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University of North Carolina - Charlotte

Department Chair

🇺🇸 Charlotte, NC

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Project Management

🗓️ October 21st, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is hiring a Department Chair for its Communication Studies department. The role involves leading daily operations, providing academic leadership, managing faculty and staff, and advancing the department's interdisciplinary mission to support teaching, scholarship, and service within the university.

Highlights
  • Lead daily operations and academic programs within the Communication Studies department.
  • Provide vision, leadership, and administrative expertise including strategic planning and budget management.
  • Supervise and mentor faculty and staff, evaluate performance, and oversee curriculum development and class scheduling.
  • Promote excellence in interdisciplinary scholarship and education, facilitating advancement of the department’s mission and curricula.
  • Maintain commitment to multidisciplinary approaches and student education in Communication Studies.
  • Required Ph.D. in Communication Studies or related discipline and record commensurate with tenured appointment.
  • Preferred administrative experience, multi-disciplinary department experience, and curriculum assessment skills.
  • Serve a department with 27 full-time faculty, approximately 950 majors, and various graduate programs including a Ph.D. in Organizational Science.
  • Position is full-time, 12 months per year, open to UNC Charlotte employees only.
  • Application review begins October 17, 2025, with proposed hire date of July 1, 2026.