2025年传播（公共关系与广告）讲师/助理/副教授

Wenzhou-Kean University: College of Liberal Arts: Communication

Location: Wenzhou,China

Description:

About the Job:

The Department of Communication in the College ofLiberal Arts is seeking vibrant candidates to teach a full range of undergraduate Communication courses related to PR and DigitalAdvertising, including, but not limited to: Media Relations and Publicity, Specialty Writing for the Web, Social Media, Media Advertising,Digital Advertising Analytics, and other upper level Communication electives.

All faculty positions are full-time assignments,effective for the year of 2025. These positions are full-time assignments appointed on a 3-year contract at the first instance. Please findthe Recruiting Categories below for more information on each position.

A tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor is a full-time,10-month employee who teaches 24 credits per academic year (a 6-credit course release per academic year is available in the first threeyears of appointment for grant proposal development and other substantial research initiatives). The course release may be available byapplication on a competitive basis after the initial three years of appointment. A start-up grant will be provided to launchstudent-engaging research programs. The candidate will be expected to participate in the full range of faculty responsibilities, includinghigh-quality teaching, research, advising, student learning support, and service to the university and/or professional community. Thetenure-track appointment requires publications in internationally recognized and vigorously peer-reviewed journals.

A Lecturer is afull-time, 11-month employee who teaches 39 credits per year, or a 10-month employee who teaches 30 credits per year. A lecturer providesstudent and learning support services during the assigned period. Lecturers will be expected to provide high-quality teaching, studentadvisement, learning support services, and service to the university/college/school/program and/or professional community and performrelated work as required. Lecturer positions are non-tenure track.

Candidates with doctorate degrees from reputable universities(Carnegie R1 institutions or comparable research institutions with strong academic reputations in the fields) are encouraged to apply.

Teaching assignments and related responsibilities may include day, evening, weekend and online courses. Interest or experience inusing advanced instructional technologies to improve the teaching/learning process is highly desirable. All faculty may be required to teachGeneral Education courses as needed. Opportunities are also available to teach disciplinary support courses. Candidates with an interest inteaching across disciplines are encouraged to apply.

Wenzhou-Kean University

Wenzhou-Kean University (WKU),located in Wenzhou, China, one of three Sino-American universities along with NYU Shanghai and Duke Kunshan University, is approved by theMinistry of Education of China. Launched in 2012, WKU offers a unique model of higher education in partnership with Kean University, acomprehensive, public university in the state of New Jersey that is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Wenzhouis one of the most vibrant and economically advanced developed cities on China's East Coast, located one hour by plane and three hours byhigh-speed train from Shanghai.

WKU sits on approximately 500 beautiful acres and currently enrolls about 5,100 undergraduatestudents, and it is now in the midst of a rapid growth that will bring enrollment to 7,000 students within the next three years. Allinstruction is in English and all curriculum is provided by Kean University.

In addition to its current 18 undergraduate programs,WKU has been approved by the Ministry of Education for offering 8 Master's and 3 doctorate programs. WKU highly values research-poweredteaching and learning, and the average number of faculty publications and the Field-weighted Citation Impact are among the best of leadingChinese academic institutions.

Faculty positions at WKU offer:

Annual salary is commensurate withqualifications and experience with the range of $58,000-$68,000 for a lecturer and $68,000-$75,000 for an Assistant Professor. Awell-rounded healthcare coverage, academic travel up to $2,000, housing options and subsidy up to $3,000, home traveling up to $6,000 (2international round-trip airfares), a reimbursement to cover relocation expenses up to $1,000, shuttle bus to campus for work, and up to 8%front-load retirement benefits within accordance with completion of years of service with the University. WKU tuition waiver up to 50% forspouse/dependent children of faculty for undergraduate programs. Tuition discount of private/international kindergarten, elementary, middleand high schools for children of faculty. The opportunity to teach high-quality students. About 50% of graduates have been admitted tograduate schools at the World's Top 50 Universities, and about 60% of graduates at the World's Top 100Universities.

Qualifications:

A Ph.D. in Communication Studies or related field is required; ABD can beconsidered with completion prior to the effective date of employment. A Ph.D. from reputable universities (Carnegie R1 institutions orcomparable research institutions with strong academic reputation in the fields) is preferred. A minimum of two years of teaching experiencein a college or university setting is preferred. Fluency in English is required.

ApplicationInstructions:

Applicants are REQUIRED to apply online. To receive full consideration by the searchcommittee, candidates need to submit the following documents via Interfolio.

Candidates should send a cover letter, CV, statement ofteaching statement, a research statement (tenure track application only) describing research interests, past accomplishments in research,and future research plans, unofficial transcripts, and the email contact information of three professional references. Three current lettersof recommendation (within the last 9 months) will be required before advancement. Official transcripts for all degrees are required beforeappointment.

Background Screening:

Wenzhou-Kean University conducts background screenings on all jobcandidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third-party administrator to conduct background screenings.