Assistant Professor of Media Studies – 000911

Posted: 08-Feb-24

Location: Richmond, Virginia

Type: Tenure-track

Salary: Unpaid

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Internal Number: req3135_1707229639

Assistant Professor of Rhetoric & Communications – Media Studies – 000911

The University of Richmond’s Rhetoric and Communication Studies Department invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Media Studies teacher-scholar at the level of Assistant Professor. The position will begin in the fall of 2024. A Ph.D. in Media Studies or a related field is preferred and, ultimately, required at the time of appointment. The Department welcomes applications from scholars with transdisciplinary approaches and degrees.

The department seeks candidates with a particular focus on the politics of media representation that will further the department’s curricular vision in media studies and rhetoric. We particularly encourage candidates whose work brings together intersectional issues such as race, gender, and sexuality including black, feminist, indigenous, and/or queer perspectives and draws on a host of methodologies. Media studies is a capacious field, and we seek candidates studying a wide variety of media forms and phenomena, including the explosion of social media, the rapid growth of gaming, the increased engagement with digitality in public life, and technological developments like artificial intelligence. The successful applicant will teach sections of the department’s RHCS105 (Media, Culture, & Identity) course as well as upper-level courses related to their research and interests.

The University of Richmond is a private university located just a short drive from downtown Richmond, Virginia. Through its five schools and wide array of campus programming, the University combines the best qualities of a small liberal arts college and a large university. With approximately 4,000 students, an 8:1 student-faculty ratio, and more than 90% of traditional undergraduate students living on campus, the University is remarkably student-centered, focused on preparing students “to live lives of purpose, thoughtful inquiry, and responsible leadership in a global and pluralistic society.”

The University of Richmond is committed to developing a diverse workforce and student body, and to modeling an inclusive campus community which values the expression of difference in ways that promote excellence in teaching, learning, personal development, and institutional success. Our academic community strongly encourages applications that are in keeping with this commitment. For more information on the department and its programs, please see rhetoric.richmond.edu.

Applicants should apply online at http://jobs.richmond.edu or by contacting Dr. Timothy Barney, Search Chair, at [email protected] and submit a curriculum vitae, cover letter, and teaching statement. The cover letter might particularly relate the candidate’s experiences to their potential for success as a teacher-scholar at an undergraduate liberal arts institution. The teaching statement should be approximately one (1) to two (2) single-space pages in length and should articulate the candidate’s teaching philosophy, interests, and future professional development goals as well as involvement in and commitment to inclusive pedagogy. Candidates for this position may be asked, at a later date, to provide the names and contact information for three references who will be asked to submit letters of recommendation. Review of applications will commence Feb. 23 and continue until the position is filled.

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