The Department of Communication is one of 44 departments and curricula in the College of Arts & Sciences. As the largest unit on campus, the College of Arts & Sciences forms the academic core of the Carolina experience. Through teaching, research, and service, the Department of Communication addresses how communication functions to create, sustain, and transform personal life, social relations, political institutions, economic organizations, and cultural and aesthetic conventions in society. Recognized for significant contributions to the profession, University, state, and nation the Department houses a PhD program, a major in Communication, an interdisciplinary major in Cultural Studies, and a minor in Writing for the Screen and Stage. It serves as the intellectual home for 28 faculty members, 45 graduate students, and over 700 undergraduates. The Department's doctoral program offers a theoretically rich, interdisciplinary, problem-based approach to education and research that enables graduate students to define their own research in response to the changing demands of a constantly evolving communicative and cultural world. The Department's undergraduate major features four structured concentrations: interpersonal and organizational communication; media and technology studies and production; performance studies; and rhetoric. Each concentration offers the Department's majors, as well as the hundreds of pan-University non-majors who seek out our classes, a set of critical capacities that contribute to an engaged, creative, and critical 21st century citizen.

This position is located in the Communication Department within the College of Arts and Sciences. We are seeking an innovative and dynamic teacher to teach practice-centered courses that reflect our program's investments in embodied scholarship, artistic practice and the diverse field of performance studies. Candidates will teach a 3/3 load (six total), five of which must be undergraduate courses that meet the Communication Beyond Carolina degree requirement. Such courses must meet a minimum threshold of 2/3 course content and/or assignments that include the practice of oral communication (broadly defined). The department currently offers multiple courses with this designation (e.g., Introduction to Performance Studies, Performance and Social Change) and is currently adding the designation to more of our current Performance Studies course offerings. Candidates will also have the opportunity to develop new courses based on their own teaching and research expertise. In performance studies, we use performance as a means to critically engage with identity, technology, social structures, and everyday life. We teach students how to create original performance works, use performance as a framework for analysis, and mobilize it in the service of community engagement and social justice. Performance Studies offers students a series of interrelated courses in textual study; oral history and ethnography; and the theory of and practice in writing, designing, and directing performative events. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to be affiliated with the Program for Public Discourse and will work with other faculty around campus who are also addressing the Communication Beyond Carolina needs.

PhD or MFA in Performance Studies, Communication Studies or relevant field conferred prior to January 2024. Teaching experience at the undergraduate level.

Demonstrates excellence in teaching practice-based classes in performance at the undergraduate level. Expertise in contemporary performance studies scholarship and performance practices. Research, practice and/or in artistic practice-as-research. Experience mentoring students in creating original performance works.

Applicants will be reviewed beginning Monday, October 2, 2023.

The Department of Communication at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for the position of Teaching Assistant Professor (non-tenure track) in Performance Studies. These positions are full-time fixed-term three-year appointments that are renewable and eligible for promotion in rank. We are looking to hire for a January 1, 2024 start date, but will consider applicants who can only begin July 1, 2024.

If you experience any problems accessing the system or have questions about the application process, please contact the University's Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost office at (919)-962-1091 or send an email to facultyrecruitment@unc.edu.

Please note: The Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost office will not be able to provide specific updates regarding position or application status.

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a protected veteran.