Visiting Assistant Professor - Strategic Communication (2023)

Visiting Assistant Professor - Strategic Communication (2023)

Location:
Lexington, VA
Open Date:
Mar 1, 2023
Description:

The Department of Journalism and Mass Communications at Washington and Lee University seeks a versatile colleague for a visiting assistant professor with teaching and scholarly or creative interests in strategic communication and public relations. The one-year appointment begins July 1, 2023.

Washington and Lee University is a highly selective liberal arts college of about 1,800 undergraduate students located in Virginia’s scenic Shenandoah Valley. Our department offers majors for students in journalism and strategic communication.

The department is committed to preparing our students for global communications by creating an educational environment that values diverse people and their ideas. Our new colleague will be expected to teach undergraduate courses that will likely include Crisis Communications, Media Theory and Research Methods and Digital Journalism, as well as specialty courses in the candidate’s area of expertise. We seek candidates who can effectively mentor underrepresented minority students.

To achieve our mission as a liberal arts college, we strive to foster an inclusive campus community, which recognizes the value of all persons regardless of identity. Our department is committed to preparing our students for engaged citizenship by creating an educational environment that is rich with cultural, social, and intellectual diversity. In keeping with the University Strategic Plan, we welcome applications from underrepresented minority candidates and members of other communities that are traditionally underrepresented in academia.

Qualifications:

Candidates must have a master’s degree in public relations, mass communications or a related field and significant professional experience in public relations and/or marketing or advertising.

The university requires employees to become fully vaccinated for COVID-19, with one booster. New employees must provide proof of at least their first shot prior to the first day of employment. Individuals may seek a medical or a religious exemption to the vaccination requirement.

Application Instructions:

Applications should include:

• A cover letter
• Curriculum vitae
• Names, addresses, e-mail and phone numbers of at least three references

Please upload all materials in PDF format to Interfolio at http://apply.interfolio.com/121966. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. The committee hopes to begin interviews in early April. Send inquiries to Prof. Alecia Swasy at [email protected], 117 Reid Hall, Department of Journalism and Mass Communications, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia 24450.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Washington and Lee is an Equal Opportunity Employer. As such, we are interested in candidates who are committed to high standards of scholarship, performance and professionalism and to the development of a campus climate that supports equality and diversity in our faculty, staff and student body. Job description requirements are representative, but not all‐inclusive of the knowledge, skill, and abilities needed to successfully perform this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Statement of Commitment to Diversity

Washington and Lee affirms that diverse perspectives and backgrounds enhance our community. We are committed to the recruitment, enrichment, and retention of students, faculty, and staff who embody many experiences, cultures, points of view, interests, and identities. As engaged citizens in a global and diverse society, we seek to advance a positive learning and working environment for all through open and substantive dialogue.