[Commlist] Position Announcement: Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Communication Studies (Media Studies)

The University of Richmond Department of Rhetoric and Communication 
Studies invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position at 
the rank of Assistant Professor to begin in the 2025-26 academic year.

The Department seeks a Media Studies teacher-scholar with a focus on 
media platforms that will further the department’s curricular vision in 
media studies and rhetoric. We particularly encourage candidates with a 
focus in the subfields of media infrastructures, industrial conditions, 
code studies, platform studies and/or media technologies. The field’s 
recent turn to emerging media centers questions about how design, 
architecture, and algorithms are mediating information circulation, from 
primarily textual communication through text messages on WhatsApp to the 
spread of multimodal disinformation through recommender systems on 
YouTube to the emergence of LLMs. The successful candidate for this 
position will teach the department’s “Data and Society” course, in 
addition to upper-level electives related to their area of research 
expertise. A Ph.D. in Media Studies or a related field is required. The 
Department welcomes applications from scholars with transdisciplinary 
approaches and degrees.

The University of Richmond is a private university located just a short 
drive from downtown Richmond, Virginia. Through its five schools and 
wide array of campus programming, the University combines the best 
qualities of a small liberal arts college and a large university. With 
approximately 4,000 students, an 8:1 student-faculty ratio, and more 
than 90% of traditional undergraduate students living on campus, the 
University is remarkably student-centered, focused on preparing students 
“to live lives of purpose, thoughtful inquiry, and responsible 
leadership in a global and pluralistic society.”

The University of Richmond is committed to developing a diverse 
workforce and student body, and to modeling an inclusive campus 
community which values the expression of difference in ways that promote 
excellence in teaching, learning, personal development, and 
institutional success. Our academic community strongly encourages 
applications that are in keeping with this commitment. For more 
information on the department and its programs, please see 
rhetoric.richmond.edu.

Applicants should apply online at http://jobs.richmond.edu and submit a 
curriculum vitae, cover letter, and teaching statement. The teaching 
statement should articulate the candidate’s teaching philosophy, 
interests, and future professional development goals as well as 
involvement in or commitment to inclusive pedagogy. Candidates for this 
position may be asked, at a later date, to provide the names and contact 
information for three references who will be asked to submit letters of 
recommendation. Review of applications will commence October 7 and 
continue until the position is filled. With any questions, please 
contact the Search Chair, Dr. Paul Achter, at (pachter /at/ richmond.edu).


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