Job Description

The Department of Communication at Santa Clara University (SCU) invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor in Media Studies to begin in Fall 2025.  We seek a teacher-scholar who engages in innovative, theory-driven research and teaching in areas such as: media effects and uses, media representations, media equity and social justice, persuasion, media psychology, media stereotypes, or identity construction, among other media-related topics. We are particularly interested in a colleague who addresses these topics with a focus on US-based Latino/a/x/e or Black experiences and whose research primarily uses quantitative social science methodologies.

Candidates should be able to teach our department’s undergraduate quantitative methods, mixed methods, media studies, and/or global media courses, as well as courses in the candidate’s areas of expertise, at the lower- and upper-division levels. Applicants should be able to provide evidence of successful teaching that involves active, engaged teaching methods with clear learning outcomes taught in small classes. Candidates should also demonstrate promise in scholarly research, including the ability to publish in peer-reviewed journals. The completion of a PhD in Communication or a closely related discipline in the social sciences is required by the time of appointment.

The department will give additional preferences to candidates whose research and teaching intersect with one or more of the following departmental foci: interpersonal, organizational, health, strategic, or global communication. Preference will also be given to applicants whose work aligns with one of Santa Clara University’s Centers of Distinction: Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship, the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, or the Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education. Candidates may also wish to describe how their work could be inter- or cross-disciplinary with departments such as Political Science, Public Health, Ethnic Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, Psychology, Neuroscience, Sociology, or others.  

Located in the heart of northern California’s Silicon Valley, Santa Clara University is a private, Jesuit, Catholic university committed to promoting social justice in a comprehensive educational setting. Faculty members are teacher-scholars who balance a commitment to excellent teaching with active programs of research or creative scholarship. Full-time teaching consists of two courses per academic quarter across three quarters per academic year. All faculty members engage in undergraduate advising and service responsibilities. Applicants are invited to visit the university’s website at www.scu.edu for descriptions of the university’s mission and the department’s website at www.scu.edu/communication to learn about our courses, faculty, and students.

Over the last decade, the department and the University have recruited an increasingly diverse faculty, and enrolled more diverse and low-income students. The University recently committed to becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution and has been a recipient of the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity award for the past three years. The College of Arts & Sciences is conducting its third cluster hire in the area of Inequality & Social Justice, which provides participants with mentorship, peer support and an interdisciplinary intellectual community to support their scholarly and creative work.

Candidates who can contribute to SCU’s growing diversity are encouraged to apply and to identify their strengths or experiences related to achieving this goal in their letter of application.

SCU is an EO/AA employer committed to excellence through diversity, which welcomes applications from women, persons of color, any sexual orientation, all religions, people with disabilities, and members of historically underrepresented groups. The University will provide reasonable accommodations to all qualified individuals with a disability. Also, in accordance with the federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, the University annually collects and makes publicly available information about campus crimes and other reportable incidents at www.scu.edu/cs/.

Submission Information

Applications will be accepted until Friday, September 6, 2024 at 11:59pm Pacific time, at which time the evaluation of applications will begin. Applicants should submit their letter of application; curriculum vitae; example(s) of scholarly work; official graduate transcripts; a teaching philosophy statement; a statement of the candidate’s research plan; a statement about experiences and skills in working with people of diverse cultures and identities; a statement indicating understanding of SCU’s mission as a Jesuit, Catholic, University; and evidence of teaching excellence (i.e., course syllabi, student and/or peer evaluations, and/or teaching portfolios) to Workday, the online job application portal for the Department of Communication, Santa Clara University.

Submit application material here: 

https://wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recruiting/scu/scu/details/Assistant-Professor--Tenure-Track--in-Media-Studies--Department-of-Communication_R4615?jobFamilyGroup=e834aa15daf9010b7a0b3994871b132d

Three confidential letters of reference will be requested of finalists for the position and should be submitted to the online system by references who can speak to the candidate’s preparedness and/or fit for the position.

Questions can be directed to the search chair, Dr. Chad Raphael (he/him), at craphael@scu.edu.

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