Job Opening: RIT Gannett Distinguished Professor in Integrated Publishing Systems

RIT’s College of Imaging Arts and Sciences is seeking qualified candidates to fill an endowed professorship in Integrated Publishing Systems. Successful candidates will have a resume of accomplishment including:

  • evidence of thought leadership regarding the issues and challenges facing the publishing industry
  • ability to generate new knowledge as an individual contributor in a team setting
  • leadership experience
  • college teaching experience or training of adult learners
  • excitement about being a part of an academic community of scholars and students.

The job will require full-time work in Rochester, NY for the full calendar year, teaching graduate and undergraduate students, conducting research and development projects that include students that solve emerging problems in the global publishing industries, and disseminating the new knowledge through personal and media channels.

Apply online at http://careers.rit.edu Faculty Search IRC44397. Submit letter of application addressing the listed qualifications, current vitae, contact information for three references, and a one-page statement of your vision of the future of multi-platform publishing.

Please have three letters of recommendation (with current phone numbers) sent to cost@rit.edu

You can contact the search committee with questions on the position at RIT by phone at 585-475-5436 or via the email above.

Application deadline: Screening of applicants will begin March 15, 2011 and will continue until an acceptable candidate is found.