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Florida Southern College - Lakeland, FL, United States, 33801
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Instructor of Communication
Posted on 5/1/2025
Accepting applications
About this position
Position: The Department of Communication at Florida Southern College seeks applications for an Instructor of Communication to begin fall 2025. Salary is competitive with peer institutions and will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Responsibilities: The ideal candidate will have experience in professional practice and classroom teaching. The teaching load per semester is comprised of three, four-hour courses. Primary teaching assignments may include Fundamentals of Speech, Persuasion, Intercultural Communication, as well as other general courses in our majors, including advertising/public relations, broadcast, print and online media, and interpersonal and organizational communication.
About the Department: The Communication Department at Florida Southern College offers the B.A. and B.S. degrees in advertising/public relations; sports communication and marketing; political communication; broadcast, print, and online media; and interpersonal/organizational communication. Serving approximately 175 students, the department offers vibrant curricular and co-curricular opportunities, excellent internship experiences, and is located between major media markets in Tampa and Orlando.
About our ideal candidate
Qualifications: Qualified candidates will have a Ph.D. or terminal degree in the field of Communication; candidates who are ABD will be considered. The successful candidate will be a dynamic and collaborative colleague who demonstrates a commitment to excellence and innovation in undergraduate teaching and skill in methods of engaged learning within a changing media landscape. The successful candidate also will be able to use instructional technology effectively. In addition, FSC faculty members participate in activities that enrich the intellectual life of the College and support its teaching and learning community.
About us
The College's health and wellness plans along with generous paid time-off benefits are in addition to rewarding employee benefits such as the tuition grant and 403(b) plan.
The employee tuition grant is a remarkable benefit that covers the cost of 100% of the College's tuition for dependent children of faculty and staff who have been employed with the college fulltime for one year. Employees can also take advantage of the benefit for themselves.
The Defined Contribution Retirement Plan is a 403(b) plan in which the college automatically contributes 7% of the eligible employee's earnings into a retirement fund whether the employee chooses to participate or not. The account has a comprehensive investment portfolio and allows the employee to control their investment choices. At 6 years of service, the employer contribution amount is elevated to 10%. Employees can choose to participate through pre-tax payroll deductions when ready!
Florida Southern College is committed to diversity and inclusion in hiring, campus life, and intellectual engagement and welcomes applications from all interested candidates. The college actively seeks a wide variety of candidates and enthusiastically looks to diversify our workforce.
Florida Southern College has a strong commitment to the principles of equal employment opportunity. The college recruits, hires, trains, transfers, promotes and compensates individuals and makes all personnel decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, marital status, veteran status, or physical or mental disability unrelated to an individual's ability to perform the job, in accordance with applicable law.
Founded in 1883, Florida Southern College is the oldest private college in the state. The College maintains its commitment to academic excellence through 70+ undergraduate programs and distinctive graduate programs in business administration, education, nursing, and physical therapy. Florida Southern has a 14:1 student-to-faculty ratio, is an award-winning national leader in engaged learning, and boasts 30 NCAA Division II National Championships. Florida Southern is ranked at #8 among the "Best Regional Universities in the South" by U.S. News & World Report in its 2022 "Best Colleges" guide and is included in The Princeton Review's 2022 Best 387 Colleges guide and the "Fiske Guide to Colleges 2022." The 2021-2022 Colleges of Distinction guidebook praises Florida Southern's AACSB accredited Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise alongside the College's School of Education and its Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences. Poets&Quants, U.S. News & World Report, Fortune, and The Princeton Review further laud the Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise and the Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences as foremost programs in the nation for business and nursing education. Home to the world's largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, FSC has appeared on The Princeton Review's top 20 "Most Beautiful Campus" national listing for 12 consecutive years. Connect with Florida Southern College.
Posted on 5/1/2025
Accepting applications
About this position
Position: The Department of Communication at Florida Southern College seeks applications for an Instructor of Communication to begin fall 2025. Salary is competitive with peer institutions and will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Responsibilities: The ideal candidate will have experience in professional practice and classroom teaching. The teaching load per semester is comprised of three, four-hour courses. Primary teaching assignments may include Fundamentals of Speech, Persuasion, Intercultural Communication, as well as other general courses in our majors, including advertising/public relations, broadcast, print and online media, and interpersonal and organizational communication.
About the Department: The Communication Department at Florida Southern College offers the B.A. and B.S. degrees in advertising/public relations; sports communication and marketing; political communication; broadcast, print, and online media; and interpersonal/organizational communication. Serving approximately 175 students, the department offers vibrant curricular and co-curricular opportunities, excellent internship experiences, and is located between major media markets in Tampa and Orlando.
About our ideal candidate
Qualifications: Qualified candidates will have a Ph.D. or terminal degree in the field of Communication; candidates who are ABD will be considered. The successful candidate will be a dynamic and collaborative colleague who demonstrates a commitment to excellence and innovation in undergraduate teaching and skill in methods of engaged learning within a changing media landscape. The successful candidate also will be able to use instructional technology effectively. In addition, FSC faculty members participate in activities that enrich the intellectual life of the College and support its teaching and learning community.
About us
The College's health and wellness plans along with generous paid time-off benefits are in addition to rewarding employee benefits such as the tuition grant and 403(b) plan.
The employee tuition grant is a remarkable benefit that covers the cost of 100% of the College's tuition for dependent children of faculty and staff who have been employed with the college fulltime for one year. Employees can also take advantage of the benefit for themselves.
The Defined Contribution Retirement Plan is a 403(b) plan in which the college automatically contributes 7% of the eligible employee's earnings into a retirement fund whether the employee chooses to participate or not. The account has a comprehensive investment portfolio and allows the employee to control their investment choices. At 6 years of service, the employer contribution amount is elevated to 10%. Employees can choose to participate through pre-tax payroll deductions when ready!
Florida Southern College is committed to diversity and inclusion in hiring, campus life, and intellectual engagement and welcomes applications from all interested candidates. The college actively seeks a wide variety of candidates and enthusiastically looks to diversify our workforce.
Florida Southern College has a strong commitment to the principles of equal employment opportunity. The college recruits, hires, trains, transfers, promotes and compensates individuals and makes all personnel decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, marital status, veteran status, or physical or mental disability unrelated to an individual's ability to perform the job, in accordance with applicable law.
Founded in 1883, Florida Southern College is the oldest private college in the state. The College maintains its commitment to academic excellence through 70+ undergraduate programs and distinctive graduate programs in business administration, education, nursing, and physical therapy. Florida Southern has a 14:1 student-to-faculty ratio, is an award-winning national leader in engaged learning, and boasts 30 NCAA Division II National Championships. Florida Southern is ranked at #8 among the "Best Regional Universities in the South" by U.S. News & World Report in its 2022 "Best Colleges" guide and is included in The Princeton Review's 2022 Best 387 Colleges guide and the "Fiske Guide to Colleges 2022." The 2021-2022 Colleges of Distinction guidebook praises Florida Southern's AACSB accredited Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise alongside the College's School of Education and its Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences. Poets&Quants, U.S. News & World Report, Fortune, and The Princeton Review further laud the Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise and the Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences as foremost programs in the nation for business and nursing education. Home to the world's largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, FSC has appeared on The Princeton Review's top 20 "Most Beautiful Campus" national listing for 12 consecutive years. Connect with Florida Southern College.