Assistant Professor and Director of Storytelling TN, United States Trending Job Description Job Summary The Department of Communication Studies and Storytelling at East Tennessee State University seeks an Assistant Professor and Director of Storytelling. This position carries full-time, tenure-track status beginning August 15, 2026, as an academic year appointment pending continued availability of funds.We seek an
energetic and inspiring faculty member with a demonstrated emphasis in Storytelling who will grow our undergraduate programs in Storytelling and our master’s program in Communication and Storytelling Studies through teaching and alliance building with campus and community partners, such as the International Storytelling Center, National Storytelling Network, Mary B. Martin School of the Arts, and Story Collab). Our
new colleague should be able to help our students understand storytelling not only as folk and traditional art but also as contemporary practice with socially transformative potential and workplace applications.We are especially interested in candidates who have or are willing to develop an expertise in digital storytelling. The successful candidate must have a demonstrated ability as a performance storyteller and
possess strong academic credentials and experience in two or more of the following areas: performance studies; performance ethnography; narrative; oral history, applied storytelling; social justice; street, forum, or interactive theatre; arts-based research methods; storytelling for career preparation (e.g., interpretive biology, public history, environmental or natural resource interpretation, cultural heritage
interpretation).Teaching (50%) – The expected teaching load is a 2/3 (two in fall, three in spring) after accounting for a course release to compensate for the service obligations related to directing the Storytelling program. This tenure-track faculty member is expected to teach existing courses to undergraduates (e.g., Introduction to Storytelling, Storytelling Oral Traditions, Telling Personal Stories, Applied
Storytelling, Public Speaking, Communication Theory, etc.) and graduate students (e.g., Foundations of Storytelling Performance, Advanced Storytelling Performance, Applied Storytelling, History of Performance Traditions, etc.). Other duties of this position include developing and updating curricula, supervising and mentoring graduate assistants, and assisting with curricular assessments among other duties as
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