Tag: faculty position

Illinois College: Intercultural Communication (USA)

“JobAssistant Professor of Intercultural Communication, Illinois College, Jacksonville, IL, USA. Deadline: open until filled; posted 5 September 2024.

The Department of Communication Arts at Illinois College invites applications for an assistant professor, tenure-track position in Intercultural Communication with primary focus on intercultural communication within organizations to begin Fall 2025. Strong preference will be given to candidates with expertise and/or interest in studying issues of race, ethnicity, and culture within organizations in the U.S. context.

Secondary areas of particular need for the department include the ability to teach business communication, public relations, mass communication, and health communication. Candidates should have an interest and ability to teach the department’s introductory public speaking course. While most teaching is on campus, preference for candidates who have online teaching experience and an interest in teaching in the online program. Candidates must have a strong commitment to undergraduate teaching, advising, scholarship, and service. The department seeks candidates committed to diverse and inclusive perspectives in teaching, scholarship, and service as well as enthusiasm for working closely with students in a liberal arts setting.

American U of Paris: International Relations (France)

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Assistant Professor in International Relations, Department of History and Politics, American University of Paris, France. Deadline: 1 December 2024.

The American University of Paris invites applications for a full-time position in the Department of History and Politics at the rank of Assistant Professor in International Relations, beginning 1 August 2025.

A PhD in Political Science/International Relations is required by the date of appointment. Applicants should combine a dynamic research agenda with a commitment to teaching in a liberal arts institution. The appointment includes teaching introductory and advanced courses such as Challenges of Global Politics, World Politics, War and Peace and Advanced IR Theory. The successful candidate will also develop courses that align with her/his/their scholarly interests and have the opportunity to collaborate with AUP’s interdepartmental research centers.

Boston College: Global Culture & Communication (USA)

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Assistant Professor of Global Culture and Communication, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA. Deadline: 15 October 2024.

The Department of Communication at Boston College invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in global culture and communication. The successful candidate should demonstrate teaching and research experience in communication and/or media studies and be prepared to teach courses including Globalization and the Media and Communication Research Methods. Applicants able to teach both critical-cultural and social science methods are particularly encouraged to apply. The capacity to incorporate a newly developed digital media creation lab into teaching and research is welcomed.

Victoria U: International Relations (New Zealand)

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Lecturer in International Relations, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Deadline: 1 October 2024.

Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington is currently recruiting a Pūkenga – Lecturer in International Relations join the Political Science & International Relations programme on a permanent, full-time basis. The starting date is 24 February 2025.

Key responsibilities:

  • Contribute to teaching courses at all levels in International Relations, as appropriate and agreed to with the Tumuaki – Head of School
  • Advance a sustained and disciplinary-relevant research programme
  • Successfully supervise post-graduate students to completion
  • Contribute to Hautūtanga/leadership, administrative roles, and outreach to the wider community
  • Prepare and deliver graduate and undergraduate courses in International Relations
  • Commence other teaching or administrative duties

Rutgers U: Organizational Communication (USA)

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Tenure-Track/Tenured Faculty Position in Organizational Communication, Rutgers University, NJ, USA. Deadline: Review begins 1 October 2024.

The Department of Communication at Rutgers University’s School of Communication and Information seeks a full-time faculty member in organizational communication. The search is open-rank and the appointment will begin Fall 2025.

They seek a social scientist using organizational communication theories to understand how organizations engage diverse stakeholders. The candidate should have a research program that is theory-driven, empirical, and communication-centered. The ideal candidate would emphasize strategic communication, policy, and/or applied challenges. Additionally, experience leading or working in research partnerships in the public, private, or nonprofit sectors is a plus.

Applicants’ scholarship and teaching could focus on a variety of issues in the field, including but not limited to:
• Information and communication technology, including emerging technology and social media
• Crisis communication and organizing in disaster contexts
• Corporate communication, including corporate social responsibility
• Cross-sector partnerships (public, private and non-profit sectors)
• Global teams and global organizational communication
• Organizational resilience and community well-being
• Organizational leadership

Ohio State U: Small Group / Intercultural Communication (USA)

“JobAssistant Professor in Small Group and/or Intergroup Communication, School of Communication, Ohio State University, OH, USA. Deadline: Open until filled; posted 17 August 2024.

The The School of Communication at The Ohio State University invites applications for a 9-month full time tenure-track assistant professor position to begin August 2025. The successful applicant will teach courses related to interpersonal communication, organizational communication, group dynamics, and/or intercultural communication. Specific instructional needs include Communication & Conflict, Intro to Organizational Communication, Intercultural Communication, Information Technology & Organizations, Communication Dynamics in Groups, International Perspectives on Communication, and Media & Terrorism. The assistant professor will be expected to actively engage in scholarly work; the area of research is open. They welcome applicants whose research complements and builds on existing areas of strength, which include communication technology and society; health communication and social influence; mass communication uses and effects; and/or political communication and public opinion.

Colorado State U: Rhetoric & Race (USA)

“JobAssistant or Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Race, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA. Deadline: 24 September 2024.

The Department of Communication Studies at Colorado State University seeks a tenure track assistant or associate professor who specializes in rhetoric and race in the United States. Successful candidates will study race through any of a number of rhetorical perspectives (theory, criticism, history, or any combination of these approaches) and will demonstrate race is a central and animating focus of their scholarship and teaching in their application. Possible areas of study include but are not limited to racial rhetorical criticism, antiracism rhetorics, postracism, race and space/place/borders, intersectionality, whiteness, decolonizing rhetorical scholarship, and Latina/o/x rhetorics, Asian/Pacific American rhetorics, Black and/or African American rhetorics, and Indigenous and/or Native rhetorics, among others. This faculty member will develop new coursework in rhetoric and race at the undergraduate, M.A., and Ph.D. levels and will rotate with other faculty members to teach the department’s existing courses in rhetoric. Candidates will employ humanistic and/or critical methods in their study of rhetoric and race.

U Winchester: Reconciliation & Peacebuilding (UK)

“JobLecturer in Reconciliation and Peacebuilding, University of Winchester, Winchester, England, UK. Deadline: 14 August 2024.

The University is seeking a new Lecturer to teach and coordinate an MA programme in Reconciliation and Peacebuilding. The successful applicant will have a strong academic and professional background in reconciliation / peace studies and have competence in digital teaching and learning methods.

Delivered primarily online, the MA Reconciliation / Reconciliation and Peacebuilding programme supports the advanced study of contemporary theoretical and practical approaches to reconciliation and peacebuilding, with a particular emphasis on religious and cultural contexts. The programme enables students to engage profoundly in key methods of reconciliation and religious peacebuilding through reflection and analysis of relevant theories, case studies, and examples of best practice.

Taught modules include Theories and Dynamics of Reconciliation, Dialogue and Disagreement, and Practical Bridge-building. This role will also include the supervision of dissertation projects.

U Birmingham: Stuart Hall Interdisciplinary Chair (UK)

“JobStuart Hall Interdisciplinary Chair, School of Social Policy and Society, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. Deadline: 8 September 2024.

The University of Birmingham is seeking to appoint the inaugural Stuart Hall Interdisciplinary Chair. While the substantive field and disciplinary background of the post holder is open, it is anticipated that the appointee will be inspired by the work of Professor Stuart Hall and the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS) and have a clear and inspiring vision of how the legacy of that work can be enhanced and developed for the future. Areas that might be relevant here include race and racism, ethnicity, gender, migration, media, representation, history, visual culture, and/or other contemporary cultural issues.

You will be able to demonstrate a world-leading research programme evidenced through high quality and influential publications and a track record of research grant capture. You will be able to lead and support a growing team of colleagues across the University in this field to consolidate and develop the University’s education offer around contemporary cultural studies.

The Chair will be based in the School of Social Policy and Society, in the College of Social Sciences. They partner with the College of Life and Environmental Sciences and the College of Arts and Law to host the Stuart Hall Archive Project, a 3-year research programme (ending July 2026), directly funded by the University of Birmingham, supporting three PIs, two researchers, and an archivist, to use Hall’s papers held by the University’s archive – the Cadbury Research Library. The project has two main aims: to explore the history of Hall’s intellectual and political formation and development at specific conjunctures; and to forge a new space for dialogue between Hall’s intellectual and political legacy and contemporary questions arising from present constituencies and communities. In addition to the development of forums and events for collaboration with external partners, researchers, artists, and community activists, the Project is committed to a range of outputs (exhibitions, publications, and online resources and platforms) and the identification of external funding opportunities for expansion and extension of the project. In addition, the University holds the archive of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies.

Aarhus U: American History with Global Focus (Denmark)

“JobAssistant/Associate Professor of American History with a Global Focus, Department of English,  Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. Deadline: 2 August 2024.

The School of Communication and Culture at Aarhus University invites applications for the position of either tenure-track assistant professor or tenured associate professor of American history with a global focus based at the Department of English. The tenure-track assistant professorship begins with a full-time, five-year appointment as an assistant professor with a view to permanent employment as a tenured associate professor. The associate professorship is full time and tenured.

They are looking for an applicant with a specialisation in the history of the United States of America or a closely related field in American studies. Candidates with an interdisciplinary orientation towards one or more areas that bridge the humanities and social sciences (such as cultural studies or gender studies) are particularly welcome to apply. They envision a colleague concerned not only with American history, society, politics and culture but also with the processes whereby societies and cultures interact and influence each other. Individuals able to contribute to the development of students’ knowledge, skills and competences in subjects related to interculturality (such as migration and transnational identities) are encouraged to apply.