[Commlist] Position: Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in Environmental Rhetoric, and/or Communication - UNC Chapel Hill

application link:  https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/289117



The deadline for applying for this position has been extended to 
*December 1, 2025*. Several faculty members from the Department of 
Communication will be at the National Communication Association 
conference in New Orleans November 21-24. We encourage prospective 
applicants with questions to seen us out.

The Department of Communication at the University of North Carolina at 
Chapel Hill seeks to hire an *Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in 
Environmental Rhetoric, and/or Communication*. Candidates should have a 
Ph.D. or a completion date of a Ph.D. by July 1, 2025 and be qualified 
to teach undergraduate and graduate Environmental Rhetoric courses, 
contribute to the core courses in the graduate program, develop 
specialized undergraduate and graduate courses reflecting their research 
interests. We are particularly interested in a colleague whose research 
and teaching emphasizes the intersection of environmental rhetoric and 
advocacy, democracy, identity, power, critical practice, media and/or 
public culture. In addition, we welcome candidates whose work 
complements existing departmental strengths.

Qualifications: A Ph.D. in Communication, Composition, or another 
discipline engaging rhetoric and/or the rhetorical traditions, broadly 
defined. Candidates should have a record of, or potential for, 
outstanding research, teaching and service in keeping with the tenure 
expectations of a department at a research institution. We especially 
welcome candidates with experience in graduate advising and mentorship.

About the Department of Communication 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 & 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. Faculty conduct research and teach 
within a broad range of communication disciplines, including performance 
studies, media and technology studies, rhetoric, media arts production 
and new media, and organizational and interpersonal communication. 
Recognized for significant contributions to the profession, University, 
state, and nation, the Department houses a PhD 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 30 faculty members, 50 graduate students, and nearly 700 
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 majors, as well as the hundreds of 
pan-University non-majors seek out our classes for a set of critical 
capacities that contribute to an engaged, creative, and critical 21st 
century citizen. The department’s website provides a detailed look at 
our activities, mission, and values.

About Rhetoric at UNC: Rhetoric refers to the means by which people 
create shared meaning to deliberate about contested issues such as the 
common good. Rhetorical Studies, a cornerstone of the liberal arts 
tradition, aspires to understand precisely how rhetoric shapes public 
life, while also inviting scholars to re-imagine the possibilities of 
both. Students concentrating in Rhetorical Studies can pursue an array 
of courses in rhetorical production, theory, and criticism. Over their 
course of study, students learn how to speak and write ethically with 
rhetorical dexterity; analyze and evaluate the discursive phenomena 
circulating across public culture; and reason through challenging issues 
with argumentative rigor. The concentration prepares students for 
numerous career paths including law, speech writing, public advocacy, 
community organizing, business leadership, political consulting, 
marketing, and advertising. Rhetorical Studies prepares students to 
thrive intellectually in whichever situations they might encounter, 
while also expanding their capacities to reflect on the human condition 
and serve the public good.

Applications must be submitted electronically by *November 15, 
2024 December 1, 2024* Interested candidates should send (1) a cover 
letter that addresses all minimum and any preferred qualifications met; 
(2) curriculum vitae; (3) a description of teaching philosophy and 
approaches; (4) a representative sample of research; and (5) three 
letters of recommendation.

Applicants should demonstrate how their research and teaching interests 
align with two or more of the department’s interdisciplinary pathways in 
communication & everyday life, rhetoric, advocacy & activism, media 
arts, performance & critical practice, media technologies & public 
culture, and organizations, communication & work. Applicants can learn 
more about these pathways and our new undergraduate curriculum by 
visiting the department’s website. For questions regarding the search, 
please email the chair of the search committee, Dr. Christian Lundberg @ 
(clundber /at/ email.unc.edu).

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