**INTERNAL ONLY** Chair & Assoc/Full Professor of Film & Media Studies

*This position is open only to current University of Kansas tenured faculty within the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (CLAS) invites applications for Associate or Full Professor/Chairperson in the Department of Film and Media Studies. This position provides leadership and oversight for all department activities, as well as fulfilling teaching, research, and service responsibilities as a faculty member in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

Salary

Academic-year salary, plus an administrative supplement and summer salary, as determined by the Executive Dean of the College.

Term

Term of approximately three to five years, with possibility of renewal pending satisfactory performance.

50% of the position is administrative. Position provides leadership and oversight for all unit activities. 50% is allocated for regular faculty-member in the usual 40/40/20.

Chairperson of Film and Media Studies (0.5 FTE)

• Provides oversight and leadership for all unit activities.
• Administers the undergraduate and graduate academic programs of the unit.
• Reviews and modifies, in consultation with unit governance and faculty, the long-range planning for the unit.
• Oversees all internal budgetary, administrative, and personnel matters.
• Supervises and reviews the unit’s faculty and professional, academic, and University support staff, and supports faculty and staff development.
• Seeks enhancement of all unit resources by actively seeking external funding.
• Develops and enhances research and educational relationships between the unit and other units across the College and University, as well as with agencies outside the University, governmental, public, or private.
• Develops long-term planning for future leadership by cultivating/mentoring future faculty members.
• Executes College and University policy in the unit effectively.
• Represents the unit and reports to CLAS, and represents the unit to other University entities.

Faculty Member (0.5 FTE)

40% Teaching/Advising

• Teaches courses in their field of specialty.
• Advises students, including student mentoring and providing directed readings.
• Supervises graduate teaching assistants, as assigned.
• Serves on committees that supervise and evaluate student progress.

40% Research

• Engages in scholarly research appropriate to the applicant’s field, including publishing/releasing appropriate projects and/or articles and presenting research at professional conferences on a regular basis.

20% Service

• Provides general service to one’s home unit, the College, the University, the state, and the profession.

1. Tenured appointment with the rank of Full Professor or Associate Professor in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.
2. Demonstrated ability to serve as an academic leader and team builder, developing and enhancing research and educational relationships among faculty and between the unit and its affiliated units.
3. Teaching experience at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and commitment to teaching excellence.
4. Strong record of scholarly achievement, as evidenced by an established program of research with the promise of continued productivity.
5. Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and to manage interpersonal relations, maintaining civility and respect among faculty, staff, and students.