Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Media and Society

About the role

The Department of Media and Cinema Studies in the College of Media at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign invites applicants for a full-time (100% FTE) tenure-track assistant professor position. The expected start date is August 16, 2027. This search is part of a cluster hiring initiative in the College of Media, with each of its academic departments—Advertising, Journalism, and Media & Cinema Studies—conducting an independent search for an assistant professor whose scholarship and teaching align with the priorities of their respective departments.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate the ability to teach across multiple media forms, technologies, industries, and cultural contexts.
• Contribute to the undergraduate and graduate curricula in Media and Cinema Studies and graduate seminars through the College's Institute of Communications Research.
• Develop teaching and research collaborations within the College of Media and the robustly interdisciplinary environment at the University of Illinois.

Requirements

• A Ph.D. in a relevant field, including but not limited to media studies, cinema studies, or a related field, by August 16, 2027.

Qualifications

• Potential for high-quality research, publication, and teaching.
• Interdisciplinary media theory, qualitative, quantitative, historical, interpretive, computational, or mixed-methods approaches.
• Research demonstrating methodological rigor and intellectual creativity.
• Teaching across multiple media forms, technologies, industries, and cultural contexts.
• Contribution to undergraduate and graduate curricula in Media and Cinema Studies and graduate seminars through the College's Institute of Communications Research.
• Development of teaching and research collaborations within the College of Media and the robustly interdisciplinary environment at the University of Illinois.

Skills

• Ability to teach across multiple media forms, technologies, industries, and cultural contexts.
• Contribute to the undergraduate and graduate curricula in Media and Cinema Studies and graduate seminars through the College's Institute of Communications Research.
• Develop teaching and research collaborations within the College of Media and the robustly interdisciplinary environment at the University of Illinois.

Benefits

• Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $80,000-$90,000. Salary will be competitive and commensurate with the candidate’s qualifications, rank, and experience while considering internal equity.

Schedule

This is a 100% full-time Academic position, appointed on a 9/12-month basis. The expected start date is August 16, 2027.

Contact Information

For further information about this specific position, please contact James Hay at jameshay@illinois.edu. For questions regarding the application process, please contact 217-333-2137.