The Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications (ALEC), College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University invites applications for a full-time professional track (non-tenure) academic position in agricultural communications and journalism (AGCJ) with a 9-month academic appointment beginning August 1, 2023, or as negotiated. The position will consist of a 80% teaching, and 20% service appointment. We seek applicants for the faculty title of Instructional Assistant Professor.
The successful candidate will
- Teach undergraduate and occasional graduate courses in areas that may include media writing, editing, emerging media messaging, media management publication production, photography, data science, public relations, video production or related areas, depending on background and expertise.
- Serve as a graduate faculty member.
- Participate in university, college, and department activities and service including co-directing the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo internship program.
- Engage industry professionals in identifying course content that is based on cutting-edge information delivery methods.
- Organize and supervise student-developed competitive submissions for local, regional, and national awards and recognition.
- Serve as co-advisor to the Agricultural Students of Tomorrow (ACT) student organization.
- Demonstrate commitment to campus inclusivity and diversity.
The undergraduate AGCJ program has approximately 230 majors and minors, and the ALEC graduate programs (M.Ag., M.S., and Ph.D.) have about 50 students. Information about ALEC is available at https://alec.tamu.edu/