Tenure-Track Assistant or Associate Professor in Media and Technology

About the role

The Department of Media Production, Management, and Technology (MPMT) at the University of Florida invites applications for a nine-month, tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor position starting August 2027. The successful candidate will be prepared to teach RTV 3432: Ethics and Problems in Media, a core course serving undergraduate majors in both Digital Film and Video Production and Media Management and Technology. The MPMT department serves approximately 500 undergraduate majors across these two specializations and prepares students for careers in film and video production, social media strategy, audience analytics, UI/UX design, and digital marketing. The College of Journalism and Communications enrolls over 2,500 undergraduate and 700 graduate students across four departments, offering faculty access to premier research hubs such as the Atlas Lab for social media listening, the Media Effects and Technology Lab, the Center for Public Interest Communications, and the university‑wide AI Initiative. The University of Florida is a top‑tier public research university (AAU) with over $1 billion in annual research expenditures and state‑of‑the‑art supercomputing infrastructure. Located in Gainesville, the campus offers a vibrant university community surrounded by natural springs, a rich cultural scene, and excellent quality of life within two hours of major metropolitan areas and coastal beaches. Explore Gainesville in 60 seconds: https://youtu.be/e_7nUKAFanM?si=7Z4s36Q80iaj6Nwg.

Responsibilities

• Conduct original research that advances scholarly understanding of media and/or technology including, but not limited to: media infrastructure, technology practices, sports media and communication, media systems, platform studies, entertainment media, digital culture and strategy, social/mobile media, and science and technology studies.
• Teach undergraduate core courses, specifically RTV 3432: Ethics and Problems in Media, bridging ethical, regulatory, and societal issues across both creative production and strategic media management contexts and other courses in the department, with opportunities to develop specialized upper‑level electives and graduate seminars.
• Pursue internal and external research funding.
• Publish in leading academic venues.