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Adjunct Instructor of Communication Studies, Beginning Academic Year 2024-2025 (POOL POSTING)

This is a POOL posting accepting applications on a rolling basis for adjunct positions that become available beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year.

Please complete the online application and attach a cover letter, a current resume/CV, unofficial transcripts, and a list of at least three (3) professional references with current contact details, including email addresses.

Please include the campus or campuses of choice in the cover letter: Chillicothe, Eastern (St. Clairsville), Lancaster, Southern (Ironton), and Zanesville.

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until March 31, 2025.

Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a criminal background check.

Position Information

Job Title: Adjunct Instructor of Communication Studies, Beginning Academic Year 2024-2025 (POOL POSTING)

Applications Accepted From: Public

Special Instructions to Applicants: Ohio University’s Regional Campuses are located in Chillicothe, Eastern (St. Clairsville, OH), Lancaster, Southern (Ironton, OH), and Zanesville.

This position is eligible for sick leave and retirement benefits.

Job Description

Ohio University Regional Campuses are seeking part-time instructors to teach a COMS 1030 – Fundamentals of Public Speaking course at the undergraduate level. The exact number of Instructors needed is undetermined at this time as it is primarily dependent upon enrollments and changing programmatic needs. When a need arises, the department will select qualified candidates from this pool.

Specific in-person need on the regional campuses includes COMS 1030 (Fundamentals of Public Speaking). The COMS 1030 course covers the Fundamentals of Public Speaking and develops understanding of theories and skills related to successful communication in the presentational speaking context. Through the use of interpretive and rhetorical methods, students understand meaning, context, culture, diversity, ethics, research, and language in the development and delivery of informative and persuasive speeches that are informed by and adapted to desired audiences.

Positions will include teaching from 3 credit hours to up to 11 credit hours per term. There is a future possibility for various delivery modes including in person/face-to-face, hybrid or via technology.

This is not a remote position.

Minimum Qualifications

Master’s degree in Communications, Communication Studies, or closely related field at time of application and a cohesive set of 18 semester credit hours of discipline relevant graduate coursework.

Preferred Qualifications

Statement on teaching philosophy and experience with teaching of writing.

Applicant Documents

• Resume/Curriculum Vitae
• Cover Letter
• References
• Unofficial transcripts

• Actual or proposed course syllabi
• Teaching philosophy statement

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