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Communication Studies or Intercultural Communication Professor /Associate Professor /Lecturer, Bunkyo Gakuin University (Tokyo, Japan)

Bunkyo Gakuin University, a small close-knit private university in the center of Tokyo (zero-minute walk from Todai-Mae Station on the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line) is seeking a full-time professor, associate professor or lecturer for the Faculty of Foreign Studies, and of the Graduate School of Foreign Studies (Master's Program).

Responsibilities will include: (a) teaching classes on Intercultural Communication, Seminar on Intercultural Communication or Communication Studies and others, including English language skills courses in the Faculty of Foreign Studies, and teaching Intercultural Communication and thesis advising in the Graduate School of Foreign Studies (Master's Program), and (b) attendance, cooperation and support in administrative duties.

Term of Office: Five years. With possibility of promotion to a tenured position at the end of the five-year term with the approval of the Board of Directors. Retirement is at 68 years old.

Qualifications:
1. Native speaker of English with ability to understand Japanese.

2. (a) Doctor's degree in Communication Studies, or equal academic accomplishment, and ability to advise graduate students on thesis writing in this field, or
(b) Doctor's degree in Intercultural Communication or equal academic accomplishment, and ability to advise graduate students on thesis writing in this field.

3. Willingness to contribute to the Faculty both in Communication Studies and Teaching English.

Date of Employment: April 1, 2015. Deadline for
Applications: 2014/12 /15.

To view the full description and apply for this position, please visit:
https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=4&id=D11
4110791&ln_jor=1

Kuniko Ishiguro
Associate Professor
Faculty of Foreign Studies
1-19-1 Mukogaoka, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8668 Japan kishiguro[at]bgu.ac.jp
+81-3-3814-1661 (ex: 3176)