Non-Tenure Track Term Assistant Professor of Journalism and Public Communication

Position Description

Non-Tenure Track Term Assistant Professor of Journalism and Public Communication Help students turn real community stories into real media - from video and podcasting to photography and multimedia storytelling - in a small program where your voice shapes both the classroom and the curriculum. You'll teach hands-on production courses and mentor community-engaged projects that matter in Alaska, a setting as compelling to film and report on as it is to live in. If you're excited to build meaningful media projects with students and a close-knit team, we want to meet you. The Department of Journalism and Public Communications at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) invites applications for a non-tenure track term assistant professor of journalism and public communications with a specialty in media production, documentary film, videography and/or multimedia journalism. The College of Arts and Sciences is a welcoming and diverse academic community, providing a world-class, Alaska-rooted education that prepares students for the challenges of today and tomorrow through educational excellence, transformative research, creative expression, and community engagement. It is where innovative research and creative work culminate to transform Alaska's next generation. We seek candidates dedicated to promoting an environment that increases student knowledge about local, national, and global communities. The University of Alaska Anchorage is the largest of three universities in the University of Alaska system, serving nearly 12,000 students from all over the United States and 89 countries. Anchorage, the largest city in Alaska, sits on the lands of the Dena'ina and Eklutna peoples and has an ethnically diverse population of 295,000. Anchorage offers a lively intellectual and cultural life, including opera, symphony, theater, art events, and a variety of restaurants. Set between snow-capped peaks of the Chugach Mountains and the ocean waters of Cook Inlet, the city offers ready access to state and national forests and parks, year-round outdoor recreation, and unsurpassed natural beauty. For more information about living in Anchorage, please visit https://www.anchorage.net/life-in-anchorage/. To thrive in this role, applicants should possess strong interpersonal and communication skills; the ability to teach core and specialized courses in the department's curriculum; demonstrated potential to support and mentor students; demonstrated commitment to student success; and knowledge of innovative teaching practice.