University of Central Florida
Assistant Professor, Computational Communication
University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, us, 32885
The Opportunity
The Nicholson School of Communication and Media (NSCM) in the College of Sciences at the University of Central Florida (UCF) invites applications for a nine-month, tenure-earning assistant professor with an emphasis in Computational Communication. This position is anticipated to begin in August 2026. The successful candidate will contribute to the mission of the school by teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels in one or more of NSCM’s undergraduate programs in Communication, Advertising/Public Relations, Communication M.A. program, and Strategic Communication Ph.D. programs. The successful candidate may be expected to teach in different modalities including face-to-face and online.
Responsibilities Other typical responsibilities include actively participating in the school’s academic life. This includes serving on committees, attending faculty meetings, graduations, and assessing student learning. External service expectations may include work with appropriate academic bodies and professional organizations. Additionally, we are especially interested in a candidate who can contribute through their research, teaching, and service to the excellence of our academic community and foster an environment in which faculty, staff, and students can thrive.
Minimum Qualifications
A Ph.D. in Communication or related area from an accredited institution by the start of appointment.
Preferred Qualifications
Applicants should be able to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in advertising and public relations, computational methods, quantitative methods, and other communication-related courses.
Quantitative and computational approaches to these perspectives and topics can include, but are not limited to: semantic network analysis, social network analysis, data analytics, data visualization, machine learning (ML), or natural language processing.
Applicants should be able to integrate computational social science methods into their courses, including Python or R.
The ideal candidate will conduct theory-driven, empirical communication research; have a promising or demonstrated outstanding research record; and the potential for obtaining external funding.
Applicants should be able to mentor master’s and doctoral students.
Additional Application Materials Required UCF requires all applications and supporting documents be submitted electronically through the Human Resources employment opportunities website, https://www.ucf.edu/jobs/. In addition to the online application, interested candidates should upload the following:
A curriculum vitae.
A letter of interest describing qualifications for the position, such as research agenda and teaching experience/interest.
The selected candidate will be required to submit official transcripts (and, as applicable, U.S. degree equivalency evaluations) documenting the conferral of their qualifying academic credentials.
Job Close Date November 15, 2025
Contact Questions regarding this search should be directed to: Robert Littlefield via email at Robert.littlefield@ucf.edu.
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Responsibilities Other typical responsibilities include actively participating in the school’s academic life. This includes serving on committees, attending faculty meetings, graduations, and assessing student learning. External service expectations may include work with appropriate academic bodies and professional organizations. Additionally, we are especially interested in a candidate who can contribute through their research, teaching, and service to the excellence of our academic community and foster an environment in which faculty, staff, and students can thrive.
Minimum Qualifications
A Ph.D. in Communication or related area from an accredited institution by the start of appointment.
Preferred Qualifications
Applicants should be able to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in advertising and public relations, computational methods, quantitative methods, and other communication-related courses.
Quantitative and computational approaches to these perspectives and topics can include, but are not limited to: semantic network analysis, social network analysis, data analytics, data visualization, machine learning (ML), or natural language processing.
Applicants should be able to integrate computational social science methods into their courses, including Python or R.
The ideal candidate will conduct theory-driven, empirical communication research; have a promising or demonstrated outstanding research record; and the potential for obtaining external funding.
Applicants should be able to mentor master’s and doctoral students.
Additional Application Materials Required UCF requires all applications and supporting documents be submitted electronically through the Human Resources employment opportunities website, https://www.ucf.edu/jobs/. In addition to the online application, interested candidates should upload the following:
A curriculum vitae.
A letter of interest describing qualifications for the position, such as research agenda and teaching experience/interest.
The selected candidate will be required to submit official transcripts (and, as applicable, U.S. degree equivalency evaluations) documenting the conferral of their qualifying academic credentials.
Job Close Date November 15, 2025
Contact Questions regarding this search should be directed to: Robert Littlefield via email at Robert.littlefield@ucf.edu.
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