Job Description

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, PUBLIC RELATIONS

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION, FACULTY OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATIONS

Competition No.

25.10.299

CATEGORY

SALARY

CLOSING DATE

Full-Time Tenure-Track Commensurate with qualifications and experience. New hires will normally be placed within the first 8 steps of the Assistant Professor salary table. A review of applications will begin November 28, 2025, and continue until a suitable candidate is found.

About Us

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MacEwan University is where caring faculty help people connect their passions to their future paths. Located in the heart of Edmonton's diverse and dynamic downtown community, and on the traditional lands of Treaty 6 First Nations and homelands of the Metis people, MacEwan is known for exceptional undergraduate learning. With its dedication to teaching excellence, informed by scholarly research, innovation, and creative activity, MacEwan provides an exceptional collaborative and supportive learning environment with a commitment to human rights, environmental sustainability, and opportunities for community engagement. We are committed to creating an equitable, diverse, inclusive, and welcoming community for all peoples, cultures, and identities.



Our comprehensive undergraduate university offers 55 programs to more than 20,000 full- and part-time students in business, communications, community and human services, design, fine and performing arts, health, humanities, natural science, nursing, public safety, and social science. Through a wide array of experiential learning opportunities, and strategic relationships in the community, we partner with others to produce graduates of stature. Along with a robust grounding in their chosen disciplines, MacEwan students are given durable life skills that prepare them to take on the world.

Opportunity

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The Department of Communication in the Faculty of Fine Arts and Communications invites applications for an entry-level, full-time, tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor, commencing July 1, 2026, subject to final budgetary approval.


The successful candidate will play a vital role in developing core and option courses for the new Public Relations major.


You will :

Teach a variety of Public Relations courses or courses within the BCS degree program; Conduct scholarly research; Mentor and support students; Develop curriculum and help promote the Public Relations program; and Participate in service to the department, faculty, university, and community.

You must have, or be close to completion of, a terminal degree in Public Relations or related field and will demonstrate a primary commitment to undergraduate teaching and an ongoing research program.


You will submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching dossier (including recent teaching evaluations), statement of research interests, and sample of scholarly work.


Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted by the Department Chair to provide three (3) letters of reference sent directly from referees.


Only selected candidates will be required to submit official transcripts sent directly from the institutions where you completed your degrees.


Questions about this opportunity may be addressed to Iain Macpherson, Chair of the Department of Communication via email at macphersoni3@macewan.ca.