"Open Rank (Assistant, Associate, or Full)"

The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina invites applicants for an assistant/associate/full, tenure track, full time (9-month) faculty position. The faculty member will be responsible for developing and maintaining an independent, extramurally funded program of research within their area(s) of expertise and to maintain a teaching load of two courses per year. The individual will share research space within the Department. They will also be responsible for contributing to service to the Department and University and in their field.

The Department hosts an active and collaborative research faculty and clinical faculty, with existing strengths in child language and literacy, dysphagia, aphasia, neurodevelopmental disorders, hearing loss, cochlear implants, voice, multilingualism, and neurodegenerative disease. Faculty have strong ties with community entities including local public and private schools, Prisma Health, the local VA hospital, as well as with research groups across the university, including: Aging Brain Cohort, Excellence to Carolina Autism and Neurodevelopment (CAN) Research Center, Institute for Mind and Brain, McCausland Center for Brain Imaging, Center for the Study of Aphasia Recovery (C-STAR), USC Brain Health Network, and Prevention Research Center.

We currently have 29 full-time faculty and offer a CAA-accredited speech-language pathology master’s degree program (in two modalities, on-campus and via distance-learning) as well as a PhD program. We offer a low teaching load to support faculty in developing and maintaining their research programs. The Department is housed within the Arnold School of Public Health, which hosts a highly active and interdisciplinary research community, with over $59 million in extramural funding garnered in 2024. The Carnegie Foundation ranks the University of South Carolina as a “very high research activity” institution (R1).

We share the University of South Carolina’s commitment to access and collective engagement overall, and our Department is specifically committed to increasing access and opportunity for all people in the field of speech-language pathology.

Required Education and Experience: A PhD or equivalent research doctoral degree in Speech-Language Pathology, Communication Disorders, or a related discipline is required. Applicants at the rank of Assistant Professor must have demonstrated evidence of high-quality scholarly research, the potential to successfully compete for external research funding, teach graduate-level courses, and collaborate with other researchers. Applicants at the rank of Associate Professor or Full Professor must be accomplished scholars with a substantial publication record, a record of securing research grants, a history of successful graduate student supervision, and leadership skills.

Desired Start Date: 08/16/2026