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MALONE COLLEGE
FACULTY POSITION DESCRIPTION
COMMUNICATION ARTS

Position:  Tenure track faculty position, open rank
Starting date: August 2008

Communication Arts Department seeks a new media generalist to develop our established media production concentration to include convergence models, critical approaches, and narrative perspectives.

Responsibilities:
•    The normal teaching load is 12 credits per semester. 
•    The successful candidate may teach courses including Mass Media & Society, Electronic Publishing, Context of Broadcasting, some production courses and will advise student radio and television.
•    Advise and mentor students
•    Serve on departmental & institutional committees.
•    Engage in scholarship and community service

Qualifications:
•    Ph.D. strongly preferred and will be required at the time of tenure; ABD candidates will be considered.
•    College teaching experience is preferred.
•    Strong commitment to teaching excellence, professional development and scholarly research.
•    Deep personal commitment to Jesus Christ and an understanding of and commitment to the integration of faith and learning in the academic discipline.

Departmental Information
The Communication Arts Department offers five concentrations of courses: Media Communication, Journalism, Public Relations, Theater, and Communication Studies.  The department has 7 full-time faculty members committed to collegial and innovative pursuits of teaching, service and scholarship and more than 100 student majors.  The department also supports and supervises a student-operated campus radio station, a student-staffed weekly newspaper, an annual student film contest, a vibrant theatre program and forensics and debate.

Malone College
Malone College is a Christian college for the arts, sciences and professions, in the liberal arts tradition.  The College is affiliated with the Evangelical Friends Church – Eastern Region.  The students, faculty and staff represent more than 35 denominations.  Total enrollment is approximately 2,300 students with 1,700 undergraduates as well as adult degree-completion programs and a graduate school offering 4 master’s degrees.

Application Process
Application materials should include:  Letter of application, curriculum vitae, statement of Christian beliefs, statement of the integration of faith and learning in the academic discipline, statement of teaching philosophy, sample syllabus, summaries of student evaluations and the names and contact information of three references.

Send application materials to:
Dr. Patty Long, Vice President for Academic Affairs
Malone College
515 25th Street NW
Canton OH 44709-3897Email to:  plong@malone.edu

The review of applications will begin in October and will continue until the position has been filled.

Malone College is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications