Assistant/Associate Professor/Dept. Chair

About the role

The Department of Communication at Lincoln University invites applications for a full-time, tenured faculty position with a specialization in Digital Communication, who will also serve as Department Chair. The successful candidate will join a collaborative department dedicated to preparing students for success in an evolving global communication landscape.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and vision for department faculty, staff, and students.
• Manage operational aspects of the department and serve as a liaison between the department and Faculty Affairs Office.
• Teach a normal load, typically 2-3 courses in-person a semester, and a variety of departmental courses in the major.
• Actively mentor and advise students.
• Be a contributing member of departmental and university required meetings and initiatives including departmental meetings, events, course and curriculum development, and university-wide initiatives.
• Maintain active professional engagement and research, which are required for promotion and tenure consideration.

Requirements

• A Ph.D./Terminal degree in Communications or a related field.
• Evidence of 5+ years of teaching at undergraduate level.
• Proven agenda of research and professional engagement.
• Communication skills consistent with effective teaching, mentoring and motivating majors from a broad range of cultural, ethnic, and economic backgrounds.
• Experience in course design, development, and assessment of student learning outcomes.
• Experience utilizing Learning Management Systems such as Canvas and other software.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated administrative experience.
• Strong record of scholarship or creative production.
• Commitment to innovative and student-centered teaching.
• Expertise in one or more of the following areas: Digital media production and design, Writing for communication professionals, Social and emerging media strategy, Data-driven and interactive media, Media innovation and storytelling.

Skills

• Effective leadership.
• Research and professional engagement.
• Dynamic and engaging teaching.
• Active mentoring and advising.
• Collaborative departmental initiatives.

Benefits

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Pay

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