Professor - Department of Communication Arts

Brief Position Description:
 The Department of Communication Arts at Union University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Arts, beginning fall 2026. Teaching load is 24 credit hours (typically 4-4). Successful candidate will teach upper-division courses in social media and public relations as well as courses for general education (Public Communication and/or Interpersonal Communication). Upper-division courses may be developed and refined in line with the successful candidate’s preparation and scholarship. Union faculty members produce scholarship and participate in advising and departmental/university service. Rank assignment commensurate with education/preparation. Competitive salary and benefits package. Position subject to final budgetary approval.

The Communication Arts Department is part of Union’s College of Arts and Sciences. It includes five full time faculty members and serves approximately 90 majors and minors in Communication Studies, Digital Media Communications, Film Studies, Journalism, and Public Relations. The department houses the award-winning Cardinal & Cream campus news source and magazine, an active Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) chapter, the Bulldog Communication Group student-run firm, a BEA/AERho chapter, and the Union Film Society

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