Adjunct Instructor, Communication Studies

Please see Special Instructions for more details.

This pool will be accessed per the need[s] of the Department. Your credentials will remain active as long as the pool position is available but no more than two years. After two years, if you are still interested, you must reapply to the most current adjunct pool.

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For additional information, please contact the Chair of the Department, Dr. Franny Howes: franny.howes

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Position Type Adjunct

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College/Division College of Health, Arts & Sciences (HAS)

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Department Communication

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The Communication Department at Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech) offers students two exciting majors— Communication Studies and Professional Writing; two minors—Human Interaction and Professional Writing & Technical Communication; and certificates in Dispute Resolution, Health Communication, Technical and Medical Writing, Proposal and Grant Writing, UX Writing, and UX Research and Design.

The Communication Department at Oregon Tech has recently instituted a focus within the Communication Studies major in Leadership. This focus is designed as a degree completion sequence for students who hold a Community College of the Air Force ( CCAF ) associate’s degree. This Focus on Leadership will serve active duty members of the military and will be delivered at Kingsley Field Air Force base close to our campus in Klamath Falls.

These courses will be taught in a four-week format for ten months of the year.

The College of Health, Arts, and Sciences at Oregon Tech is seeking enthusiastic and well-qualified teachers for adjunct teaching positions to begin Spring term, April 2026 in Klamath Falls campus teaching accelerated four-week courses at an off-site location serving military students at Kingsley Field.

We are looking for instructors who could teach one or more of the following courses:

• Essentials of Grammar and Punctuation
• Interpersonal Communication
• Intro to Communication
• Intro to Leadership
• Communication Technology in Use
• Gender and Communication
• Organizational Communication I and II