Assistant Professor, Communication Studies and Global Media and Digital Studies, 1-Year Visiting Position

ONE-YEAR VISITING POSITION COMMUNICATION STUDIES and GLOBAL MEDIA AND DIGITAL STUDIES The Department of Communication Studies and Program in Global Media and Digital studies invites applications for a one-year visiting Assistant Professor for the 2026-2027 academic year. The position is set to begin August 2026 pending final administrative approval.

The successful candidate will have demonstrated ability to teach courses in communication and media studies and supervise undergraduate research projects as part of the Colleges Independent Study (I.S.) requirement. Teaching responsibilities include courses such as Media Culture and Society; Mediated Gender Race & Sexuality; Visual Communication; Media Production; Introduction to Global Media and Digital Studies; Transnational Media and Film; Film Studies and Research Methods in GMDS depending on the expertise of the person hired. The hire may also develop a special topics course in their area. The teaching load is 3:3 which includes credited mentoring for senior I.S. projects.

The College of Wooster is an independent college of the liberal arts and sciences with a commitment to excellence in undergraduate education. We enroll a student population of over 1600 undergraduate students; more information about our culturally and socioeconomically diverse student population can be found at: We are interested in hiring faculty who can contribute to the intellectual vibrancy of the community through a breadth of curricular offerings inclusive and student-centered pedagogies and a commitment to intercultural fluency

Candidates must hold a Ph.D. in Communication Studies Global Media Digital Studies and/or an adjacent discipline with a focus on communication and media. Candidates who are ABD will be considered but a Ph.D. is preferred. Prior teaching is desirable and applicants should provide evidence of their ability to teach introductory and upper-level courses.