV
studios, a multi-track recording studio, editing labs, a radio station and
sufficient lab space to meet our goal of being an exemplar for Twenty-first
Century liberal arts communication programs. Faculty at the Qubein School is
expected to participate in related national organizations and to produce
refereed scholarship/creative work. High Point University, located in the
beautiful North Carolina Piedmont Triad, is committed to excellence and
diversity.
Please send current CV, official transcripts, and contact information for three
references, both hard copy AND electronic, to:
Dr. Wilfred Tremblay, Director
The Nido Qubein School of Communication
Drawer 21
833 Montlieu Avenue
High Point, NC 27262-3598
(wtremblay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Gerald Voorhees
Assistant Professor of Games and Interactive Media
Nido Qubein School of Communication
High Point University
High Point, NC 27262-3598
Tel: 336.841.9174
Office: Norcross 120-08
www.highpoint.edu/communications <http://www.highpoint.edu/communications>
Visit www.highpoint.edu ... At High Point University, every student receives an
extraordinary education in a fun environment with caring people.
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