VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

The School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa seeks to hire a visiting faculty member specializing in sport media and culture. This position is a one-year, renewable appointment with full benefits starting August 20, 2025. This position involves teaching 4 courses per semester in the Sport Media and Culture major and minor. Sport Media and Culture at Iowa offers a humanities-based curriculum, with courses in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Department of American Studies contributing to the program. Possible areas of interest include, but are not limited to: sports journalism, sport and television, digital media and sport, race and ethnicity in sport, historical aspects of sport in the U.S. and around the world. We seek candidates with a demonstrated commitment to work with students from a variety of backgrounds and who hold a range of worldviews.

Applications should be submitted online at https://jobs.uiowa.edu/ (requisition #75625). Attachments to the application should include a 2- to 3-page cover letter that addresses the candidate's teaching experience and philosophy; a curriculum vitae; and contact information for three references. Questions should be directed to Professor Melissa Tully (melissa-tully@uiowa.ed).

Review of applications will begin June 1, 2025, and will be ongoing until the position is filled.

Located in Iowa City (population 70,000), the University of Iowa is the state's flagship educational institution with more than 31,000 students and 1,700 faculty. The University of Iowa's School of Journalism and Mass Communication, with roughly 500 undergraduate majors in Journalism and Mass Communication and Sport Media and Culture and 60 master's and doctoral students, is housed in the Philip D. Adler Journalism and Mass Communication Building. The School is a unit of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the largest of the university's 11 colleges. Visit the School's website at https://journalism.uiowa.edu/ for more information.

• Master's degree in Communication, Journalism, Media Studies, Sport Studies, American Studies, or a related discipline

• Teaching experience at the university level.

• Doctoral degree in Mass Communication, Communication Studies, American Studies, Sports Studies or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated expertise in humanistic approaches to sport media and culture.

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