BCAS - Assistant Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, in Communicative Disorders

Department / Organization

204641 - Communicative Disorders

Rank

Assistant Professor

Position Summary

Applications are invited for a full-time, tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders at The University of Alabama for the Fall of 2026.

Minimum Qualifications

Qualifications include an earned research doctorate and the potential to establish a high-impact, funded research program in the broad and multidisciplinary fields applicable to Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences.

Preferred Qualifications

Priority will be given to candidates with 1) research and / or clinical expertise within the broad scope of practice of speech, language, and hearing sciences and audiology (i.e., fluency, speech sound production, social communication, hearing, language, cognition, voice and resonance, feeding and swallowing, or AAC), 2) a successful record of or strong potential for obtaining external support for their research programs, and 3) those that hold an ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology. The ideal candidate will have strong potential for collaborative endeavors with faculty at The University of Alabama in departments and areas such as Education, Psychology, Biomedical Engineering, Computing & Data Sciences, and Neuroscience among others

Instructions and Required Materials for Application

CV

About the Division / College / School

The J. Frank Barefield Jr. College of Arts and Sciences at The University of Alabama offers an exciting and dynamic environment for faculty seeking to make an impact in their field and in the lives of the innovators and changemakers of tomorrow.

As the largest college at The University, we house over 9,000 students and 1,000 faculty and staff across our 22 departments.

With nationally recognized programs and award-winning faculty, our College has positioned itself as a leader in higher education. Our facilities and resources include state-of-the-art laboratories, research centers, and performance venues, providing students with hands-on learning experiences and opportunities for research and creative expression.

The College is committed to the liberal arts philosophy that fosters creative and critical thinking and a lifetime of learning.”

About the University

The University of Alabama is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, named one of Travel + Leisure’s 25 Best College Towns and Cities in the U.S. As one of the nation’s premier universities, UA offers bachelor’s, master's and doctoral degrees in nearly 200 fields of study. With more than 1,400 acres of tree-lined academic core campus and over 300 state-of-the art facilities, UA has been ranked among the most beautiful and most impressive college campuses in the South, in the state of Alabama and in the nation.

In Fall 2023, the Capstone set a new enrollment record with more than 39,000 students, including more than 8,200 in the freshman class. The current enrollment includes students from every county in Alabama, every state in the nation and 92 countries around the world. More than 1,100 National Merit Scholars are currently enrolled, making UA one of the largest enrolling institutions of the scholars in the country.

UA was recently recognized as a Top Producing Institution of Fulbright U.S. students for the seventh time in nine years, as well as a Top Producing Institution of Fulbright U.S. Scholars for the first time. UA is one of only 12 universities in the nation to receive both honors.

For reasons like this, the University made Forbes list of America’s Top Colleges for 2023 and Time magazine’s list of Top 50 Best Colleges for Future Leaders. It also made Princeton Review’s list of Top Value Colleges.

UA is also designated among the top doctoral research universities in the United States in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. One of the fastest growing major research institutions in the nation, UA saw a 21% increase in sponsored awards in the 2023 fiscal year.

Since 2015, UA has invested over $1.1 billion in the physical campus, adding more than 2.55 million gross square feet of space, over 150 new research-intensive faculty, signature research areas (e.g., “The Alabama Research Institutes”), and a growing number of partnerships with industry and with state and federal agencies.

The University employs nearly 2,100 faculty and over 4,500 staff, with 52 UA researchers included in the National Academy of Inventors. An additional 40 current faculty have received the NSF CAREER Award, the nation’s most prestigious recognition of top performing young scientists in disciplines ranging from nanoscience and engineering to biological sciences.