Communication Studies 2008-2009

For the 2008-2009 job search season

This page covers communication studies/communications and mass communication (advertising, journalism, PR).

Positions Open--Please move jobs down the list of categories as you find out information and then delete the outdated information

 * Boston College (research methods)
 * Cal State Long Beach (communication theory)
 * Catholic University
 * Central Michigan University (3: new media, PR, visual)
 * Coastal Carolina University (PR)
 * Dominican University (Rhetoric)
 * Duquesne University (broadcast/electronic media)
 * Eastern Illinois University (interpersonal/intercultural)
 * Fordham (film/tv)
 * Fort Lewis College (new media/convergence)
 * Iowa State (human computer interaction)
 * Lehigh University (new media/convergence)
 * Louisiana State (media law/print journalism)
 * Middle Tennessee State University (3 positions: communication disorders, interpersonal communication, rhetoric)
 * Northwestern University-Medill (integrated marketing communications)
 * Ohio University (3: health comm, rhetoric/public advocacy, technology)
 * Penn State (2: telecom/"Digital society", interpersonal)
 * Pepperdine (2: interpersonal/intercultural, PR/advertising)
 * Purdue University (PR)
 * Queens College (media historian)
 * Rutgers (health)
 * Saginaw Valley State University (interpersonal)
 * Seattle University (social interaction)
 * St. Bonaventure (advertising)
 * SUNY Albany (interpersonal and health)
 * SUNY New Paltz (interpersonal)
 * Syracuse University (2: advertising, newpaper journalism)
 * Temple (advertising)
 * Texas A & M (health)
 * Texas Christian University (2: advertising, journalism)
 * Texas State University, San Marcos (organizational rhetoric/rhetorical methods)
 * Texas Tech University (2: advertising, PR)
 * University of Alabama (Interpersonal/ Intercultural) (Organizational)
 * University of Arkansas-Fayetteville (Organizational, Small Group, and/or Interpersonal Communication)
 * University of Arkansas-Little Rock (Applied Communication)
 * University of California, San Diego (film/new media)
 * University of Cincinnati (new media)
 * University of Colorado-Boulder (advertising/new media, law*(law is cancelled))
 * University of Colorado-Denver (communication and diversity)
 * University of Denver (intercultural)
 * University of Florida (advertising)
 * University of Illinois (3: 2 advertising, interpersonal)
 * University of Iowa (2: interpersonal and rhetoric)
 * University of Maryland (2: both PR)
 * University of Massachusetts-Amherst (2: media and society, quantitative research)
 * University of Massachusetts-Amherst (intercultural/international/global)
 * University of Michigan (2: race/ethnicity in media, political comm)
 * University of Minnesota (3: journalism, history/mass comm, PR)
 * University of Missouri (2: interpersonal, political comm)
 * University of North Carolina at Charlotte (health)
 * University of Puget Sound (comm studies - theory and research)
 * University of San Francisco (interpersonal/social interaction)
 * University of South Carolina (3: health comm (1), mass comm (2)--all open rank)
 * University of Tampa (advertising)
 * University of Tennessee (2: sports journalism/new media journalism)
 * University of Texas-Austin (4: 2 advertising, communication and humanities, health comm)
 * University of Wisconsin- Madison (strat comm)
 * University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (intercultural/global)
 * University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (2: advertising, online publishing)
 * Vanderbilt University (rhetoric/public address)
 * Washington State University (intercultural/international media)
 * West Virginia University (open specialty)

New Positions Announced (Dec 08 onward)
since no one seems to feel comfortable deleting old info, we can at least have a separate section for new info


 * Emerson College (Director of basic comm. course)
 * Mansfield University (Organizational)
 * New York City College of Technology (Speech)
 * Portland State
 * Saginaw Valley State University (interpersonal)
 * University of Portland (2 positions)
 * I can't find either of the U of Portland job listings. Can you tell me where they are listed?  They were in the latest CRTNET e-mail.
 * Yes they were -- December 1 "CRTNET: Position Announcements #10659." It's the last job, posted by Jeff Kerssen-Griep.
 * University of Wisconsin-Superior (Mass Comm Generalist)

Requested More Information

 * Catholic University (10/12)
 * Marquette (letters of recommendation)
 * Texas State University, San Marcos (letter rec'd 9/16)
 * Texas State University, San Marcos (Letter rec'd 10/14)

Phone Interview

 * Ball State University (rhetoric)
 * Cal State Long Beach
 * College of Charleston
 * Eastern Illinois University
 * Franklin Pierce University (NH)
 * Iowa State (PR): scheduled for 10/10
 * Lewis and Clark (forensics)
 * Middle Tennessee State University (rhetoric)
 * Ohio University (rhetoric)
 * South Dakota State University (rhetoric)
 * SUNY Albany
 * University of Arkansas
 * University of Missouri (Pol Com)

Meeting at NCA
*I would not trust this gossip.* -- why? Vandy did interviews at NCA As I understand it, they did not do "interviews" at all, but the most preliminary of informal, non-committal conversations with some members of the applicant pool who were unknown to them. These are clearly not interviews in the traditional sense and probably should not be interpreted as such. Certainly. That should be said/assumed for many of the NCA interviews. I think the point is that they seem to have gone through the selection process for at least the first cut. They met with candidates but not ALL candidates.
 * James Madison University (Conflict position)
 * Dartmouth
 * Fairfield University
 * Syracuse University (critical/cultural studies & rhetoric)
 * Ball State University (rhetoric)
 * University of Illinois (interpersonal)
 * Dominican University (contacted on 11/11) (rhetoric)
 * SUNY New Paltz (interpersonal)
 * Gustavus Adolphus
 * Willamette
 * Lewis and Clark (rhetoric/forensics)
 * University of Colorado Denver
 * University of Arkansas-Little Rock
 * SIU-Edwardsville
 * Northeastern (rhetoric) -- contacted via email 11/15
 * University of Nebraska at Lincoln (rhetoric) -- contacted via email 11/15
 * Cal State Long Beach (comm theory)
 * University of North Texas (rhetoric) contacted 11/18 via email
 * St. Mary's College (media, technologies & culture) contacted 11/1 via email, schedule finalized 11/18.
 * NCA gossip reports that Vanderbilt is doing interviews at NCA, although emails suggest that applications will not be reviewed until 1/1/09
 * Saginaw Valley State University

Rejection Letter Received

 * Boston College (research methods) 11/24
 * Concordia College (basic course director position) 10/22
 * Dartmouth (speech position, November 7th)
 * Northwestern (Medill school, 11/1)
 * Northeastern (rhetoric)
 * Massey University (New Zealand, Media Studies) e-mail, 11/26
 * Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania - letter dated Nov 10.

Scheduled On-Campus Interviews

 * Ball State University (Rhetoric)
 * Colorado State University (conflict)
 * Dartmouth
 * DePaul University (media studies)
 * Elizabethtown College
 * Northeastern (rhetoric)
 * Northwestern (pub spkg)
 * Ohio State (social influence)
 * Ohio State (health comm)
 * Southwestern University (race/transnational media)
 * Syracuse University (this one has been up for a while -- what position[s]?)
 * Syracuse University (rhetoric & critical/cultural)
 * University of Arkansas (Org, Small Group, and/or Interpersonal)
 * University of Colorado Denver (Diversity)
 * University of Denver
 * University of Illinois (advertising)
 * University of Iowa (rhetoric and interpersonal)
 * University of Minnesota
 * University of Southern California (race/ethnicity)
 * University of Wisconsin, Madison (media/cultural studies)

Search Cancelled

 * Arizona State University (2: rhetoric and sexuality or ethnicity; rhetoric and critical cultural studies) - not cancelled; but delayed indefinitely
 * Austin College - Rhetoric/Critical
 * Penn State - telecom/"Digital society" (e-mail sent out Nov 4, 2008)
 * South Carolina - Rhetoric
 * UMass Amherst - International/Global
 * UMass Amherst - News and Society
 * UMass Amherst - Qualitative
 * UMass Amherst - Quantitative
 * USC-Aiken - generalist and PR
 * University of San Francisco- Public Speaking
 * Villanova University - Rhetoric
 * Villanova University - Performance Studies
 * U Mizzou - Political Communication
 * Washington State - Strategic Communication "frozen" until at least 1/1

Questions/Comments

 * Those of you who have received calls for interviews, has the status of your online applications changed? Does it still say "in progress"?
 * Anybody hear anything from Hofstra?
 * Hofstra is doing NCA interviews on Sunday, November 23.
 * Has anyone heard anything about the three Middle Tennessee State University positions? Are they interviewing at NCA?
 * MTSU is arranging phone interviews for the 2 weeks post-NCA. Emails were sent on 11/14.
 * How about Butler University?
 * Butler sent out an email 11/19 offering to do informal meetings at NCA, saying they weren't ready to do formal interviews.
 * U Nebraska Lincoln?
 * Emails for NCA interviews went out in the evening 11/15.
 * Northeastern? I know that their search is going to be extended until December.
 * Northeastern (Boston) rhetoric is doing NCA interviews as of an email 11/15.
 * And Ohio State U - Communication Technology? Any shortlist yet? Rejection letter? Or Interview?
 * Anyone hear anything from the University of North Texas after NCA?
 * Yes. They're reviewing files. No definitive dates or anything, though as of 12/2.


 * Any news about Ohio State U- Political communication?
 * I have an on-campus interview for the OSU social influence position. (There was no first round interview.) The chair mentioned that they have five open searches (he said this last Sunday, 11/16) and it is hard to schedule everyone. That may be a reason for the delay on the other positions. Anyway, the good news is it appears that they still exist.
 * Any word on the Michigan jobs?
 * i am also curious about Michigan job (political communication)
 * Search over in Michigan. Somebody got a job.
 * Any news re: Memphis or Texas-Austin?
 * The "communication and humanities" position at Texas-Austin has been filled.
 * Any news on University of Colorado (Boulder)'s org com job?
 * Any news on the SDSU job? (Do you mean San Diego or South Dakota?)
 * Any word on the University of San Francisco or Seattle University jobs?
 * USF job frozen (email 11/18) -- Is the Interpersonal/Social Interaction job rozen, or just the Public Speaking job? The email I received implied that the department, because of their "current financial status" was pulling all position ads.
 * Any news from Merrimack College?