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Job Opportunity: Open Rank, Full-Time, Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Journalism and Media Studies | Rutgers University

The Department of Journalism and Media Studies in the School of Communication and Information invites applications for a tenure-track position (open rank) to begin in the fall of 2022.

For this position, we seek candidates whose scholarship adopts a critical perspective on the role of digital platforms and algorithms in global media and global society.

We are especially interested in candidates whose work addresses platforms and media systems in East Asian contexts and/or as they pertain to issues of race/ethnicity, disability, LGBTQIA+, class, or other historically underrepresented categories, regions, or groups.

We welcome applications from scholars using a range of methodological approaches (e.g., qualitative, quantitative, critical, interpretive, mixed-methods) who study topics including but not limited to the following areas:

  • Algorithmic discrimination
  • Data justice
  • Environmental implications of digital technologies
  • Platform economies
  • Platform governance/regulatory frameworks

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