Assistant Professor in Media, Behavior, and Health

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Assistant Professor in Media, Behavior, and Health

Tenure Track

IU Bloomington Media School

Bloomington

The Media School at Indiana University’s flagship Bloomingtoncampus is pleased to announce a faculty search for an outstandingtenure-track colleague whose research and teaching examine the relationships among media, behavior, and health, to start August 1,2027. We welcome applications from scholars working across a broad rangeof topics at the intersection of media, health, and well-being.

Areas of interest may include, but are not limited to, mediainfluences on mental and physical health; health communication andhealth behavior; social media and well-being; media representations of health, illness, and disability; stigma and stereotyping;cognitive, emotional, and behavioral responses to health-relatedmedia; health misinformation; and the development and evaluation ofmedia-based interventions designed to improve health andwell-being. We are particularly interested in scholars whose workhelps explain how media environments, messages, and technologiesshape health-related attitudes, psychological processes,decision-making, and behavioral outcomes.

We welcome a range of theoretical perspectives and methodologicalapproaches, including experimental, survey, longitudinal,computational, neuroscientific, qualitative, and mixed-methodapproaches. Candidates may study children, adolescents, adults, or populations across the lifespan. This position offers substantial opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration across Indiana University,including with faculty in the Media School, the School of Public Health, the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, the Irsay Institute, and other units engaged in health and behavioralresearch.

The successful candidate will join a growing community ofscholars examining media, behavior, health, and well-being acrossthe campus. The chosen applicant will be expected to maintain a productive andtheoretically significant research program, effectively teach andmentor undergraduate and graduate students on a standard 2-2teaching load, and serve the university, profession, and wider community. Teaching opportunities may include courses in mediapsychology, strategic communications, health communication, social media, research methods, and other areas related to the candidate’sexpertise.

The primary criteria for this search are excellence in research and teaching related to media, behavior, and health. Evidence of potential to secure external funding is viewed favorably. External funding is conceived broadly to includegovernment, industry, foundation, and other private sources.

The Media School combines a long-standing tradition of excellence in journalism, film, gaming, and communications with a commitment to digital and interactive media. It fosters a multidisciplinary approach to education and research, equipping students with thetheoretical and practical tools necessary to lead and innovate inthe media landscape of tomorrow. Faculty members are distinguishedfor their scholarly contributions and their dedication to teaching,offering a dynamic environment for engaging with media theory,production, and design.

The Media School is home to the Center for Documentary Research and Practice, the Center for International Media Law and Policy Studies, the Institute for Communication Research, the Michael I.Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism, the National Sports Journalism Center, the Observatory on Social Media, Indiana Public Media, Cream and Crimson Studios, the KIX Lab, and the Black Film Center & Archive.

The school serves more than 2,300undergraduate majors in eight degree…