Assistant Professor- Communication and Rhetorical Studies
Listed on 2026-08-30
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Education / Teaching
University Professor, Academic
Assistant Professor
- Communication and Rhetorical Studies
The Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track assistant professor to begin in August 2027. The Department is positioned within the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University, which is an R1 institution. The University is located on the ancestral lands of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, particularly the Onondaga Nation. Candidates must have expertise in Rhetorical Studies with a focus on politics, such as (but not limited to): social movements, political campaigns, advocacy, activism, etc.
The expectations of this position are to provide excellent teaching in both undergraduate and graduate programs, maintain robust scholarly output, and provide appropriate service. The ideal candidate integrates a critical and intersectional approach to research, teaching, and service, anchored in a humanities tradition of scholarship. Research and teaching interests should complement the department's existing strengths in critical/cultural studies, rhetoric, performance studies, language and social interaction, and media studies.
A Ph.D. in Communication or Rhetoric, or closely related field must be completed by August 2027, with excellent promise for long-term outstanding research, teaching, and service. Preference will be given to candidates with strong potential for securing external grant funding.
Applicants will be expected to teach undergraduate classes and graduate courses in communication and rhetoric, including required undergraduate large lecture class, CRS
183:
Introduction to Rhetoric, and required graduate class CRS
603:
Contemporary Theories of Rhetoric. Candidates will also be expected to teach courses that meet the department's curricular needs and to mentor Masters' students.
The department is committed to removing barriers to opportunity; strives to recruit and retain talented faculty from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences; and makes every attempt to support their academic, professional, and personal success while they are here.
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