Assistant Professor of Multimedia Journalism

Location:

El Paso, TX Category:
Liberal Arts Job Type: Full-time Posted On:
Tue Sep 29 2026

The Department of Communication, along with the Sam Donaldson Center for Communication, aims to be a site of creation and innovation through instruction, practice, and research. It serves as the nexus among communication scholars and practitioners from the United States, Mexico, and border communities. It is also a place of continuing education for Latina/o journalists, film makers, advertisers, and other communication practitioners, as well as the source of educational opportunity for students interested in attending a university in a bilingual, bicultural setting.

The department seeks to enhance the educational aspirations of all students interested in bicultural/intercultural communication in a variety of contexts. The mission of the UTEP Department of Communication is to educate future leaders of communication organizations and industries and outstanding teachers in the field of communication as well as communication practitioners in multimedia journalism, video production, advertising, and organizational/corporate communication.

Research faculty also strive to produce internationally and nationally recognized research in multicultural contexts.

With nearly 7,000 students and more than 20 departments and programs, the College of Liberal Arts is the largest college  college offers 36 bachelor's, 24 master's, and four Ph.D. degrees in the fine and performing arts, the humanities, and the social and behavioral sciences. The college also provides most of the UTEP core curriculum to students in all colleges. The college's undergraduate and graduate programs house many excellent faculty who have been recognized as national and international leaders in their fields.

Faculty conduct interdisciplinary research in Latinx culture, health disparities, social justice, border studies, migration, environmental communication, and numerous other fields that enrich our bicultural and binational region. Under the UTEP EDGE, faculty and students across the college engage in a variety of high-impact practices including community engagement and research on both sides of the border, study abroad/away, internships, and capstone experiences that help prepare students for lifelong success.

The college includes a bilingual MFA in Creative Writing, the first of its kind in the country; doctoral degrees in History, Rhetoric and Composition, Sociology, and Psychology; and the College of Liberal Arts Honors Program. UTEP is also home to the Patti and Paul Yetter Law School Preparation Institute, a university-wide program that serves students from all academic disciplines.

The Department of Communication at The University of Texas at El Paso is seeking to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor with expertise in multimedia journalism, broadcast and media production, effective Fall 2027. The successful candidate will contribute to the department's Multimedia Journalism and Digital Media Production programs and help advance innovative, professionally grounded approaches to journalism and media education.

Applicants should be able to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in one or more of the following areas: broadcast and video journalism, multimedia writing, live and studio production, documentary and nonfiction storytelling, podcast production, digital audio and video production, investigative reporting and data journalism, visual storytelling, social media production, and emerging storytelling platforms and technologies.

The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to the continued development of the department's applied journalism and digital media production curriculum and experiential…