Jan. 20, 2015
To whom it may concern:
Fukushima University
Dean of Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences
Prof. Shinji Nakagawa

Open Call for Application for Full-time Position

1. Available position:

Associate Professor or Lecturer

2. Teaching duties:

Media Studies

3. Qualifications for application:(1) Applicants should be able to conduct lectures and courses in Media Studies from Sociologicalperspective.
(2) Applicants should hold a Ph.D. degree (including Ph.D. degree candidates who will graduate next March)or have an outstanding record equivalent to a Ph.D. degree.
(3) Applicants should have published academic works, or expect to publish at least one research paper (seebelow).
(4) Applicants should be 39 years of age or younger, as of April 1, 2015. The purpose of setting of the age
limitation is to attempt to procure teaching staff who will be committed to a long-term, tenured career. (cf.
Ordinance for Enforcement of the Employment Countermeasures Act, Article1-3, para. 1, (i) 3, (a))(5) Applicants should live in Fukushima City or in its environs if hired
4. Application materials:(1) A Curriculum VitaeIn Japanese, with photograph, telephone number and e-mail address. A list of research publications(one of which should be marked as the main work. A Ph.D. thesis may be included).
(2) One copy or offprint of each publication, and one extra photocopy of all publications and intended
publications in the list of (2).
Concerning articles yet to be published, submit an official certificate of intent to publish. Submit a
photocopy of Ph.D. Diploma if a Ph.D. thesis is included in the list.
(3) A summary of the main paper mentioned in (2) above in Japanese (up to 2,000 Japanese letters (“moji”)
on A4 paper).
(4) An essay on Future Research Plans (up to 2,000 Japanese letters (“moji”) on A4 paper).
(5) A syllabus for a Lecture course in Media Studies, and Introduction to Social Sciences, consisting of thirty
90-minute lessons, and your pedagogical aims for the course.

5. Application deadline:
6. Starting date:

March 31, 2015.
Oct. 1, 2015.

7. Application address:
Send by registered mail. On the envelope, write ‘Application for Media Studies Position.’
Dean of Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences,
Fukushima University
1 Kanayagawa, Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture, 960-1296, Japan
8. Contact information:
Office of General Affairs, Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences
Phone: +81-24-548-8253, Fax: +81-24-548-5174
9. Screening procedure:
Candidates may be invited for an interview during the screening process. Please note that transportationand other related costs will not be provided. Application materials will not be returned.

Additional information:
1) The successful applicant will be a member of the Sociology Course in Department of Society andCulture, within the Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences, and will at the same time be amember of a broader, inter-faculty “Research System” (Society and History).
2) Lectures and seminars on Media Studies are conducted through the Department of Society andCulture.
3) In addition to the above-mentioned third and fourth-year lectures and seminars, the successful
candidate will be expected to conduct seminars for first- and second-year students. These will bedecided at a later date.
4) Fukushima University also provides evening courses for mature students (entitled a “Liberal Arts
Course in Contemporary Society”). The successful applicant will bear teaching responsibilities forthis evening course including lectures and seminars.
5) In the event that a candidate is hired as an Associate Professor, he or she may also be asked tosupervise graduate-level work in the field of “Public Policy and Regional Administration.”
6) This announcement has also been made public on the University’s homepage. Please see
http://www.fukushima-u.ac.jp and http://www.ads.fukushima-u.ac.jp.