Communication Department SCU

07/26/2024

Santa Clara University's Department of Communication seeks an Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Media Studies.

We seek a teacher-scholar who engages in innovative, theory-driven research and teaching in areas such as media effects and uses, media representations, media equity and social justice, persuasion, media psychology, media stereotypes, or identity construction, among other media-related topics. We are particularly interested in a colleague who addresses these topics with a focus on US-based Latino/a/x/e or Black experiences and whose research primarily uses quantitative social science methodologies.

Apply by September 6 2024 at https://wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recruiting/scu/scu/details/Assistant-Professor--Tenure-Track--in-Media-Studies--Department-of-Communication_R4615?jobFamilyGroup=e834aa15daf9010b7a0b3994871b132d

Position Type: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Media Studies, Department of Communication Position Type: Regular Salary Range: The salary range for this position is $85,947 to $95,410, depending on the successful candidate's years of teaching experience at the college-level. The position comes...

12/20/2023

Join us for a webinar series on community-engaged research for environmental justice to launch the new open-access book, Ground Truths, which will be available for free on January 9 from University of California Press.

The webinars are co-hosted by the SCU Environmental Justice and the Common Good Initiative and the Urban & Environmental Policy Institute, Occidental College.

Webinar registration - https://www.scu.edu/ej/email/rsvp-letter-cer-for-ej-webinar/

Ground Truths book - https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520384330/ground-truths

07/06/2023

Asst. Prof. Melissa Brown wrote a gripping op-ed on historical/ongoing vulnerability of Black women to violence and how they "cannot expect the law to protect them, but they can expect it to prosecute them."

The case of Chicago mother Carlisha Hood shows how self-defense law– and our perception of who deserves it– is still rooted in racism and sexism.

04/12/2023

We’ve almost met our $10k match…
Thank you everyone for all your support benefiting our communication students.

04/12/2023

Thanks for meeting the Lowe family challenge of unlocking the $12,500.00 gift!! Now let’s unlock the Whalen $10k match… Thank you everyone!!! Ready set go! https://givingday.scu.edu/giving-day/66291/department/66398

04/12/2023

Day of Giving update…we still need 7 donors to unlock $12,500 gift from the Lowe family. Today’s the last day!!!

04/11/2023

Hey Comm friends!! SCU's annual Day of Giving is upon us and we have two incredible opportunities to help us serve our students.

First, the Lowe Family has challenged us to get 35 people to donate to our professional engagement fund, allowing us to run programs like the Hollywood Shadowing Program and bring professionals to campus. If we meet the goal, the Lowe family will donate $12,500!!

Second, the Chair of the Department, Mike Whalen, will match your donation (up to $10,000) to the Thaddeus Whalen Scholarship Fund which helps make SCU affordable for students majoring in Communication.

Any amount of donation is welcome. Please help us reach our fundraising goals. All donations must be received by the end of the day Wednesday, tomorrow!!

https://givingday.scu.edu/giving-day/66291/donate?des=390707&dept=66398

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02/01/2023

I DIDN’T SEE YOU THERE
This event will take place in person in the St. Clare room, and will also be available to livestream. Click the link below to register and get more information. Hope to see you there!
https://www.scu.edu/events/ #!view/event/event_id/314563

12/21/2022

For decades, the internet has shaped the way we communicate, but two years of us being extremely online hit fast forward on its real-world impact

11/30/2022

Take a few minutes to de-stress during Week 10 and make a festive (and easy) holiday ornament in the Internship Lab. Drop in any time between 12:30-2:30 pm on Friday. Rumor has it there will also be snacks!
(VARI Hall, 132)