Assistant Professor​/Professor of Practice of Communication Arts

Under the general direction of the Department Chair, the Hood College Communication Arts Department, housed administratively within the Delaplaine School of Business and Communication, invites applications for a tenure‑track assistant professor or a non‑tenure‑track Professor of Practice in communication to begin August 2027.

We seek an engaged teacher/scholar who can work collaboratively both within the Delaplaine School and other departments and programs within the college. Candidates with prior teaching experience at the college/university level may be considered for an abbreviated tenure and promotion timeline.

The successful candidate will teach courses that support Communication Arts and Integrated Marketing Communication majors and can also apply interests toward interdisciplinary teaching in support of the College’s honors program, core curriculum, and first‑year student experience.

Teaching Load: 4/3 course load or 21 credit hours per academic year to include courses serving the undergraduate majors of Communication Arts and Integrated Marketing Communication as well as the department’s minors in journalism and public relations.

Sample courses:

• Media & Society
• Broadcast Writing
• Writing for Business
• Senior Portfolio
• Media Writing I
• Media Writing II
• Editing
• Media Practicum
• Design
• Digital Marketing
• Help develop a curriculum related to digital media and emerging platforms.
• Help develop a curriculum related to sports communication and marketing.
• Mentor students through academic advising, internship placement, and faculty/student research collaboration.

• Pursue a scholarly research agenda and engage in other professional activities.

• Serve the college through committee work, the development of new student learning opportunities, and the enrichment of campus‑community partnerships.
• Contribute to the regular functioning of the department through committee work, participation in departmental extracurricular activities, and pursuing the goals outlined in the department's strategic plan.
• Engage in recruitment of students to the department, programs, and College.

We seek a candidate who values diversity, equity and inclusion in all that they do. Candidates must have strong organizational skills and a proven ability to work collaboratively with partners across campus in support of Hood College’s mission as a student‑centered, liberal arts institution.

• Strong commitment to teaching in a liberal arts setting. Must be passionate about high‑impact experiential learning experiences.
• A terminal degree in journalism, communication, marketing or a related field.
• Professional experience in digital media applications in journalism, public relations, film production, marketing, sports or mass communication.
• A record of effective teaching.
• Demonstrated potential for research and a clear research agenda.
• Ability to teach courses in digital media, media writing, broadcast writing, digital filmmaking and data visualization.
• Proficiency in teaching the Adobe Creative Cloud apps, particularly Premiere Pro, Audition, InDesign and Photoshop.

• Professional experience producing, directing or working on narrative, documentary or entertainment visual projects or marketing.
• Professional experience in digital media including animation, graphics and data visualization.
• Professional experience in broadcasting or digital marketing.
• Teaching undergraduate media production courses.
• Demonstrated potential to teach undergraduate students in at least one of the following digital storytelling specialty areas: multimedia, video, audio, social media, augmented reality, virtual reality, data, artificial intelligence, 360 video, immersive reporting, and/or other emerging platforms.
• Proficiency with modern web design, including CSS and JavaScript are highly encouraged.
• PhD preferred.

Candidates must be familiar and comfortable with the technologies used routinely in the academic world today, including but not limited to classroom presentation software, course and…