Position: The School of Communication and Journalism at Auburn University invites applications for a tenure-track position as an Assistant Professor of Communication beginning fall semester, Aug. 16, 2026.

Responsibilities: Responsibilities include teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in health communication, health campaigns, media and health, qualitative research methods. Preference will also be given to candidates who can teach more general communication courses, including but not limited to courses such as organizational communication, communication theory, and persuasion. Attention will also be given to those candidates that teach and/or research community-based health and/or healthcare.

Tenure-track faculty members are expected to engage in scholarly research or appropriate creative work. In addition to teaching five courses per year, responsibilities include service to the school, college, university, and communication associations, such as National Communication Association or International Communication Association, as well as teaching graduate-level courses and directing theses and projects in the graduate program.

The successful candidate will have a strong background in health communication and qualitative methods and a demonstrated ability to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in health communication and related health communication processes. They will have taught or have an interest in developing health communication courses, especially courses dealing with community-based health. The successful candidate will be expected to teach in person, on campus, be willing to teach large lecture courses, and have taught or have an interest in developing online courses, and/or study abroad opportunities.

Salary is competitive, dependent on qualifications and contingent on funding.