Assistant Professor

Overview

The A.Q. Miller School of Media & Communication at Kansas State University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Organizational Communication. The successful candidate will bring a forward-looking research agenda and teaching portfolio that examines how communication constitutes, transforms, and sustains organizing processes in an era of rapid change.

We are especially interested in candidates whose scholarship intersects with one or more of the following: the communicative and organizational dimensions of emerging technologies (e.g., artificial intelligence, algorithmic management, platform labor, digital collaboration); critical perspectives on the future of work and organizations; and community-engaged approaches to organizing and organizational change. Across these areas, we especially value candidates who build capacity for co-curricular learning activities, community partnerships, participatory research, and public scholarship.

The successful candidate will contribute to a culture of shared accountability and a growth mindset and demonstrate the potential to advance Kansas State University’s Next-Gen goals.

• Teach a variety of undergraduate courses in the Communication Studies curriculum, including organizational communication, communication and technology, and related electives, and develop new courses reflecting the candidate's expertise in the future of work and organizing.
• Teach graduate-level courses in organizational communication theory, research methods, or special topics related to research interests in the School of Media & Communication graduate program and, upon admission, in the interdisciplinary Leadership Communication (LeadCOMM) doctoral program.
• Develop and sustain a vibrant, forward-looking research agenda that advances understanding of organizational communication in relation to the future of work, the future of organizations, and/or the future of organizing.
• Publish in peer-reviewed journals (e.g., Management Communication Quarterly, Human Relations, Organization Studies, Communication Monographs, Human Communication Research, Journal of Applied Communication Research, or comparable outlets).
• Advise graduate students and serve on thesis, project, and dissertation committees after attaining graduate faculty status at the master’s and doctoral levels.
• Apply for internal and extramural research grants individually or through multidisciplinary collaborations to support research and teaching where applicable.
• Engage in school, university, and community service, including leveraging scholarly expertise toward strategic institutional initiatives (e.g., participation on leadership teams or boards of school-based centers and institutes).
• Contribute to building and sustaining a collegial, supportive intellectual community characterized by shared accountability, growth-mindset, and collaborative faculty governance.

The A.Q. Miller School of Media & Communication at Kansas State University brings together journalism, mass communication, and communication studies faculty committed to building a positive, thriving organizational culture grounded in innovation, storytelling, advocacy, and a focus on driving positive change. The school has introduced new degree programs, micro-credentials, certificates, and courses, and houses a faculty and staff dedicated to training tomorrow's communicators as critical thinkers, ethical leaders, and engaged professionals.

This program aligns with Kansas State's Next-Gen land-grant mission.