Assistant Professor, TT - Journalism in Sports, Culture and Social Justice

Date Posted	August 25, 2025
Industry	Academia
Specialty	Not Specified
Required Education	Master's Degree
Job Status	Full-time
Salary	Not Specified

Description:

The Division of Humanities, Social Sciences, Media and Arts at Morehouse College invites applications for a faculty position as an Assistant Professor in the Journalism in Sports, Culture and Social Justice Department to start August 2026. The department seeks a candidate whose area of research and expertise is in investigative journalism or narrative journalism with investigative features. Candidates should be well versed in the practice of journalistic storytelling, teaching journalism, and must be able to demonstrate a commitment to learning and expanding their knowledge of a constantly changing industry.

The department seeks a journalist and educator who incorporates the values of legacy journalism with innovation to train, engage, and produce impact-driven 21st Century storytelling. The ideal candidate brings expertise in one of the department’s curricular tracks: Sports, Arts and Culture, or Social Justice. Applicant’s work should convey complex information in accessible ways, with subject matter that includes the intersection of race, culture, and social issues.

We are looking for a colleague who thinks creatively about their teaching, engages in scholarship, and can be committed to the mission of Morehouse College—to develop men with disciplined minds who lead lives of leadership and service by emphasizing the intellectual and character development of its students and by assuming a special responsibility for teaching the history and culture of Black people. The ideal candidate will contribute to a curriculum that has shifted from the silos of newspaper journalism (print, photo, video) to a model that trains all students in reporting, story creation and production in sports, culture, and/or social justice.

The Journalism in Sports, Culture and Social Justice department has been a major at the College since 2021 and offers a broad range of courses, including collaborative courses through the HBCU consortium and projects through the Solutions Journalism Network, the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting or other interdisciplinary partners. Applicants should have experience teaching a diverse group of students, including non-majors.

Candidates for this position will be expected to teach, advise students, and participate in experiential learning activities (such as The Maroon Tiger student-led news website, projects initiated through the multimedia lab, or media content creation from study abroad experiences or the annual NABJ convention). The successful candidate will also be expected to support the college’s general education curriculum.

For full consideration, complete applications should be submitted by October 15, 2025.

Questions may be directed to the Department Chair at JOURSearch@morehouse.edu

Teaching Responsibility:  

Candidates for this position will be expected to teach 6 courses a year. In addition, active engagement in scholarship, student advising, and participation in experiential learning activities.

Required Qualifications: 

A master’s degree with significant work experience as a working journalist is expected

An official transcript verifying credentials will be required of the selected candidate.

Preferred Qualifications: 

Ph.D. or terminal degree in Journalism or a media-related field.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

Evidence of media-related scholarship/creative work and a research agenda sufficient to secure tenure and promotion at the College.

Evidence of curriculum development or teaching that incorporates pedagogy which applies to today’s media landscape.

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