[Commlist] Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication, UNC Chapel Hill

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Chapel Hill

The College of Arts & Sciences at the University of North Carolina at 
Chapel Hill invites applications for Professor and Chair of the 
Department of Communication. Reporting to the senior associate dean for 
fine arts and humanities, serving as the department’s academic leader 
and lead administrative officer, the chair will be called upon to: 
create an environment that facilitates an effective shared vision; 
proactively lead department academic, research and service activities; 
promote an inclusive and culturally competent environment with a strong 
commitment to recruiting and retaining diverse faculty, staff and 
students; promote, recognize and reward faculty research, excellence in 
teaching and mentoring, and excellence in service; provide programs and 
opportunities for students to develop research and leadership skills; 
effectively link programs within the department to the broader college 
and university missions; foster a culture of high-impact 
interdisciplinary research and collaboration within the college; build 
partnerships and alliances across the university; provide leadership in 
developing external partnerships and fundraising in support of the 
department’s mission and goals; continue a nationally and 
internationally recognized research program; demonstrate strong 
abilities in teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels; and 
facilitate student recruitment, budget administration, and personnel 
management.

The Department of Communication is one of 44 departments and curricula 
in the College of Arts & Sciences. As the largest unit on campus, the 
College of Arts and Sciences forms the academic core of the Carolina 
experience. Through teaching, research, and service, the Department of 
Communication addresses how communication functions to create, sustain, 
and transform personal life, social relations, political institutions, 
economic organizations, and cultural and aesthetic conventions in 
society. Recognized for significant contributions to the profession, 
University, state, and nation; the Department houses a Ph.D. program, a 
major in Communication, an interdisciplinary major in Cultural Studies, 
and a minor in Writing for the Screen and Stage. It serves as the 
intellectual home for 25 faculty members, 45 graduate students, and over 
600 undergraduates. The Department’s doctoral program offers a 
theoretically rich, interdisciplinary, problem-based approach to 
education and research that enables graduate students to define their 
own research in response to the changing demands of a constantly 
evolving communicative and cultural world. The Department’s 
undergraduate major features four structured concentrations: 
interpersonal and organizational communication; media and technology 
studies and production; performance studies; and rhetoric. Each 
concentration offers the Department’s majors, as well as the hundreds of 
pan-University non-majors, a set of critical capacities that contribute 
to an engaged, creative, and critical 21st-century citizen.

The successful candidate (they) must be eligible for appointment at the 
rank of full professor with tenure, including a Ph.D. or recognized 
equivalent They must have a national reputation in Communication or an 
adjacent field with an outstanding record of research, teaching, and 
service. The successful candidate must be able to articulate an 
innovative vision of communication for the 21st century that reflects 
that department’s commitment to engagement, creativity, and critique. 
They will be a relationship builder and advocate with a proven capacity 
to persuade a wide range of audiences and guide the implementation of 
their vision. They will be a collaborative and creative leader who is 
collegial and supportive with a commitment to the promotion of 
diversity. They will have demonstrated administrative management 
experience, including an ability to balance the priorities of multiple 
stakeholders. The successful candidate must have a demonstrated 
commitment to developing the excellence of communication faculty, as 
well as recruiting and supporting promising students, maintaining strong 
relationships with our alumni, and working with University Development 
to secure philanthropic support.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an equal opportunity 
and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive 
consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, 
gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, 
national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a 
protected veteran.

Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2021, and will continue 
until the position is filled.

To apply:https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/214767 
<https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/214767>

For more information, contact Professor Jocelyn Neal, 
(jneal /at/ email.unc.edu) <mailto:(jneal /at/ email.unc.edu)>, Chair, Search committee.


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