Position: Full-Time Lecturer, Associate Director of Forensics, Speech and Debate Full-Time Lecturer (1 to 3-academic year(s) appointment, renewable)
Effective Date: August 17, 2026 (Fall Semester)
Salary Range: The Full-Time Lecturer B (Academic Year) classification salary is $74,652 to $158,688 per academic year (paid as 12 monthly payments). The anticipated hiring range is $85,008 to $90,000 per year. Salary offered is commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Application Deadline: Review of applications to begin March 3, 2026. Position opened until filled (or recruitment canceled).

College of Liberal Arts
Department of Communication Studies

Required Qualifications:

• M.A., M.S. or Ph.D. in Communication or related field. Degree at time of application or official notification of completion of the doctoral degree by August 1, 2026.
• Demonstrated potential for teaching excellence
• Ability to facilitate team travel
• Demonstrated commitment to working successfully with a diverse student population, including low socioeconomic and first-generation students

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with policy and procedures related to forensics team travel and expenditures
• Demonstrated commitment to engaging students outside of the classroom through providing support, including mentoring, and program development
• Ability to build and manage alumni relations
• Highly organized, detail oriented, and future focused
• Ability to teach courses related to speech and debate
• Experience in coaching policy or parliamentary styles of debate
• Experience successfully working with populations demographically and/or socioeconomically similar to the CSULB student body
• Experience mentoring or supporting students using inclusive and culturally relevant teaching strategies in a diverse classroom

 Duties:

• Work cooperatively with co-directors on matters related to team culture, budget, and travel
• Work with department specialists to complete documents related to team budget and travel
• Compose yearly IRA request and attend hearings
• Host Jack Howe Memorial tournament and other local and national tournaments at the high school and college level
• Schedule and attend two weekly team meetings
• Serve on relevant department, college, or university committees
• Recruit on-campus and off-campus - particularly Los Angeles Urban Debate League schools
• Coordinate team travel arrangements and attend some forensics tournaments
• Remain current and follow all university policies, procedures, and guidelines
• Supervise forensics Graduate Assistants
• Foster alumni and community relations
• Develop fundraising opportunities
• Coach students when necessary
• Perform other duties necessary to administer a full-service forensics program

CSULB seeks to recruit faculty who enthusiastically support the University’s strong commitment to the academic success of all of our students, including students with disabilities, students who are first generation to college, veterans, students with diverse socio-economic backgrounds, and students of diverse sexual orientations and gender expressions. CSULB seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the People of California, to maintain the excellence of the University, and to offer our students a rich variety of expertise, perspectives, and ways of knowing and learning.

The Department of Communication Studies at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) seeks to hire a full-time Associate Director of Forensics. Beach Forensics is a comprehensive and nationally recognized speech and debate program. Our policy debate team has ranked among the nation’s top five for the past two years, earning CEDA’s Top Speaker and Third Place Speaker of the Year awards. Our director of debate was the Coach of the Year 2024 and Critic of the Year 2025. The program also includes a growing parliamentary debate team and a speech team that competes at both national and international levels. In 2024, CSULB was named the Los Angeles Metropolitan Debate League’s Distinguished Host, highlighting our commitment to providing a home for non-traditional college students to develop their forensics skills. Our forensics community embodies a legacy of activism and advocacy, with competitors and alumni using the power of speech and debate to engage deeply with issues of social justice and to work toward meaningful change in local, national, and global communities.

Information on excellent benefits package available to CSULB faculty is located here: CSU Employee Benefits

How to Apply - Required Documentation:

• Letter of application addressing the required and preferred qualifications
• CV
• Names and contact information for three current references (to be contacted for confidential letters of recommendation should you reach the finalist stage)
• Finalists should be prepared to submit an official transcript (e-transcript preferred, if available)

How to Apply: Click “the Apply Now” icon to complete the CSULB online application

Request for more information or questions about the application and search process, please contact: 

 Sunyoung Park, Assistant Professor
California State University, Long Beach
Department of Communication Studies

E-Mail: Sunyoung.Park@csulb.edu @csulb.edu

For questions about the position, please contact: 

Jennifer Asenas, Professor, Chair

(562) 985-7673 or E-Mail: jennifer.asenas@csulb.edu

EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS:
A background check (including a criminal records check and telephone reference check with most recent employer) must be completed satisfactorily before any candidate can be offered a position with the CSU. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the application status of applicants or continued employment of current CSU employees who apply for the position.

The person holding this position is considered a “mandated reporter” under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 Revised July 21, 2017 as a condition of employment.

Pursuant to the CSU Out of State Employment Policy, hiring employees to perform CSU-related work outside of California is prohibited effective January 1, 2022. By prohibiting employment outside of California, the CSU also prohibits hiring and retaining employees working permanently from a business location outside of the United States. Exceptions to the Policy are limited to approved and documented purposes for conducting CSU business outside of California.

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