Visiting Assistant Professor in Communication Studies
- Employer
- University of Puget Sound
- Location
- Communication Studies
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- Faculty Jobs
- Professional Fields, Communication & Journalism
- Position Type
- Assistant Professor
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Location: Communication Studies
Regular/Temporary:
Full/Part Time:
Job ID: 4642
Faculty Posting Details
Appointment:
Full-time, one-year visiting, non-tenure-track position (with possibility for renewal of position up to two years total); begins Fall Term 2019.
Responsibilities:
The Department of Communication Studies at the University of Puget Sound seeks a one-year replacement, non-tenure-track, Visiting Assistant Professor. The successful candidate will teach courses in the department’s social scientific curriculum (e.g., communication theory, research methods, and/or electives related to a candidate’s area of expertise). The teaching load is 3-3 and the student to faculty ratio is 12:1.
The successful candidate’s primary responsibilities will be to teach a variety of courses including: 1) a 100-level introductory course in organizational communication which also satisfies the University’s general degree core requirement toward Social Scientific Approaches, 2) a 200-level (social scientific) communication theory course, and 3) an upper division elective(s) in organizational communication or a closely related subject area. The candidate will also contribute to the University’s first-year seminar core called Seminars in Scholarly Inquiry (SSI1/2). Other duties include continuation of professional development and involvement in activities sponsored by the department and University.
Qualifications:
Ph.D. at time of the appointment. Applicants must demonstrate potential for excellence in teaching with particular commitment to undergraduate teaching and liberal arts education.
Compensation and Benefits:
Rank: Visiting Assistant Professor
Salary is commensurate with education and experience.
Puget Sound offers a generous benefits package. For more information, visit: http://www.pugetsound.edu/about/offices--services/human-resources/overview-of-university-benefit/.
About Puget Sound: The University of Puget Sound is located in Tacoma, Washington, a vibrant, diverse mid-sized urban port city. Within, and near, Tacoma there is ready access to urban, rural, and natural areas as well as opportunities to participate in a wide variety of cultural activities.
Puget Sound is a member of the Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC), Greater Washington State https://www.hercjobs.org/greater_washington_state/.
Application Deadline: Search and selection procedures will be closed when a sufficient number of qualified candidates have been identified. Interested individuals are encouraged to submit application materials no later than April 12, 2019 to ensure consideration.
Required Documents:
Applications submitted without the required attachments will not be considered.
- Curriculum Vitae
- Letter of Interest
- Teaching Statement
- Quantitative Summary of recent years Teaching Evaluations
- Diversity Statement (see details below)
- Contact Information for 3 References. You will be prompted to enter the contact information for three (3) reference providers. The system will automatically email these reference providers to request a letter if/when candidates are included in final consideration phases.
Note: In the online application system, please submit curriculum vitae when prompted to submit resume. Additional documents can be attached within the application.
Applicant’s Diversity Statement. As a department and university, we are strongly committed to creating an inclusive and effective teaching, learning, and working environment for all. Applicants should include a diversity statement, and comment on their ability to contribute meaningfully to our on-going commitment to be informed and competent with regard to issues of diversity, equity, and individual differences.
All offers of employment are contingent on successful completion of a background inquiry.
University Diversity Statement
- We acknowledge the richness of commonalities and differences we share as a university community; the intrinsic worth of all who work and study here; that education is enhanced by investigation of and reflection upon multiple perspectives.
- We aspire to create respect for and appreciation of all persons as a key characteristic of our campus community; to increase the diversity of all parts of our University community through commitment to diversity in our recruitment and retention efforts; to foster a spirit of openness to active engagement among all members of our campus community.
- We act to achieve an environment that welcomes and supports diversity; to ensure full educational opportunity for all who teach and learn here; to prepare effectively citizen-leaders for a pluralistic world.
Puget Sound is committed to an environment that welcomes and supports diversity. We seek diversity of identity, thought, perspective, and background in our students, faculty, and staff. To learn more please visit: http://www.pugetsound.edu/about/diversity-at-puget-sound/
The University of Puget Sound is an equal opportunity employer.
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