Assistant Professor Position_Digital Media Studies The Department of Communication at Bellarmine University seeks an outstanding candidate for assistant professor of digital media studies. Through this tenure-track position, we seek a critical-cultural digital media scholar who can teach students about the everyday uses of digital media in contemporary work (e.g., designing social media campaigns) while interrogating the larger ramifications of digital culture (e.g., social and ethical concerns). The position includes teaching at both the undergraduate level and in our graduate programs (M.A. in Communication, M.S. in Digital Media). Candidate must have a Ph.D. in Communication or a related field. Candidates will be considered if the degree is completed by August 1, 2020. The ability to teach courses in Communication and Media Ethics, Communication Theory, and Intercultural Communication is highly desired. Applicants with experience teaching online are encouraged to apply. Applications must include a curriculum vita, graduate transcripts (unofficial transcripts accepted in the initial search), and three names with contact information for references who can address the candidate's teaching and scholarship abilities and trajectories to date. Supporting materials should include evidence of effective teaching and scholarship via a teaching statement and research statement. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Application materials must be submitted by clicking on the appropriate link in this posting. (See below.) About Bellarmine University: Bellarmine University <https://www.bellarmine.edu/> is a dynamic, growing university with a strong liberal arts focus in the Catholic higher education tradition and a bold vision for the future. Bellarmine has undergraduate and graduate enrollment of nearly 3,500 students and continues to add new academic programs while maintaining small class sizes and personal attention to students. Bellarmine is listed in *The Princeton Review*'s Best 385 Colleges, is one of the top 20 Southern regional universities in *U.S. News and World Report*'s 2019 college rankings and is a top university in *Forbes*' list of America's best colleges. In a survey by *The Princeton Review*, students praised Bellarmine as a place that is "welcoming to every single person and makes an effort to include everyone." Bellarmine students, faculty and staff engage in more than 25,000 cumulative hours of service each year, in Louisville and around the nation and world. Beginning in Fall 2020, Bellarmine's 22 athletic teams will compete in NCAA Division I, through an invitation from the ASUN Conference. Bellarmine <https://www.bellarmine.edu/> is located on a scenic 145-acre campus in the Highlands neighborhood and 46+ acres off-campus in Louisville, KY, which *Forbes* recently recognized as a "Top 15 City" for affordable living and *National Geographic* calls one of the "Best Small Cities in the U.S." Louisville is within a day's drive of two-thirds of the U.S. population. Bellarmine is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer and encourages applicants with diverse backgrounds to apply. Bellarmine is committed to core values of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Bellarmine will demonstrate a fully realized and lived commitment to equity and inclusion, empowering all members of its increasingly diverse community and supporting them to achieve their full potential. *Find out more/apply here: * https://bellarmine.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp;jsessionid=88E8... Questions about the position should be sent to the search committee chair, Dr. Kyle Barnett (kbarnett@bellarmine.edu <medovoi@email.arizona.edu><mai lto:kbarnett@bellarmine.edu <medovoi@email.arizona.edu>>).