Journalism - Non-Tenure Track Faculty Vacancy Pool

Position TitleJournalism NonTenure Track Faculty Vacancy PoolAbout the University

Western Washington University with over 15000 students in seven colleges and the graduate school is nationally recognized for its educational programs students and faculty. The campus is located in Bellingham Washington a coastal community of 90000 overlooking Bellingham Bay the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades Mountain range. The city lies 90 miles north of Seattle and 60 miles south of Vancouver British Columbia. Western has additional sites in Anacortes Bremerton Everett Port Angeles and Poulsbo. Western is recognized nationally for its successes such as being named one of the top public mastersgranting institutions in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report.

Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success increasing our Washington impact and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship research and creative activity. Westerns greatest strength is the outstanding students faculty staff and alumni/ae who make up its community. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and provides a learning and working environment in which everyone can thrive. In pursuit of this excellence individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive and effective inclusive working relationships amongst diverse populations including staff faculty administration student and external constituents. Further individual employees are expected to have the ability to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic societal environmental) into all aspects of performing their job duties.

About the Department

The College of Humanities and Social Science and the Journalism Department support Westerns mission which states that together with our students staff and faculty we are committed to making a positive impact in the state and the world with a shared focus on academic excellence and inclusive achievement. We encourage applications from women people of color people with disabilities veterans and other candidates from underrepresented backgrounds and with diverse experiences interested in this opportunity.

The Journalism Department offers strong professionallyoriented undergraduate programs with majors in newseditorial public relations and visual journalism and minors in newseditorial and public relations. We also offer a joint major in environmental journalism with the Environmental Studies department. Writing courses are at the heart of the departments curriculum including news writing reporting public relations editing advanced reporting and feature writing. These courses stress clarity accuracy and depth of content in a sequence designed to develop professional skills critical thinking sensitivity to people and an understanding of society. Publications produced by journalism students have won numerous state regional and national awards. The department currently has 10 tenured/tenuretrack faculty three fulltime instructors and several parttime lecturers. We place a high premium on excellent teaching small class sizes (most are capped at 18 and an intimate working environment for faculty and students. The department has about 250 majors and premajors and nearly 100 minors.

About the PositionThe Department of Journalism maintains a vacancy pool of qualified persons interested in temporary positions. In anticipation of possible openings throughout the year applications are accepted continuously for temporary nontenuretrack teaching positions on a parttime basis with occasional opportunities for temporary fulltime appointments. Positions may become available at any time and are typically filled on a quarterly basis. Our lecturers teach sections of existing courses in journalism public relations or visual journalism. We expect lecturers to be exemplary teachers who are current in their discipline. Lecturers should engage students actively in their own learning through discussion writing and analysis and to maintain high standards regarding course content. We also expect lecturers to provide students with prompt feedback and to be available to students through regularlyscheduled office hours. Lecturers are expected to have their students evaluate their courses using the standard university evaluation forms and make those available to the department and faculty for review.Required Qualifications

• Masters degree in relevant field or equivalent combination of education and professional experience
• Significant professional experience in journalism public relations or visual journalism
• Demonstrated potential for successful teaching
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with diverse students and staff including a demonstrated ability and commitment to cultivating learning environments that are equitable and inclusive of students with diverse social identities and backgrounds

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous teaching experience
• PhD or ABD in relevant field

Conditions of EmploymentAll employees must comply with our Immunization policies including Proof of Rubeola Measles Immunity within 60days of hire. Please reach out to if you need information regarding medical or religious exemption and applicable accommodations.

Salary

Commensurate with experience and qualifications

Benefits InformationBenefits Overview for Faculty Positions

Bargaining Unit

United Faculty of Western Washington

Application Instructions

A cover letter and curriculum vitae are required and should address your experience related to the position responsibilities and the required and preferred qualifications.

You will be asked to provide contact information of three references.

This vacancy pool is refreshed annually; please see applicable close date information below. Applicants who continue to remain interested in being considered for ongoing opportunities should resubmit updated materials to the new pool once posted.

Required Supplemental Materials

Writing samples or other examples of professional work and a list of courses within the department you are prepared to teachClosing Date Notes

Applications are accepted continuously for potential NTT faculty openings; please apply at your earliest convenience. Vacancy pool closes no later than October 31 2025.

Western Washington University (WWU) is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to assembling a diverse broadly trained faculty and staff. Women minorities people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. In compliance with applicable laws and in furtherance of its commitment to fostering an environment that welcomes and embraces diversity WWU does not discriminate on the basis of race color creed religion national origin sex (including pregnancy and parenting status) disability age veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression marital status or genetic information in its programs or activities including employment admissions and educational programs. See WWUs Policy onEnsuring Equal Opportunity and Prohibiting Discrimination and Retaliation. Inquiries may be directed to the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX Compliance Title IX and ADA Coordinator Western Washington University Old Main 126 (MSHigh Street Bellingham WA 98225; 360.650.3307 (voice) or 711 (Washington Relay);

WWU is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. To request this document in an alternate format or to request an accommodation please contactHuman Resources Disability Services 360.650.3751 or 711 (Washington Relay).

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All new employees must comply with the immunization policy and show employment eligibility verification as required by the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Service before beginning work at WWU. A thorough background check will be conducted on all new hires and rehires which includes a sexual misconduct background check.