Employment Opportunities

Appalachian State University’s Department of Communication seeks an Associate Professor in Digital Journalism beginning August 2024.

An earned doctorate or ABD in Communication or a related field.

All applicants must display evidence of their potential to teach digital journalism courses at the undergraduate level, to contribute to departmental service, and to maintain a program of scholarly or creative activity.

The department is especially interested in candidates whose background reveals their potential to support the mission and vision of Appalachian State University.

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The Department of Communication offers five major programs of study: advertising, communication studies, digital journalism, electronic media/broadcasting, and public relations. The department employs 40 full-time faculty members dedicated to teaching approximately 1,000 communication majors.

Additional information about the Department of Communication, the university, and the surrounding area is located at https://communication.appstate.edu.

The successful candidate will teach core courses in the Digital Journalism major curriculum as well as departmental core courses as needed. The typical teaching load is three courses per semester.

Other responsibilities include advising students, maintaining a program of scholarly or creative activity, and participating in departmental, university, and professional service. Teaching responsibilities may include teaching courses at Appalachian State’s Hickory campus.

Typical physical demands of classroom and educational environments in a professional position at a university.

Appalachian State University, in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, prepares students to lead purposeful lives as global citizens who understand and engage their responsibilities in creating a sustainable future for all. The transformational Appalachian experience promotes a spirit of inclusion that brings people together in inspiring ways to acquire and create knowledge, to grow holistically, to act with passion and determination, and embrace diversity and difference. As one of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina system, Appalachian enrolls more than 20,000 students, has a low student-to-faculty ratio and offers more than 150 undergraduate and graduate majors.

ABD with reduction in rank and salary: ABD will be considered for this position. Evidence of successful defense of the dissertation must be received by July 31 for a fall hire or November 30 for a spring hire. If confirmation of defense is not provided by the deadline, the candidate will receive a new one-year fixed-term contract and be hired at the rank of Instructor. The candidate’s salary will also be reduced to a lower rate commensurate with other full-time instructors in the same department. However, if degree verification is provided before the end of the one-year fixed-term contract, the candidate will be returned to the rank of assistant professor with commensurate compensation beginning July 1 of the following academic year.

No ABD consideration: Only candidates with an earned doctorate or terminal degree from an accredited institution will be considered for the position. Since ABD will not meet the minimum requirements, ABD will not be considered.

For a complete application, please apply and submit all below-required documents electronically through Appalachian State University’s Job Board:

Review of completed applications will begin Nov. 6, 2023, and will continue until the position is filled.

The continued employment of a special faculty member during the term appointment may be made expressly contingent on items such as the continued availability of funding from any source, on enrollment levels, or any other contingency established by the institution.