Assistant Professor - School of Media Arts and Design
About The Position
The School of Media Arts and Design (SMAD) at James Madison University (JMU) invites applications for a tenure track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning in August 2027. We seek a teacher-scholar whose instructional interests and research or creative practice engage visual communication, media literacy, mass media, audiences, storytelling, and culture. SMAD’s distinctive undergraduate major prepares students to become well-rounded multimedia storytellers and offers four concentrations: Creative Advertising, Digital Video and Cinema, Interactive Design, and Journalism. SMAD also boasts one of the nation’s finest media production facilities that offers instructional workspaces for creating video, audio, graphics, animation, websites, and apps. The school has about 700 undergraduate majors and more than 20 faculty members, who represent a blend of professional and academic interests. The School of Media Arts and Design is part of JMU’s College of Arts and Letters, which enrolls more than 3,100 undergraduate majors and about 150 graduate students across ten academic units. Home to several interdisciplinary centers and institutes, the College embraces the teacher-scholar model and encourages excellent applicants within our disciplines, as well as scholars and teachers eager to work across them.
Requirements
- MFA, Ph.D., or other terminal degree required.
- ABD applicants with the degree near completion will be considered with the requirement that the terminal degree be conferred no later than August 2027.
Nice To Haves
- College-level teaching experience.
- Professional industry experience in media or related fields.
Responsibilities
- Teach a core course in visual literacy and culture.
- Teach foundations and critical analysis courses.
- Potentially teach in one of SMAD’s four concentrations or in a media-centric General Education course.
- Maintain an active creative or scholarly agenda that may include juried production activity or peer-reviewed academic research.
- Fulfill service responsibilities and opportunities within the department, college, and institution.
Benefits
- JMU’s Dual Career and Community Resources Program is available for candidates that will be relocating to the area.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
