Curricular Fellow

About the Job

Position Overview:

The Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities invites nominations and applications for a part-time Curricular Fellow to assist current instructors and/or our assistant director of curriculum in supporting curriculum development and alignment. Specific responsibilities for the position will be negotiated with the director.

Responsibilities:

The role of the fellow is to assist professional strategic communication and journalism course instructors and/or the assistant director for curriculum on a specific assignment as appropriate to the candidate's background and curricular needs.

Additional responsibilities may include:

* Capacity to contribute to the ongoing development and delivery of a rapidly evolving curriculum

in journalism, mass communication, advertising, and strategic communication.

* Review/recommend curriculum content in coordination with faculty and the Hubbard School

Director.

* Provide collaborative teaching, as assigned

* Participate in School colloquia and provide updates on developments and trends in the

professional field through reading, participation in professional organizations, publications,

public speaking and network development within the community.

* Support the unit's efforts to infuse professional competencies and principles into its curriculum in

line with accreditation expectations.

* Assist with the assessment of curriculum.

This is a temporary, part-time position during fall semester 2026 (08/31/2026 to 01/13//2027), spring semester 2027 (01/14/2027 to 05/30/2027), or both. This does not constitute a posting for vacancies, but establishes a pool of applicants should openings be available during the Academic Year . Applications will be selected from this pool on an as-needed basis during the academic year. This position may be renewed, subject to satisfactory performance and available funding.

Compensation range: $2,500-$3,500 per semester dependent on experience, qualifications and project scope.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree and at least three years of documented professional achievement in a relevant journalism, advertising, public relations, or media industry field or equivalent.

* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

* Demonstrated professional experience relevant working on issues related to strategic communication, journalism, and media and information curriculum.

Preferred Qualifications:

* Master's degree, MBA or PhD in a related field with five years or more of senior leadership experience or Bachelor's degree with ten years of professional journalism experience or senior leadership experience in strategic communication.

* Leadership experience may be in professional journalism outlets, corporate communications, advertising or public relations.

* Professional experience at the national and local level in nonprofit, journalism, agency or corporate settings.

* Work experience in journalism to include significant regional and/or national reporting assignments, visual editing and/or reporting skills.

* Work experience in strategic communication to include management of significant communication budgets, public relations and advertising campaigns.

* Significant professional experience working with quantitative and qualitative research

About the Department

About Hubbard School:

The Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota is part of the College of Liberal Arts and is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Journalism and Mass Communication. The Hubbard School offers majors in Strategic Communication - Advertising and Public Relations, Professional Journalism, and Media and Information; and minors in Media and Information and Digital Media Studies.

The Hubbard School offers an academic M.A. and Ph.D. and a Professional M.A. in Strategic Communication.

Housed in Murphy Hall, a state-of-the-art facility for teaching and research of journalism, strategic communication, and emerging media studies, the Hubbard School is home to the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law, the Minnesota Journalism Center, the Hubbard Digital Studios, and the Digital Information Research Center/Sevareid Library. Hubbard facilities also include the Murphy Hall conference center, multimedia classrooms, and psycho-physiological communication research labs, and a focus group room, which is used to support graduate-level experimental research.

For further information, please visit the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication's website, at: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./hsjmc

About the College of Liberal Arts:

Home to the arts, social sciences and humanities disciplines and programs, the College of Liberal Arts is the largest college in the University of Minnesota and comprises 31 academic departments, and over 20 interdisciplinary research centers and administrative/support units. CLA has over 1,300 faculty and staff…