Communication and Media Studies 2025-2026

Welcome! This page is for tenure-track jobs in Communication and Media Studies that begin in Fall 2026.

VAP positions are OK, but please label them as such and do not post adjunct positions here.

These positions are collected in a spreadsheet here which can be populated by this form.

Last year's page: Communication and Media Studies 2024-2025

User's Guide[]

To post a new job:

Click "Edit" (the pencil icon to the right of the page title)
Scroll down until you find where the school fits alphabetically
Post the title of the job and format it using Subheading 1 (select text and apply Subheading 1 using the text formatting dropdown in the editor bar)
- Format: University Name (Location, State) - Job Title, Subfield (Deadline date)
- Example: Hogwarts University (Hogsmeade, Scotland) - Assistant Professor, Defense Against the Dark Arts (Deadline 10/1/24)
Underneath the job title, please post using bullet points:
- Job Description: ONE PARAGRAPH, please do not post paragraphs and paragraphs from the ad - it clutters up the page. People who are interested can read the entire announcement.
- Link to job announcement - highlight text and click "link" button on editor bar to add the hyperlink
- Updates

When in doubt, follow the formats of previously posted jobs.

To post an update:

When you have news on a listing, please update the status (e.g., "INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED," "CAMPUS INTERVIEWS," "OFFER MADE AND ACCEPTED") at the end of the heading as well as your specific note at the bottom in "Updates" after a bullet point. Please date any information added to a post

Please do not erase material from this Wiki! If you have an issue with or question regarding what is posted, please use the Talk page!

For gossip, general chat, etc. please use the "Word on the Street" section at the bottom of the page.

Thank you!

RECENT ACTIVITY on Comm Jobs Wiki 2026[]

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Jobs for 2026[]

Augusta University (Augusta, Georgia) - Assistant Professor in Integrated Strategic Communication (No Deadline)[]

Job Description: Augusta University's Department of Communication is hiring an Assistant Professor in Integrated Strategic Communication. This is a tenure-track position anticipated to begin August 1, 2026. The preferred candidate will be expected to have a PhD in communication, mass communication, communication studies, or media studies, or a closely related discipline. The candidate may be expected to teach communication courses in the areas of Health Communication, Campaigns, Social Media, as well as COMM 1110 (public speaking). The candidate is expected to maintain a robust record of research, serve on department and college committees, and work well with both colleagues and students.
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Baylor University (Waco, Texas) - Assistant Professor, Organizational Communication (Deadline: 9/1/2025)[]

Job Description: Baylor University seeks to fill a tenure track faculty position within the Department of Communication at the Assistant Professor level effective fall 2026. We are seeking a new faculty member in the area of Organizational Communication in which they will teach undergraduate and graduate courses. Further, this individual will have an active research agenda and be engaged in service. Preferred: 1) An area of research in applied communication. 2) History of successful external grant application. 3)Teaching experience (undergraduate or graduate). Also desired: 1) Research in the areas of: groups and teams in communication, non-profit organizing, identity, resilience, virtual or remote work, leadership, and/or organizational technology. 2)The ability to teach and work with diverse methodological backgrounds, including both quantitative methods (experimental design, network analysis, computational analysis, survey research), and qualitative methods (narrative, ethnography, focus groups, interviews, observation)
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Central Connecticut State University (New Britain, Connecticut) - Assistant Professor of Organizational Communications (Deadline: 09/15/2025)[]

Job Description: Central Connecticut State University invites applications to join the Communications department as a full-time, tenure track Assistant Professor of Organizational Communication beginning August 2026. We seek applicants who will actively engage in outreach and build partnerships to foster collaboration between the university and community organizations. The successful candidate will be able to teach and develop courses in the area of Organizational Communication, including introductory, upper-level and graduate courses in any of these related areas: Interpersonal Communication, Small Group and Team Communication, Intercultural/International Communication, Corporate Training and Career Development, Social Justice and/or Communication Ethics.
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Clemson University (Clemson, South Carolina) - Assistant Professor of Communication (Deadline for full consideration: 08/31/2025)[]

Job Description: The Department of Communication at Clemson University invites applications for an assistant professor tenure-line position in communication to begin January 1, 2026 or August 15, 2026 (negotiable). Applicants should have active research agendas and teaching expertise in Communication that is in some way related to strategic communication, health communication, sport communication, or media and technology. Methodological specialization is open; however, candidates must be able to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in quantitative and/or qualitative research methods in addition to their areas of specialization. Candidates will be expected to pursue external funding and contribute to graduate-level teaching and advising. The department is also interested in candidates who could support doctoral instruction and advising.
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Denison University (Granville, Ohio) - Assistant Professor of Communication/Rhetorical Studies (Review Begins: 09/08/2025)[]

Job Description: The Communication Department at Denison University is seeking a tenure-track assistant professor specializing in rhetorical studies. Successful candidates will contribute to expanding and deepening our rhetoric curriculum, offering courses concerned with the history of rhetoric, deliberative democracy, and/or ethical perspectives on rhetorical theory and performance. Candidates must also be able to teach at least one of the core courses in the department (COMM 280: Theorizing Communication and COMM 290: Research in Communication) and courses that support the University's commitment to Oral Communication across the Curriculum. Our program's commitment to the study of Communication in a liberal arts setting hinges on understanding the symbolic dynamics at play in the intersection of communication and power, culture, history, relationship(s), economics, politics, textual genres, and media.
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Southwestern University (Georgetown, Texas) - Assistant Professor of Communication Studies (Deadline: 09/10/2025)[]

Job Description: The Department of Communication Studies invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor with expertise in Critical Media Studies beginning Fall of 2026. Faculty at Southwestern are expected to teach a standard course load of five courses per year (either 2-3 or 3-2), maintain an active research agenda, as well as participate in university governance, departmental collaboration, and academic advising. The ideal candidate will have expertise in Latina/o/e/x Communication Studies and/or be able to support the HSI mission of the university. We are additionally interested in courses and/or research agendas focused on anti-colonialism, settlerism and indigeneity, disability, environmental concerns, political discourse, race and whiteness, queer theory, and closely allied topics. The ideal candidate’s areas of expertise will complement but not substantially overlap with the existing expertise of our department, and will engage inclusive, critical pedagogical approaches.
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The University of Kentucky (Lexington, Kentucky) - Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Studies (Review begins: 09/01/2025)[]

Job Description: The award-winning School of Journalism and Media at the University of Kentucky seeks to hire an outstanding faculty member in the Media Arts and Studies (MAS) sequence. An active research program in a media studies-related area is required. The successful candidate will teach the introductory course in communication technologies and society, and theoretical and practical courses in the candidate's areas of expertise. The faculty member is also expected to contribute to the teaching of graduate courses at the master's and doctoral levels. The successful candidate must have a record of teaching excellence and scholarly work; professional media experience is a plus but not required. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. degree or terminal degree in communication, media, or a related field by the date of hire. This position is designed as an Assistant Professor Rank, Regular-Title Series, Tenure-track, 9-month assignment. Faculty in the Regular-Title Series have an active scholarly program and teach two courses per semester.
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- is this the same search that has been going for two years?
  - Lmaooo yes!! I saw this ad today and I was like wtf. When I applied in 2024 (for Fall 2025), many people who applied in 2023 warned me not to for several reasons. Seeing this ad here for the 3rd year in a row seriously raises some red flags.
  - what seems to be the issue?

The University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) - Assistant Professor in Journalism and Mass Communication, Digital Storytelling and Production (Two Positions) (Review Begins: 08/15/2025)[]

Job Description: The Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Oklahoma seeks outstanding candidates for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Digital Video Storytelling and Production, to begin in Fall 2026. The faculty member will join an award-winning program in Creative Media Production. There are currently two positions open for Assistant Professors in Creative Media Production in this college. To be considered for both positions, please apply for each of the positions listed on Interfolio. Faculty in the Creative Media Production area teach emerging and digital technologies so students can create content for narrative, documentary, and corporate storytelling. Gaylord College recognizes both research and creative activity as tenure-earning. The successful candidate would be required to teach in audio, single camera production, multi-camera production, post-production and/or media writing. They will also have opportunities to teach at the graduate level, including a new MFA in creative media expected to start in Fall 2026. In addition, the successful candidate may have the opportunity to work with the student-run production company Greenlight Creative Productions which last year produced the award-winning student feature film, Neon. The workload distribution for these positions would be either 40% research/creative activity, 40% teaching and 20% service, or 60% teaching, 20% research/creative activity and 20% service. The workload distribution will be finalized upon the candidate accepting an offer.
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The University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas) - Assistant Professor in Rhetoric & Writing (Deadline: 08/15/2025)[]

Job Description: The Department of Rhetoric & Writing (DRW) at The University of Texas at Austin invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor to begin in Fall of academic year 2026-27. We seek candidates with scholarly expertise in the theory and history of rhetoric, preferably with a pre-contemporary focus, and a secondary scholarly investment in any sub-discipline in rhetoric and writing studies that would contribute to our graduate and undergraduate programs. Position expectations include maintaining an active research agenda, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses, directing dissertations, area exams, and honors theses, and engaging in the service missions of the Department, the College, and the University. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to design and teach an array of courses that contribute to the undergraduate major in Rhetoric & Writing and the Ph.D. in Rhetoric & Writing Studies, and they will enjoy the full support of our nationally acclaimed sub-units: the University Writing Center (UWC) and the Digital Writing and Research Lab (DWRL).
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Villanova University (Villanova, Pennsylvania) - Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Digital and New Media (Review Begins 09/15/2025)[]

We seek candidates who will contribute to the Communication Department's existing undergraduate and graduate programs while helping us imagine the future of Communication. While we are open in terms of methodological and theoretical orientation, we are particularly interested in applicants whose academic training, experiences, and skills have prepared them to become future leaders in the study of digital and new media from a Communication perspective. Potential research and teaching foci may include but should not be viewed as limited by the following: 1) AI and Algorithmic Culture, 2) Digital Cultures and Futurisms. 3) New Media and Media Archeology, 4) Mobility Studies, 5) Social Media, Platform Studies, and Creator Culture, 5) Surveillance, Identity, and Privacy, 6) Visual Design and Digital Storytelling, 7) (AR/VR) Immersive Media, 8) Interactive/Gaming Media, 9) Media Activism. We particularly welcome applicants whose research and teaching in these and other related areas of Digital and New Media Studies intersect with and have potential to expand on the Department's existing degree programs and concentrations.
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Word on the Street[]

-The Tombras School of Advertising and Public Relations at UT Knoxville is going to be hiring two advertising professors this fall, one tenure-track and one non tenure-track

-Utah Tech will likely have two TT lines - one interpersonal and one for a rhetorician