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Posted: 25-Jul-23
Location: Towson, Maryland
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Assistant Professor, Public Relations
Department of Mass Communication
College of Fine Arts and Communication
COFAC-3703
Position:
The College of Fine Arts and Communication invites applications for a tenure-track, 9-month Assistant Professor in Public Relations in the Department of Mass Communication, beginning August 2024.
Qualifications:
Ph.D. in strategic communication, mass communication, public relations, or related fields. ABD applicants will be considered, but appointment will be at the Instructor rank, and all doctorate degree requirements must be completed by February 1, 2025. Demonstrated success or potential to teach public relations courses at undergraduate and graduate levels. Demonstrated potential to develop a strong body of scholarship. Applicants whose teaching draws from their professional experience and whose work shows a commitment to issues of diversity in higher education are particularly encouraged to apply.?
Responsibilities:
Research-active faculty teach 6 classes over a 9-month academic year with undergraduate class size averaging 20 students per class and graduate classes averaging around 15 students per class.
Undergraduate teaching may include: Corporate Communication Management, Media Relations, Strategic Public Relations Campaigns, Public Relations Writing, Social Media Strategy and other public relations courses. Graduate teaching may include:?Practice of Public Relations and Organizational Communication, Qualitative Research Methods in Communication, Crisis Communication, Social Media Content Strategies, or others in the candidate’s areas of scholarship and expertise. Expected to advise undergraduate students and supervise graduate student theses and/or professional projects. Scholarly research productivity and service to the department, college, and university.
The Department:
The department (https://www.towson.edu/cofac/departments/mass-communication/) offers an undergraduate major in Mass Communication with tracks in Advertising, Strategic Public Relations, and Journalism. At the graduate level, the department offers a Master of Science in Communication Management. The department annually enrolls over 600 majors served by 21 full-time faculty and over 20 part-time faculty.
Towson University:
Towson University (http://www.towson.edu) was founded in 1866, is recognized by U.S. News and World Reports as one of the top public universities in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, is Baltimore’s largest university, and is the largest public, comprehensive institution in the University of Maryland System. TU enrolls almost 19,000 undergraduates and over 3,000 graduate students across six academic colleges (business, education, fine arts and communication, health professions, liberal arts, science & mathematics), has over 900 full-time faculty, and offers more than 65 bachelor’s, 45 master’s, and 5 doctoral programs. Our centrally located campus sits on 330 rolling green acres and is 10 miles north of Baltimore, 45 miles north of Washington, D.C., and 95 miles south of Philadelphia.
Application Process
Review of applications begins immediately and continues until the position is filled. Applications received by September 29, 2023 will be given full consideration.
For initial applications, submit:
- Cover letter / letter of application
- Curriculum vitae with a list of three references
- An unofficial copy of graduate transcripts.
Candidates who advance to the next stage of the process will be required to submit:
- A teaching effectiveness portfolio that includes a teaching philosophy, potential or demonstrated evidence of teaching effectiveness, and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in teaching and service that will support TU and the department’s mission and identity.
- Research statement
- Three letters of recommendation (sent under separate covers)
- Official transcripts are required prior to hire.
Click here to apply. Please note that the search number for which you are applying is COFAC-3703.
A Criminal Background Investigation is required for the hired candidate and the results may impact employment.
The safety of our students, faculty, staff, and neighbors has been our top priority and the focus of every one of our decisions since the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, the University System of Maryland (USM) has strongly encouraged full COVID vaccination and up-to-date booster shots (when eligible) for all faculty, staff, and students at all schools in the USM as both a reasonable and necessary means of protecting our health and safety.
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Towson University is an equal opportunity employer and has a strong institutional commitment to diversity, as detailed in “A More Inclusive TU: Advancing Equity and Diversity (2020 – 25).” TU is a national leader in inclusive excellence, the only institution in Maryland with zero achievement gap, and 68% growth in minority enrollment over the past 5 years. We encourage applications from a variety of (dis)abilities, cultural, ethnic, race, sex, gender identity/expressions, national origins, ages, veteran status, color, religious, socio-economic, sexual orientations and belief backgrounds.
