Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Coordinator of Public Speaking

Description

Hampden-Sydney College’s Rhetoric Program invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Rhetoric with a specialization in Public Speaking/Oral Communication to serve as the Coordinator of our Public Speaking Program. The successful candidate will have a PhD in Communication, Rhetoric, or a related field by August 2026 and, preferably, at least two years of college-level teaching experience in public speaking or other courses requiring substantial amounts of presentation. We are especially interested in applicants who bring additional teaching, service, and research experience from a related subfield, including but not limited to public speaking pedagogy, rhetorical studies, persuasion/social influence, environmental rhetoric, argumentation, organizational communication, intercultural communication, strategic communication, instructional communication, group communication, interpersonal communication, communication theory, experiential learning, and/or communication research methods.

 

Courses: While a typical course load at the College is six to seven courses per academic year, the successful candidate for this position will teach four to five courses per year and have administrative responsibilities (expected to amount to two course equivalencies per year) as a Coordinator of our Public Speaking Program and associated public speaking programming in the Rhetoric Studio, our speaking, writing, and digital center. This position’s primary teaching responsibilities will be in our Rhetoric Minor and will consist of some combination of the following courses:

 

• Rhetoric 210: Public Speaking [3-4 sections per year]

• Rhetoric 310: Advanced Public Speaking [1 section every other year]

• An additional 300-level Rhetoric course [1 section every other year]

 

Hampden-Sydney’s Rhetoric Program—praised and supported by its administration, faculty, and alumni as a central part of the curriculum—was established in 1978 with the mandate that students be able to “write and speak clearly, cogently, and grammatically.” A minor in rhetoric offers students extensive study in both writing and speaking.

 

Hampden-Sydney is one of three liberal arts colleges in the United States dedicated to the education of men, and our mission is to educate "good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning." As a community, we are dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse staff committed to working in a multicultural environment and strongly encourage applications from women and minoritized groups. Hampden-Sydney College values diversity, prohibits discrimination, and is committed to equal opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment.

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