Assistant Professor of Communications & Theater​/Drama Advisor

Position Summary

Current Pierce College Tenured and Permanent Status Faculty Priority Deadline is 1 week before the posted closing date. For more details, please see:

Join our Racial Equity-Centered College! Pierce College District is student-centered and mission-driven to ensure that all our students thrive and reach their fullest potential. As an institution committed to antiracism, we are action-oriented and intentional in dismantling every systemic barrier that prevents Black and Brown student excellence and liberation.

As Pierce College deepens its commitment to racial equity, it is of the highest priority that we focus our tenure-track and permanent status faculty hiring process to seek faculty with the expertise to lead our institution in serving Black and Brown students. This cluster hire is an opportunity for the college community to continue to act upon our values but more importantly for the empowering of our students' self‑efficacy, for cultivating sense of belonging, and for the diversity of our entire student body, especially Black and Brown students, being reflected in a position of power in the classroom.

Learn more about Pierce's faculty cluster hire here: . We are excited to invite you to bring your lived experiences and authentic selves to contribute to discourse and action in supporting Black and Brown students.

The Pierce College communications and theatre department is a growing department that serves students throughout performing arts and communication studies. Courses include journalism, mass media, public speaking, intercultural communications, organizational communication, acting, and stage craft which prepare students for success in their career pathways. The communications department is essential to our students’ successful completion within our certificate, associate, and new bachelor's degree programs.

The Communications/Drama department is fully engaged in the equity work of the college to serve our diverse community of learners to thrive in an evolving world. The shows and performances not only provide our students with the experience of performing diverse repertoire but also provides our community a space for expansive and inclusive artistic expression. The successful candidate will also be joining committed equity educators within the division and the college as we engage the arts to celebrate excellence in cultural expression while also interrogating past cultural inequities.

This position will lead the vision and execution of theatrical performances at the college. A successful candidate will collaborate with artists in the community, students across the district, and colleagues across the campuses to produce a diverse spectrum of performances with a focus on Black and Brown excellence. This position will be responsible for requesting and managing the student activities theatre budget and resources on an annual basis.

Pierce College is an innovative community college striving to re-envision our institution through an antiracist framework to advance equity in student engagement and learning. We value student learning experiences that foster inclusion and intercultural engagement in the classroom and that expand into our local and global communities. Faculty, staff, and administrators work collaboratively to lead initiatives that advance equitable student success: from closing areas of inequity to building guided career pathways.

The college serves over 15,000 students in basic skills, transfer, and professional technical programs. Through continuous efforts, we have improved retention rates by 17% and graduation rates by 89%. This year, Pierce was again named a top community college by several national organizations.

Pierce College employees and students live and work in various communities that offer the diverse cultural and environmental benefits of rural, suburban, and urban lifestyles in the Pacific Northwest. As part of the community and technical college system in Washington State, the District includes Pierce College Fort Steilacoom, Pierce College Puyallup, Pierce College at Joint Base Lewis‑McChord, as well as other…