Department: Communication Studies - 32241
Brief Summary of Work for this position:
The Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina Wilmington is seeking a nine-month tenure-track Assistant Professor in integrated marketing communication starting August 2022.
The successful candidate will teach innovative upper-level undergraduate and online master's classes courses in the areas of digital storytelling, integrated marketing communication, branding and identity, research methods, and/or crisis and risk communication. UNCW is an Adobe Creative Campus and all students have free access to Adobe Creative Cloud applications. Candidates should also be able to share a vision of high impact, experiential teaching practices, including applied learning working with non-profit clients and students to create integrated marketing communication deliverables.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:
- Doctoral degree in communications or a closely related field.
- Applicants who are ABD will be considered; however, PhD must be obtained within the first academic year of employment.
- Experience with high impact, experiential teaching practices, including applied learning working with non-profit clients and students to create integrated marketing communication deliverables.
Preferred Education, Knowledge, Skills & Experience :
Preference will be given to candidates who demonstrate:
- Experience creating and teaching online courses.
- Excellence in teaching and a vibrant research agenda in visual communication/visual rhetoric.
- An approach to teaching and research that promotes diversity and inclusion in higher education is especially valued.
- Persuasive and strategic communication from rhetorical and social scientific perspectives.
- Experience in teaching and using Adobe Creative Cloud applications, including Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and/or Illustrator.
Required Certifications or Licensure:
No Required Certifications or Licensure
Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit:
The Department of Communication Studies strives to be an intentional community of engaged teacher-scholars. We work independently and collaboratively to create powerful learning experiences for our students and to create a great place to come and work. We balance subject matter expertise with whole student development and look to be role models of what we teach. UNCW is a growing university located on a beautiful 640-acre campus that is just minutes from a historic downtown and Wrightsville Beach. We have a digital production/TV studio, a Mac Labs and video edit suite, and a student-run IMC firm (Pier601 Creative). We have approximately 550 undergraduate majors in our program and 100 graduate students in our fully online M.A. in Integrated Marketing Communication, launched in August 2019. We are in the process of creating a center for the study and practice of indigenous integrated marketing communication to support our indigenous student population in careers in tribal and indigenous cultural, community, and health organizations and tribal governments.
The University of North Carolina Wilmington occupies the traditional territory of the Catawba People and has long served as a site of meeting and exchange for many Indigenous peoples, including the Coharie, Lumbee, Meherrin, Occaneechi Saponi, Haliwa Saponi, Waccamaw Siouan, Sappony, and the Eastern Band of Cherokee.
College/School Information:
The College of Arts and Sciences is UNCW's largest academic unit and awards approximately two-thirds of the university's academic credits. Ours is a comprehensive arts and sciences college comprising the arts, the humanities, the mathematical and natural sciences, and the social and behavioral sciences.
The College's twenty-five units offer a variety of undergraduate majors leading to the Bachelor of Arts, the Bachelor of Fine Arts, the Bachelor of Music, and the Bachelor of Science. The College also offers a full complement of minors, including interdisciplinary minors such as Africana studies, Asian studies, Forensic studies, Latin America studies, Middle East & Islamic studies, Native-American studies, and Women's and Gender studies, among others.
Applied learning is a hallmark of the student experience in the College of Arts and Sciences. Each of the College's departments requires an applied learning experience as a part of the curriculum for its undergraduate majors. Examples include faculty-directed research, internships, service learning, and capstone courses and projects, all of which challenge students to integrate various strands of knowledge and to apply that knowledge to broader, real-world or real disciplinary situations. Through applied learning, students in the College gain direct hands-on experience with the skills of their major fields as an essential part of their preparation for life and career.
In addition to its undergraduate major and minor programs, the College is chiefly responsible for the curriculum that comprises the UNCW's University Studies Program, through which all UNCW undergraduates gain a foundation in the liberal arts and develop the transferable skills essential for life in the twenty-first century. The College strives in its undergraduate programs and in its University Study offerings to nurture creative thinking, intellectual curiosity, diversity and inclusion, and academic integrity in students while providing them with a solid foundation of knowledge in their chosen fields. Upon completion of their undergraduate studies, College of Arts and Sciences students will have the necessary preparation for rewarding careers, advanced study, effective citizenship, and meaningful lives.
Graduate degrees awarded in the College of Arts and Sciences include the Master of Arts, the Master of Fine Arts, the Master of Public Administration, the Master of Science and the Doctor of Philosophy (Marine Biology and Psychology). In addition, the nationally awarded Graduate Liberal Studies program offers a personalized curriculum of interdisciplinary study leading to the Master of Arts. Post-baccalaureate certificates in Applied Statistics, Environmental Studies, Forensic Science, Conflict Management and Resolution, Gender Studies and Hispanic Studies are available. Graduate programs in the College are designed to develop intellectual competence and to prepare the student for careers in business, industry, government, teaching or for further study at the doctoral level.
Applicant Instructions:
Prior to the official appointment to the university, the candidate(s) selected for hire must be able to demonstrate eligibility to teach assigned courses by successfully meeting the credentialing requirements based on official transcripts and other documentation as required.
Applications will be accepted until 11:59pm EST on January 24, 2022, the posting close date. To apply, please complete the online application process available at https://jobs.uncw.edu/ and attach the following materials as an Adobe PDF document including:
- Cover Letter
- Curriculum Vita
- Combined unofficial Graduate Transcripts
- Teaching Philosophy – Statement of teaching philosophy
- If needed, applicants may upload additional materials under the Other category.
Note that letters of application without the requested components will not meet the application requirements.
Please note that a minimum of three professional references are required for all applications. References will be requested during the screening process. Please direct questions concerning the search, contact the Dr. Jeanne M. Persuit at persuitj@uncw.edu. For questions regarding the online application process, contact Debra Whiting at whitingd@uncw.edu.
AA/EEO Statement:
At the University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW), our culture reflects our values of inclusion, diversity, globalization, ethics and integrity and innovation and we are committed to providing equality of educational and employment opportunity for all persons without regard to race, sex (such as gender, gender identity, marital status, childbirth, and pregnancy), age, color, national origin (including ethnicity), religion, disability, sexual orientation, political affiliation, veteran status, military service member status, genetic information, or relationship to other university constituents – except where sex, age, or ability represent bona fide educational or occupational qualifications or where marital status is a statutorily established eligibility criterion for State funded employee benefit programs. UNCW believes that embracing the unique contributions of our faculty, staff and students is critical to our success and paramount in being recognized for our global mindset.
