Lecturer of Business Communication (non-tenure-track)

Description

 

The Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business is accepting applications for a non-tenure track faculty position teaching business communication. The successful candidate will begin job responsibilities in August 2025 at the starting rank of lecturer, with the opportunity to promote to senior lecturer (and, later, teaching professor) after a record of success at the lecturer level. The primary focus of this position will be on teaching business communications classes to undergraduate business students. 

Business Communications classes at Baylor apply the WOVEN approach, which includes written, oral, visual, electronic, and nonverbal communication, to teach students effective strategies for communication in business contexts. A special emphasis is given to written business communication, with a focus on clarity, concision, coherence, and correctness, in genres such as letters, emails, and reports, targeted toward a variety of business audiences and purposes.

The typical teaching load will be 4 courses each semester, and the primary responsibility will be teaching. The Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics supports faculty development and research activities through generous funding for both academic and professional conferences. Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications.

 

The Hankamer School of Business (https://www.baylor.edu/business/) is AACSB accredited, and the Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics (http://hankamer.baylor.edu/isba/) has 35 full-time faculty supporting four full-time information systems degrees (BBA, MSIS, MSBA, and PhD) as well as business school service courses in quantitative business methods, management information systems, and business communications. The Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics’s positions offer market-competitive salaries and above-average benefits, which include tuition remission for spouses and dependents at Baylor and a consortium of other highly regarded private universities.

 

To learn more about the Hankamer School of Business, please visit https://hankamer.baylor.edu/, and to learn more about Baylor University, please visit https://www.baylor.edu.

 

Baylor University is a private Christian University and a nationally ranked research institution consistently listed with highest honors among The Chronicle of Higher Education's "Great Colleges to Work for." Baylor seeks faculty who share in our aspiration to become a tier one research institution while strengthening our distinctive Christian mission as described in our strategic vision, Pro Futuris, (www.baylor.edu/profuturis/) and academic strategic plan, Illuminate (baylor.edu/illuminate). As the world’s largest Baptist University, Baylor offers over 40 doctoral programs and has more than 20,000 students from all 50 states and more than 85 countries.

Qualifications

• Candidates must hold a PhD (or be ABD) in rhetoric and composition, English, technical communication and rhetoric, communication studies, related discipline OR have completed a Master's degree in one of these disciplines and earned extensive industry experience.
  
• Demonstrate evidence of teaching excellence is preferred.
  
• Relevant industry experience is highly valued.
• Additionally, candidates are expected to demonstrate alignment with Baylor’s mission.
  

Application Instructions

Candidates should provide through Interfolio (apply.interfolio.com/156924):

1) a cover letter/letter of interest;

2) a curriculum vita;

3) and three letters of recommendation (*self-submitted by applicant; if you wish to have confidential letters sent to the committee chair directly please contact jonathan_trower@baylor.edu).

All applicants must also complete the Religious Affiliation Form (RAF) in Interfolio.

For fullest consideration, apply by January 2, 2025. Position will remain open until filled, or May 31, 2025.

If you have questions regarding the position, please contact one of the co-chairs of our search committee, Dr. Michal Horton (Michal_Horton@baylor.edu) or Dr. Debra