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This is a full-time on-site role for an Assistant Professor of Communication, located in Bolivar, MO. The Assistant Professor will be responsible for developing and delivering university-level curriculum and teaching undergraduate courses. Responsibilities also include advising students, contributing to the strategic communications initiatives of the division, and engaging in service activities within the university and the academic community.

• Ph.D. degree in organizational and strategic communication, journalism/mass communication or comparable field (required for Assistant Professor rank); Master’s degree in organizational and strategic communication, journalism/mass communication or comparable field (required for Instructor rank)
• Previous experience in organizational and strategic communication or digital mass communication preferred
• Ability to teach a broad range of classes, such as classes in digital video journalism, media and society, writing and editing for multimedia, journalism law and ethics, etc.
• Experience with both digital and print texts in a variety of journalistic/mass communication mediums preferred
• Demonstrated ability to teach and model professionalism and collegiality in all aspects of content, communication, and collaboration
• Professing Christian with an active commitment to the local church and the University’s evangelical Christian mission
• Commitment to active research/performance, according to specialty, preferred

Entry level

Full-time

Education and Training

Higher Education