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Assistant/Associate/Full Professor of Practice in Public Relations

UNC Charlotte is hiring an Assistant/Associate/Full Professor of Practice in Public Relations, and we will begin reviewing applications on Feb. 15. We're seeing a colleague who is passionate about teaching, mentoring students, and contributing to a highly collaborative PR teaching team.

Expectations include teaching four classes in the fall and spring semesters. Public relations courses may include Principles of Public Relations, Public Relations Writing, Public Relations Ethics, Communication Campaigns, and topics courses in public relations within the Department of Communication Studies. Public relations courses will be taught predominantly, if not entirely, in person.

The successful candidate will also advise the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) and collaborate with the public relations faculty on curricular initiatives. In addition, the position involves serving on a small number of faculty committees within the Department of Communication Studies, as well as at the college and/or university levels.

The department also seeks a committed teacher who can situate themselves within the University’s Strategic Plan, which has a particular focus on providing education that has profound social and economic value and lifelong impact for students from all backgrounds. Finalists will be asked to discuss how their teaching practices engage, include, and eliminate barriers to learning for UNC Charlotte students, and how their educational approach helps increase the engagement and success of all students regardless of their entry pathway into the university.

The Department of Communication Studies (https://communication.charlotte.edu/) has 29 full-time faculty with areas of emphasis in public relations; health communication; organizational communication; media and technology studies; and rhetoric, culture, and social change. The department serves approximately 870 majors and minors and 25 master’s students. The department’s primary mission is to provide high-quality instruction to its undergraduate and graduate students and to contribute significantly to the understanding of communication issues as they affect people’s lives, especially in the Charlotte metropolitan region.

As the largest and most academically diverse college at UNC Charlotte, the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences houses 15 departments, 13 interdisciplinary programs, and 7 applied centers. We offer a wide range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs with extensive honors and early-entry options. The College plays a pivotal role in delivering on the university’s goals in the areas of research excellence, student success and experience, and community engagement. Through their scholarship and teaching, the College’s 350+ faculty members seek to deepen our understanding of complex problems and lead the university in interdisciplinary collaboration.

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is the second-largest institution within the University of North Carolina system. This past fall, UNC Charlotte enrolled 32,207 students and experienced record growth with its incoming first-year class and graduate programs. UNC Charlotte is also the fastest growing institution in the UNC System, comprising eight academic colleges offering 83 programs leading to Bachelor’s degrees, 64 Master’s degrees, and 25 Doctoral degrees. UNC Charlotte is proud to have 3,747 passionate and committed faculty and staff members and more than 185,000 living alumni.

Please reach out to me (Tiffany.Gallicano@charlotte.edu) or our department chair, Dan Grano, with any questions: dgrano@charlotte.edu

Sincerely,

Tiffany Gallicano, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
UNC Charlotte

Qualifications

Required qualifications include the following criteria:

• A master’s or doctoral degree in public relations, business communication, or related areas of communication.
• Minimum of 10 years of professional experience in public relations, business communication, or related areas of communication.

Preferred qualifications include the following criteria:

• Evidence of successful teaching experience at the undergraduate or graduate level
• Relevant certification(s) in a communication area (e.g., APR or similar certification(s)). Please note that a candidate who has earned a doctorate relevant to public relations will be treated as satisfying this preferred criterion without additional certification.
• Knowledge of AP style
• Professional or teaching experience in digital design and/or multimedia production
• Willingness to coordinate co-curricular or extracurricular activities (e.g., industry tours)

How To Apply

Details for applying can be found here: https://jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65818
The position number is 005303.