Employment Opportunities
Georgia State University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, ethnicity, gender, veterans status, or on the basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN VISUAL RHETORIC
| Category: | Faculty – Assistant Professor (Visual Rhetoric) |
| Posted: | September 19, 2017 |
| Application Due: | CLOSED |
| Type: | Full-Time (tenure-track), Employee |
The Department of Communication at Georgia State University, College of Arts & Sciences, invites applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor in Visual Rhetoric to begin Fall 2018, pending budgetary approval.
Candidates should demonstrate a capacity for scholarly research and publication and established record of excellence in teaching courses related to the critical study of public images. This can include the study of iconography, the role of aesthetics in the production, mediation, and reception of public communication, among other approaches to Visual Rhetoric that study the composition and circulation of images which inform cultures. The ability to connect one’s research to the department’s Center for Global Information Studies or its trans-cultural violence initiative is a plus.
Candidates should demonstrate the ability to teach in the Department's undergraduate and graduate programs, with documented competence to teach across the rhetoric curriculum.
The Department of Communication at Georgia State University offers undergraduate degrees in journalism and speech, M.A. degrees with concentrations in mass communication and human communication, and doctoral degrees with a focus on either media & society or rhetoric & politics.
Ph.D. required
Applications should include:
- a letter of application
- CV
- transcripts
- examples of scholarly writing
- three letters of recommendation
- evidence of teaching effectiveness.
An offer of employment will be conditional upon background verification.
Send applications and supporting materials to visualrhetoric@gsu.edu.
A review of applications is CLOSED at this time.
For more information, you may contact the department.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN DIGITAL PERSUASION
| Category: | Faculty – Assistant Professor (Digital Persuasion) |
| Posted: | September 19, 2017 |
| Application Due: | CLOSED |
| Type: | Full-Time (tenure-track), Employee |
Candidates should demonstrate a capacity for scholarly research and publication, as well as an established record of excellence in teaching courses related to multimodal literacies and compositional strategies, comparative approaches to offline and online persuasion, international propaganda, analysis of social media users and their networked communication content, and technological constraints and opportunities for source, message, and audience adaptation within digital persuasion environments. Qualitative and quantitative approaches are welcome.
We are particularly interested in scholars who have strong backgrounds in rhetorical or media approaches to persuasion but who are innovative methodologically or theoretically. The ability to connect one’s research to the department’s Center for Global Information Studies, its trans-cultural violence initiative, or the college’s Creative Media Industries Institute is a plus. Candidates should demonstrate the ability to teach in the Department's undergraduate and graduate programs.
The Department of Communication at Georgia State University offers undergraduate degrees in journalism and speech, M.A. degrees with concentrations in mass communication and human communication, and doctoral degrees with a focus on either media & society or rhetoric & politics.
Ph.D. required.
Applications should include:
- a letter of application
- CV
- transcripts
- examples of scholarly writing
- three letters of recommendation
- evidence of teaching effectiveness
An offer of employment will be conditional upon background verification.
Send applications and supporting materials to digitalpersuasion@gsu.edu.
A review of applications is CLOSED at this time.
For more information, you may contact the department.
LIMITED TERM LECTURER / VISITING INSTRUCTOR
| Category: | Faculty- Limited Term Lecturer / Visiting Instructor |
| Posted: | April 2, 2018 |
| Application Due: |
May 1, 2018 [Open Until Filled] |
| Type: | Full-Time, Employee |
The Department of Communication anticipates hiring Limited Term Lecturers/Instructors to teach undergraduate courses in interpersonal communication, public speaking, applied graphic communication, public relations, news writing, mass communication research, and government reporting. Preference will be given to those with appropriate teaching and professional experience.
The Department of Communication at Georgia State University offers undergraduate degrees in journalism and speech, M.A. degrees with concentrations in mass communication and human communication, and doctoral degrees with a focus on either media & society or rhetoric & politics.
For Limited-Term Instructors, an M.A. (at minimum) is required by August 1, 2018.
For Limited-Term Lecturers, a Ph.D. or other appropriate terminal degree is required by August 1, 2018.
Applicants should send:
- a letter of application
- CV
- list of courses they have experience to teach
- evidence of teaching effectiveness
An offer of employment will be conditional upon budgetary approval and background verification.
Send applications and supporting materials to:
Dr. Jaye Atkinson,
Limited Term Search Committee Chair
Department of Communication
jla@gsu.edu
For more information, you may contact the department.
