Part-time Faculty, Journalism Job at DePaul University in Chicago

The Theatre School at DePaul University invites applications for a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Voice and Speech position effective July 1, 2025, with instruction beginning in September 2025. The Theatre School is an urban, multicultural conservatory located in the heart of Chicago's vibrant theatre community. The ideal candidate will be passionate about teaching, collaborating, and contributing as part of a faculty who are invigorating our conservatory for the current/future fields of stage, screen, and new media.

The Theatre School at DePaul University educates, trains, and inspires undergraduate and graduate actors in a conservatory setting that is robust, disciplined, culturally diverse, and that strives for excellence in artistry and professional skills. Central to our mission is a commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity, and equality in education.

The Theatre School produces public programs and performances of a wide repertoire of plays - classic, contemporary, original - that challenge, entertain, and stimulate the imaginations of our artists and audiences. Through our work, we enhance the intellectual and cultural life of our university, our city, and the profession.

Long recognized as one of America's top training institutions, The Theatre School was founded as the Goodman School of Drama in 1925 and is deeply rooted in Chicago's traditions of ensemble, physicality, and play. Our faculty is made-up of artists who are actively shaping the profession in Chicago's world class theater community, nationally and internationally. Graduates go on to lead the profession on stage and screen. Alumni include Kiki Layne, Joe Keery, Desmin Borges, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Judy Greer, Gillian Anderson, John C. Reilly, Charlayne Woodard, Ann Dowd, Joe Mantegna, and Viola Spolin.

DePaul University is a thriving multi-faceted Catholic, Vincentian, and urban university with ten colleges, seven campuses, and enrollment of over 20,000 students. The Theatre School, located on the university's Lincoln Park campus two miles north of the Chicago Loop, enrolls 460 students in 15 undergraduate and 2 graduate programs. Our faculty (26 full-time and 60 part-time) includes leading Chicago theatre artists across all disciplines.

Responsibilities (may include, but are not limited to):

* Teaching 8 classes a year (The Theatre School operates on a ten-week quarter system)

* Dialect and Voice Coaching for TTS Productions

* Advising students on academic progress

* Mentoring and advising on student production work

* Directing one production a year

* Service commitments to The Theatre School

* Recruitment/auditioning of potential acting students

* Service commitments to DePaul University

* Continuation of Creative Activities/Research/Scholarship