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Western University

The Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) and Faculty of Information & Media Studies (FIMS) at Western University are pleased to invite applications for a joint appointment as faculty colleague and Graduate Program Chair in Health Information Science (HIS). We will appoint at the rank of Associate Professor (tenured), probationary Associate Professor (with early eligibility for tenure at Western) or Assistant Professor in the final years of a tenure-track appointment (probationary). Salary and rank will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

The Faculty of Health Sciences is a dynamic and collaborative teaching and research environment with four signature research areas (FHS strategic research plan) in mobility, social determinants of health/health equity, health information and technology, and changing health services, systems and policy. The Faculty of Information of Media Studies offers research and teaching in information, media and technology systems, histories, and practices to understand the role of media and information in democratic process and the social and cultural determinants of power and agency (FIMS Strategic Plan). Health and its coordinates in policy and technology are key FIMS research areas.

The HIS Program is a well-established graduate program offered jointly by the two Faculties. The program sits at the intersection of our two missions and supports innovative research, teaching, and knowledge mobilization. The HIS program provides students with fundamental knowledge about human health and its sociotechnical contexts; health organizations and health care delivery in Canada and globally; health informatics; and the impacts of digital technologies on individual and societal health. The successful candidate will lead the program as Graduate Program Chair with the support of an administrative coordinator and Associate Deans in both Faculties. Evidence of leadership experience or capacity is important.

Possible areas of research and teaching: As a researcher, the successful candidate will contribute to growing collaborations in digital health studies at FHS and FIMS. Their specialty areas may include (but are not limited to):

• health information science including the critical analysis of health mis- and dis-information,

• online health information contexts

• health and social media

• science and technology studies (STS) with a focus on digital health technologies

• health informatics

• health communication and knowledge mobilization in a digital context

• information ethics and health policy in government and clinical settings

• health equity

• Indigenous health frameworks in community and digital contexts

In addition to research and leadership activity, the candidate will have the opportunity to teach in the Health Information Sciences graduate program (with reduced teaching expectations). The ability to teach and supervise at the graduate level in health informatics, digital health studies, or knowledge mobilization would be beneficial.

The successful candidate will hold a PhD and will have a background in a health-related discipline such as Health Sciences/Studies, Nursing, Kinesiology, or Rehabilitation Sciences and/or in Library and Information Science, Communication, Media Studies, Sociology, or Science and Technology Studies (STS). The joint appointment will be in FIMS and one of six Schools in FHS (Kinesiology, Health Studies, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, or Communication Sciences and Disorders). The successful candidate’s research record will include external funding (from such sources as foundations and government research agencies, including the Tri-Council in Canada), peer-reviewed publication, and national/international exposure through invited lectures and/or conference symposia, as appropriate for their discipline and career stage.

In short, the successful candidate will be an academic with demonstrated teaching and research commitments to digital health studies, openness to interdisciplinarity, and leadership ability.

The candidate may benefit from interactions with Western’s Research Centres and Institutes, among them the Centre for Research on Health Equity and Social Inclusion, the Rotman Institute of Philosophy, and the newly formed Center for Digital Justice, Community and Democracy.

Western has a full-time enrolment of approximately 32,000 in a range of academic and professional programs. With annual research funding exceeding $220 million and an international reputation for success, Western ranks as one of Canada’s top research-intensive universities. Our research excellence expands knowledge and drives discovery with real-world application. Western also provides an exceptional employment experience, offering competitive salaries, a wide range of employment opportunities and one of Canada’s most beautiful campuses. Western’s Recruitment and Retention Office is available to assist in the transition of successful applicants and their families.

Western University recognizes that our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion is central to the University’s mandate as a research-intensive institution of higher learning and a community leader. Western understands that our pursuit of research excellence and our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion are mutually supporting. The successful applicant will show evidence of contributing to equity, diversity, and inclusion in academia.

The anticipated start date is July 1, 2024. Interested applicants are invited to submit a complete application package, as a single PDF file, containing the following:

• Application for Full-Time Faculty Position form

• Cover letter (highlighting leadership experience or capacity, and connection to both Faculties and

research entities at Western)

• A detailed curriculum vitae

• A brief description of the candidate’s current research program, past accomplishments, and future plans

• Links to representative publications

• The names and contact information for three references

• A statement on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in relation to their teaching and research

The application package can be submitted via email to:

Drs. S. Jayne Garland and Lisa Henderson

Search Committee Co-Chairs

Western University

Arthur and Sonia Labatt Health Sciences Building, Room 200 1151 Richmond St. N.

London, Ontario, Canada N6A 3K7 wechebot@uwo.ca

The deadline for receipt of application packages is November 13, 2023.

Please quote number HS-257 on all correspondence for this position.

Positions are subject to budget approval. Applicants should have fluent written and oral communication skills in English. The University invites applications from all qualified individuals. Western is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from women, members of racialized groups, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, persons of any sexual orientation, and persons of any gender identity or gender expression.

In accordance with Canadian Immigration requirements, priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents.

Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodations for interviews or other meetings, please contact Wanda Chebott, Executive Assistant to the Dean of Health Sciences at wechebot@uwo.ca or 519-661-4239.

Deadline: November 22, 2023

Dear authors, open access publishers, and open source tool and platform providers,

The Open Book Futures (OBF) project is delighted to announce support and funding for three experimental book publishing pilots. These book pilot projects will be developed with OBF’s Experimental Publishing Group supported by Coventry University and will be overseen by the Open Book Collective.

We are inviting individuals and project teams to submit proposals for experimental, long-form scholarly book projects. 

Visit our open call to find out more https://copim.pubpub.org/pub/expub-pilot-call/ 

The call is open to individuals looking to collaborate and to already formed project teams (which can consist of authors, publishers, open source technology and software providers, librarians, and designers). If you apply without a complete project team, we will work with you to find suitable collaborators. Work on the pilots must start on 1 April 2024 and the pilots must be finalised by 1 April 2026. 

Experimental book publishing can include experiments with the form and format of the scholarly book; with the various (multi)media through which books can be performed; and with the ways in which scholarship can be produced, disseminated, and consumed, as well as reviewed, reused, and interacted with. It can also include experiments that reimagine the relationalities that constitute academic writing, research, and publishing, and that speculate on what the future of the book and the humanities might look like beyond the printed codex-format as the standard publication choice.  

We want to work closely with authors, presses, and technology providers to create pilot projects and communities of practice to explore how to best enable and support experimental book publishing together, while seeking to increase the recognition given to work published in non-traditional ways.

Open Book Futures (OBF) is the successor to the Community-led Open Publishing Infrastructures for Monographs (COPIM) project which ran from 2019 to 2023. COPIM supported three experimental publishing pilot projects in collaboration with publishers, authors, designers, and tool and platform providers.

We are looking forward to your proposals, or any questions you might have.

Best regards,

Janneke Adema, Rebekka Kiesewetter, Simon Bowie, and Julien McHardy

University of South Florida

Apply here: https://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=178560733&Title=Tenure-Track%20Assistant%20Professor%20of%20Advertising%20-%20ZSAMC

Type: Full-Time 

Posted: 10/05/2023 

Category: Public Relations and Advertising 

Job ID35302

LocationTampa, FL

Full/Part TimeFull-Time

Regular/TemporaryRegular

Posting Details 

Department: The Zimmerman School of Advertising and Mass Communications (ZSAMC) / 0-1247-000 

College: College of Arts and Sciences 

Salary Plan: Regular / Faculty 

Job Code/Title: 9003 / Assistant Professor 

Hiring Salary: Competitive 

Position Summary: 

The Zimmerman School of Advertising and Mass Communications at the University of South Florida seeks to fill a 9-month, full-time, and tenure-track Assistant Professor of Advertising position starting on August 7, 2024. 

The candidate will teach courses in the Integrated Public Relations and Advertising undergraduate program and in the Advertising master's program. The candidate will have the opportunity to advise an AAF student chapter. Salary is competitive. 

Position is open until November 1, 2023, with review of applications beginning on November 10, 2023. 

For more information about The Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications, visit our website. 

QUALIFICATIONS (Education & Experience): 

Minimum Qualifications: 

A Ph.D. in advertising or a related field is required. Applications from individuals who are ABD will be accepted, but the degree must be conferred by appointment start date. Must meet university criteria for appointment to the rank of Assistant Professor. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

Preference will be given to applicants with a publication record and research agenda focused on advertising and who have experience teaching advertising media strategy and advertising management.

USF Tampa 

Information for Applicants 

This position is subject to a Level 1 criminal background check. This position is subject to Foreign Influence Screening. House Bill 7017 ("HB 7017") 

Job Opening Number: 35302 

Posting Date: 10/04/2023 

Posting End Date: 11/01/2023, with review of applications beginning 11/10/2023. 

How To Apply 

Click on the Apply Now button. When applying to an opening you will have the opportunity to upload the requested materials listed below. 

Apply online by completing the required information and attaching your application materials. Please include your experience as it relates to the qualifications stated above. 

When applying, please attach (as a single combined document): a cover letter highlighting how your research, teaching, and service would make a contribution to The Zimmerman School, curriculum vitae, statement on scholarly work, teaching philosophy, and names and contact information for three references. 

To request an accommodation with the application or interview process, please contact Central Human Resources by telephone: 813-974-2970 or email HR-ADA-Request@usf.edu. 

Conclusion of this search is subject to final budget approval. According to Florida Law, applications and meetings regarding them are open to the public. 

Only online applications are accepted for this position. Click here for additional tutorial information. 

Equal Employment Opportunity 

USF is an equal opportunity, equal access academic institution that embraces diversity in the workplace. 

The University of South Florida does not discriminate on the basis of sex and prohibits sexual harassment. Any person may report sex discrimination, including sexual harassment (whether or not the person reporting is the person alleged to be the victim of conduct that could constitute sex discrimination or sexual harassment), in person, by mail, by telephone, or by electronic mail, using the contact information listed for the Title IX Coordinator. Reports may be made at any time either online or directly to the University's Title IX Coordinator. 

USF's Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Statement. 

For disability accommodations, contact Camille Rivera at rivera13@usf.edu, a minimum of five working days in advance. 

Federal Rights 

Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws: Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA). 

Work Location 

Campus map and location overview: USF - Tampa Campus 

About USF 

The University of South Florida, a high-impact research university dedicated to student success and committed to community engagement, generates an annual economic impact of more than $6 billion. With campuses in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Sarasota-Manatee, USF serves approximately 50,000 students who represent nearly 150 different countries. For four consecutive years, U.S. News & World Report has ranked USF as one of the nation's top 50 public universities, including USF's highest ranking ever in 2023 (No. 42). In 2023, USF became the first public university in Florida in nearly 40 years to be invited to join the Association of American Universities, a prestigious group of the leading universities in the United States and Canada. Through hundreds of millions of dollars in research activity each year and as one of top universities in the world for securing new patents, USF is a leader in solving global problems and improving lives. USF is a member of the American Athletic Conference. Learn more at www.usf.edu. 

Working at USF 

With more than 16,000 employees at USF, the University of South Florida is one of the largest employers in the Tampa Bay region. At USF you will find opportunities to excel in a rich academic environment that fosters the development and advancement of our employees. We believe in creating a talented, engaged and driven workforce through on-going development and career opportunities. We also offer a first class benefit package that includes medical, dental and life insurance plans, retirement plan options, tuition program and generous leave programs and more. 

To learn more about working at USF please visit: Work Here. Learn Here. Grow Here.

January 8-9, 2024

University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland

Deadline: October 25, 2023

Central and Eastern European (CEE) nations have undergone profound economic, social, and political transformations in the past four decades, significantly reshaping their societal dynamics. While some countries, particularly those that became part of the European Union during the enlargements of 2004 and 2013, have made significant progress in their transformation and development processes, others still need to grapple with challenges. These challenges include the establishment of democracy (e.g., Belarus), resolution of independence or geopolitical issues and war (e.g., Ukraine and Kosovo), resurgence of civic protests (e.g., Poland), and a rise in support for populist leaders (e.g., Hungary and Poland).

Throughout this period, Central and Eastern Europe has also experienced rapid technological advancements. Although internet access is widespread, it remains lower than in Western Europe, especially concerning broadband access. The digital divide, notably pronounced between rural and urban areas, imposes constraints on access to information, the availability of internet resources for disseminating civic knowledge, participation in political discourse, and engagement in political activities.

New media, including digital and social media, have allowed citizens to express their opinions and engage in collective actions. However, unequal access to the internet can limit these connections to privileged groups, leaving others marginalized. The digital divide, often rooted in educational and financial disparities, exacerbates societal misunderstandings and polarization.

This conference explores the relationship between technological advancements and the sustainability of democratic systems and civil society in CEE. We strongly encourage regional researchers to submit their research grounded in diverse theoretical frameworks and comprehensive qualitative or quantitative methodologies in the areas of (but not only):

• The role of technological development of the media in the consolidation of the democratic processes
  
• Political and civic engagement in the light of new media affordances
  
• Political actors and their employment of new media communication strategies
  
• The challenges to sustainable democratic institutions from online communication  
  

The conference highlights:

Keynote: Sabina Mihelj and Vaclav Stetka (Loughborough University, UK)

Roundtable I: “Digital democracy and civil society in CEE” - a lunch of the Journal of Information,

Technology and Politics special issue.

Roundtable II: “Political Information Environment: Threats and solutions for sustainable democracy”- presentation of the THREATPIE project and discussion with non-academic stakeholders (journalists, NGO representatives, educators, and politicians).

Organizers:

Institute of Journalism and Media Communication and Faculty of Social Sciences University of Silesia in Katowice

Journal of Information, Technology and Politics

THREATPIE: The Threats and Potentials of a Changing Political Information Environment project, http://threatpie.eu/ 

NORFACE Joint Research Programme on Democratic Governance in a Turbulent Age and co-funded by FWO, DFF, ANR, DFG, NWO, NCN, AEI, and ESRC, and the European Commission through Horizon 2020 under grant agreement No 822166.

Venue:

University of Silesia in Katowice

Faculty of Social Sciences

Institute of Journalism and Media Communication Bankowa 11, 40-007 Katowice, Poland

Conference organizers:

Damian Guzek, University of Silesia in Katowice

Karolina Koc-Michalska, Audencia Business School Nantes and University of Silesia in Katowice Agnieszka Stepinska, Adam Mickiewicz University

Schedule:

Submission of the abstracts: October 25, 2023 Acceptance of the abstracts: end-October, 2023

Requirements for the Authors:

Submission of an abstract of max. 300 words to cee.media.conference@gmail.com providing:

• Title
  
• Brief description of the proposed research scope
  
• Research questions
  
• Description of the data (methodological approach, sample, analytical strategy) 
• First analysis (if available)
  
• Short Bio of the Authors (outside of the word limit)
  

March 20, 2024

Online

Deadline: December 2, 2023

We are delighted to announce this Call for Papers, for the fully virtual and free 1 day conference on Emerging Directions in News Use Research on 20th March 2024. 

The event marks the launch of the Leverhulme Trust funded parents’ news use project - which runs from the fall of 2023 to the fall of 2025. The Leverhulme News Use project aims to examine how parents engage with and respond to news at critical moments of crisis. The project team includes Professor Ranjana Das, Dr Thomas Roberts, Dr Emily Setty and Dr Maria-Nerina Boursinou from the Department of Sociology (University of Surrey)  

Emerging Directions in News Use Research - a day-long, international, virtual conference - aims to bring together a global group of scholars involved with researching news use, news audiences and consumption, and news engagement and disengagement. We are keen to hear from a range of empirical contexts, from projects using tried and tested as well as more creative and innovative methodologies, and to showcase the work of scholars across career stages in the fields of Sociology, Journalism, Media and Communication, and more. 

Keynote speakers at the event include

Professor Brita Ytre-Arne, University of Bergen, Norway; Dr Jonathan Corpus Ong, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Professor Kim Schroeder, Roskilde University, Denmark; Professor Sahana Udupa, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany and Professor Lynn Schofield Clark, University of Denver, Colorado. 

Submission Portal:

We welcome submissions for a 10-12 minute paper presentation on this submission portal in the following areas, which are included below, but not limited to- 

Submission Topics:              

• News use, environmental change and the climate crisis ·               
  
• News use in relation to young people and sex and relationships          
  
• Datafication, algorithms and the news        
  
• Theoretical perspectives on news use       
  
• Methodological aspects of news consumption research         
  
• News use, risk and anxiety     
  
• Families, parenting, children and the news       
  
• News audiences and users          
  
• News literacy      
  
• News use research and global disparities and inequalities           
  
• Disinformation 
  
• News use and disconnection research 
  

Abstract Submission Details: 

Final submission deadline: 5pm BST on Monday 2nd December 2023 

Notification of outcome: Friday 15th December  2023 

Deadline for Registrations (registration is free): Monday 18th March 2024 

Event date (fully online): Wednesday 20 March 2024 , 0900 to 1700* GMT 

Submission portal:

[please submit your abstract here] 

Please email any question you may have about submissions to Dr Nerina Boursinou (m.boursinou@surrey.ac.uk).

Dear all,

Dr Catalina Goanta (University of Utrecht) and I (Sophie Bishop, University of Leeds) wanted to bring to your attention an event that may be of interest for those working on influencer culture, content creation or digital advertising. Together with the European Commission, we have drawn from our research expertise in law and influencer culture to co-develop the first European legal training for influencers on the topic of consumer protection.  

We have helped to develop an approachable (even fun!) range of easy-to-understand resources aimed at explaining relevant regulation to influencers, their management and agency teams, brands, advertisers and audiences.  

The Hub includes short, animated explainer videos; helpful checklists for best practices like advertising disclosures; legal briefs and links to other important national and international authorities. The Influencer Legal Hub will be publicly available on the European Commission website after the launch event below. The Hub goes live on 16 October. 

We would like to invite you to attend a launching event on Monday 16 October at 10.30 CET. The programme includes a range of speakers including us, key EU consumer protection policymakers, and content creators. Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AL8oHoy9SjCudgar0343Qw#/registration

Please get in touch if you would like to know more about the resource, or the ERC project HUMANads which this work is broadly a part of.

Best wishes,

Catalina and Sophie 

 Dear Colleagues, 

I hope this email finds you in good health and high spirits. My name is Santhosh Kumar Putta, and I am a PhD candidate at Osmania University, India,  currently working on a thesis titled "Social Networking Sites and Culture of Following." My research aims to develop a new theoretical framework in this domain, and I would be extremely grateful for your assistance in gathering data for this important endeavor.

As esteemed members of the Communication Association, your network and influence play a crucial role in the academic community. I am reaching out to request your support in circulating a survey among your colleagues, students, and other academic contacts. Your participation and assistance in sharing this survey would be invaluable in contributing to the success of this research project.

The survey is designed to gather insights into the dynamics of social networking sites and the evolving culture of following, exploring various dimensions including user behavior, motivations, and the impact on social interactions. Your participation and the participation of your contacts will greatly enhance the diversity and depth of the data collected.

Survey Link: https://forms.gle/LshHosWD9CBXqJaa6

Your collaboration in this endeavor is immensely appreciated, and I am confident that your involvement will greatly enrich the findings of this study. I look forward to the possibility of sharing the outcomes with you and the broader academic community.

Thank you for considering my request, and please feel free to reach out if you have any queries or require additional information.

Warm regards,

Santhosh kumar Putta

UGC - Senior Research Fellow

Member IAMCR, ECREA, iafor

Dept of communication and Journalism

UCASS

Osmania University, Hyderabad

INDIA

University of Stirling

Closing date: 2 November 2023

Open ended, full time

More details: : Vacancy details | University of Stirling

Communications, Media & Culture (CMC) wishes to appoint a qualified candidate at Lecturer Grade 8 (Teaching and Research) with specialist interests in Public Relations to expand the Division’s teaching, research and knowledge exchange activities.

The successful candidate will be an excellent communicator who is able to effectively teach, motivate and mentor undergraduates and postgraduates. They will make a contribution to teaching, research and impact activities in public relations and strategic communication, including short-course opportunities in CMC, as well as provide a strategic direction for development in this area. The successful candidate will primarily deliver teaching on our established award-winning MSc Public Relations and Strategic Communication programmes (on campus and online) and MSc Strategic Communication and Public Relations (Joint Degree with Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona) as well as contribute across the CMC undergraduate and postgraduate portfolio. Post holders may be required to travel abroad as part of their duties. 

Applicants with specialist knowledge, skills or interests in one or more of the following areas are invited to apply:

• Critical public relations and strategic communication studies
  
• Media relations
  
• Digital communications and social media
  
• Strategic communication planning, research and evaluation
  
• Public affairs, advocacy and activism
  
• Political communication
  
• Health communication
  
• Science and environment communication
  
• Public relations and creative industries
  
• (Digital) publics and the public sphere

The postholder will be a researcher who has expertise in public relations and strategic communications, evidenced by published research and peer reviewed scholarly activity. They will have a growing research profile in public relations and/or communication studies and a strong understanding of professional practice, emerging trends in the 21st century digital media landscape and complex social issues that communication needs to address (e.g. circular economy, sustainability, environment, smart cities, social justice, human rights, health and wellbeing, creative futures). The successful candidate will engage effectively with internal departments within the University and external stakeholders to pursue opportunities for collaboration, income generation and enhancing CMC’s regional, national, and international profile. 

Informal enquiries can be made to Associate Professor Alenka Jelen: alenka.jelen@stir.ac.uk 

Further details about the post can be found here : Vacancy details | University of Stirling

Vassar College, USA

Apply here: https://employment.vassar.edu/postings/3504

Position title: Assistant Professor of Film, Tenure Track

Department: Film Department

Duration of Position: Academic Year/Full Time

Employee Type: Faculty

Posting Number: F088P

Position Introduction:

The Department of Film at Vassar College invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Latin American Film and/or Screen Studies to begin Fall semester 2024.

AA Statement:

Vassar College is deeply committed to increasing the diversity of the campus community and the curriculum, and to promoting an environment of equality, inclusion, and respect for difference. Candidates who can contribute to this goal through their teaching, research, advising, and other activities are encouraged to identify their strengths and experiences in this area. The College is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, and especially welcomes applications from veterans, women, individuals with disabilities, and members of racial, ethnic, and other groups whose underrepresentation in the American professoriate has been severe and longstanding.

About Vassar College:

Vassar is a highly selective, coeducational liberal arts college of about 2400 undergraduate students, located in the Hudson Valley, seventy-five miles north of New York City. Vassar stands upon the homelands of the Munsee Lenape. The College is located in Poughkeepsie, home to a culturally diverse community, and benefits from convenient commuter rail access to New York City. Vassar faculty are committed teachers/scholars who bring research and creative discovery to life for students in classrooms, labs, and studios and in individually-mentored projects. They teach broadly in the curricula of their departments, advise students, and serve on college-wide and departmental committees. The College maintains a generous leave policy, provides strong support for research, and encourages multidisciplinary approaches to teaching.

Position Description:

Competitive candidates will have a PhD in Film Studies or a relevant field. Candidates who are ABD and will have their degree in hand by the start of Fall 2024 are encouraged to apply. The ideal candidate is prepared to teach widely in the film studies curriculum, especially foundational screen analysis and film history courses, while also developing and implementing new course offerings on Latin American media. These courses might include various national cinemas and movements, LatinX, AfroLatino, or diasporic studies, transnational studies, indigenous studies, border studies, television, radio, digital platforms, and/or activist media. We welcome candidates with areas of specialization including feminist studies, queer studies, trans studies, and disability studies. We strongly encourage applicants who incorporate creative elements – such as outward-facing scholarship or site-specific learning – to their research and/or teaching to apply.

Applications should be addressed to Erica Stein, chair of the search committee, and submitted online at: https://employment.vassar.edu/postings/3466. For inquiries, please reach out to estein@vassar.edu.

Review of applications will begin on October 16, 2023 and will continue until the position is filled. Applications received after that date will not be guaranteed review.

Salary Wage Range:

Pay Transparency Disclosure: The annual base starting salary range for this position is $89,000 to $99,000 (USD). This range includes new faculty appointments beginning the first year of a standard tenure clock as well as Assistant Professors with previous tenure-line experience who will be on an accelerated tenure clock. When extending an offer of employment, Vassar College considers factors such as (but not limited to) candidate’s education/training, work experience, internal peer equity, as well as market and organizational considerations. This salary range represents the College’s good faith and reasonable estimate at the time of posting. The starting salary for an Assistant Professor in this position with a PhD beginning the first year of a standard tenure clock in Fall 2024 is $93,000.

How to Apply:

• CV
  
• Cover letter
  
• Graduate transcript (an unofficial copy is acceptable for initial application)
  
• Diversity statement (additional information can be found at https://offices.vassar.edu/dean-of- the-faculty/positions/candidate-diversity-statement/)
  
• Teaching statement
  
• Names and emails of three references

May 23-25, 2024

Lab. CIMEOS (University of Burgundy) 

Deadline: November 15, 2024

International Communication Association 

French Society for Information and Communication Science  

Lab. CIMEOS (University of Burgundy) 

The Regional ICA Conference to be held in May 2024 in Dijon welcomes scholars from all over the worldworking on food-related issues from a Communication Sciences perspective. Today, food is the subject of numerous studies in history, sociology and anthropology.Many reference works have been written in the disciplines of Human and Social Sciences yet reading the food fact by the prism of the Communication Sciences is an original approach which allows to underline aspects until now little treated.   

Eating and food choices are the result of numerous factors: biological, psychological, cultural and social. The latter are made up of a whole range of dimensions, such as the media context, memory traces linked to childhood, our upbringing or the experiences and memories that stem from it. 

From this perspective, food choices require us to adopt a reflexive stance on the social, symbolic and memorial values we incorporate when we eat. As part of the research carried out by the CIMEOS laboratory and its food and gastronomy axis, it's the meaning of our food that we're concerned with. Its gourmet meaning, its environmental and ethical meaning, its nutritional meaning but also its political meaning. 

Communication Sciences have taken on the food issue around several polarities (De Iulio et al., 2015). The first considers food as a system in the sense understood by Greimas, who emphasizes that "food constitutes a form of non-verbal communication through which meaning is shared" (2015: 8). The second polarity addresses our acts, practices and food choices from media perspective, as an object of discourse and images.

It is then a matter of working on food and gastronomy by studying the discourses, their circularity, their impacts on the representations of consumers but also, by extension, on their practices. Various and diversified epistemological approaches are developed questioning a multiplicity of concepts from sensorial and sensitive communication to knowledge constitution and mediation, or digital impacts, challenges and stakes.

The ICA "Food Communication” regional conference offers opportunities for engagement with scholars, students and public intellectuals from around the continent to debate these important and topical issues. The following types of proposal are encouraged: communications, thematic panels, posters (especially by the young scholars).  

Papers, panels (free formats but no longer than one hour and a half) or posters could address the following themes: 

1. Social practices concerning the act of « eating ». 

2. Food communication and digital technologies.

3. Health, food and communication. 

4. Communication strategies of the food science industry: food security, labels, etc. 

5. Food as a medium for constructing a territory’s reputation and notoriety. 

The conference will be held in person and is open to everyone, but scholars who wish to present their works need to submit an extended abstract (400-600 words) that will be double-peer reviewed. 

In the future, an Interest Group Food and Communication could be created participating to the development of research in that area for ICA. 

CALL FOR EXTENDED ABSTRACTS DETAILS:

Following the ICA tradition, multiple methodologies are valued and works conducted from a wide range of paradigmatic perspectives are encouraged. The goal for extended abstracts is to present and discuss current research about food communication and should adhere to the following guidelines:

- Extended abstract should be between 400-600 words (excluding references, tables & figures), and should clearly state the contribution of the work to food communication.

- Research data should already be collected. Abstracts need to present some preliminary analyses to provide a first review of results.

- Theoretical or methodological extended abstracts are also acceptable; authors should lay out the main arguments to be developed.

- Work should be unpublished and not presented at other conferences. 

Please upload a single de-identified PDF file of your paper (including tables, figures, and references) by the deadline (November 15th, 2023) to: https://icafood2024.sciencesconf.org/. To submit an abstract each author must create an account on the website. 

Deadlines: 

Deadline for submission: November 15th, 2023 

Applicants will hear by mid-January 2024 

Provisional Schedule: 

23rd of may

8h45 – 9h30: Reception  

9h30 – 12h30: Plenary session  

9h30 – 9h45: Opening (organizing committee, laboratory direction) 

9h45 – 11h30: Keynote speaker #1 + Keynote speaker #2  

11h30 – 12h30: Round table #1 (4 keynote speakers) 

12h30 – 14h00: Lunch break  

14h00 – 15h30: Parallel workshops / panel 

15h30 – 16h00: Coffee break, posters and networking 

16h00 – 17h30: Round table #2  

24th of May:

8h45 – 9h00: Reception 

 9h00 – 10h45: Plenary session (2 keynote speakers) 

10h45 – 11h00: Coffee break, posters and networking 

11h00 – 12h30: Parallel panels  

12h30 – 14h00: Lunch break  

14h00 – 15h00: Young scholars session 

15h00 – 15h30: Coffee break, posters and networking 

15h30 – 17h00: Round table #3  

  17h00 – 17h30: Conclusion

25th of May: Cultural visit – details TBA 

Questions? Please contact:  

Estera-Tabita Badau estera-tabita.badau@u-bourgogne.fr 

Aude Chauviat aude.chauviat@u-bourgogne.fr  

Organizing Committee:  

• Estera Badau 
  
• Aude Chauviat
  
• Clémentine Hugol-Gential
  
• Daniel Raichvarg