The announcement description states that ASU invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor of Speech Communications. This is a 10-month tenure track position. The minimum qualifications are a Master's degree AND 18 earned credit hours in the teaching area of Communication Studies or Speech Communication (My masters and Ph.D. program in mass communication in the "rhetoric" based Ohio State University Communication Department "qualified" me to be required to teach speech courses here. So apply if you are interested anyway, ESPECIALLY if you have a Ph.D. in ANY area), a Ph.D. in Communication Studies/Speech Communication or closely related discipline with specialty in any of the areas such as organizational communication, intercultural communication, interpersonal communication, etc. preferred.  Ph.D. required for associate or higher level.