Tenure-Track Journalism Professor: Civic Dialogue

University of South Carolina; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement Programs

Paid Tuition

Dependent Scholarships

Annual Leave

Sick Leave

13 Paid Holidays

Paid Parental Leave

Professional Development Opportunities

Job summary

The University of South Carolina’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications invites applications for a nine-month, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Journalism. The position emphasizes research on journalism in citizen engagement and public deliberation, with a start date aimed at August 2027.

Responsibilities include teaching core courses, advising student organizations, and pursuing external funding while contributing to the school and community through research and service.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Journalism or Mass Communication by the employment start date.
• Emerging record of scholarly publications related to civic journalism.
• Demonstrated teaching expertise in daily and longform journalistic writing.
• Three years of professional journalism experience.

Responsibilities

• Maintain an active research agenda related to journalism, citizen engagement, public deliberation, and democracy.
• Teach core undergraduate journalism courses, including daily and longform writing in the multimedia news capstone.
• Teach and mentor undergraduate and graduate students.
• Advise student journalism organizations such as NABJ or SPJ.
• Support and advance the school's symposium efforts.
• Pursue external research funding.
• Contribute service to the school, college, university, and profession.

Skills

Scholarly publications (civic journ)

Teaching experience (daily/longform)

Professional journalism experience

Education

Ph.D. in Journalism or Mass Communication

Job description

The University of South Carolina’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications invites applications for a nine-month, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Journalism. The position emphasizes research on journalism in citizen engagement and public deliberation, with a start date aimed at August 2027.

Responsibilities include teaching core courses, advising student organizations, and pursuing external funding while contributing to the school and community through research and service.