Communication Studies and Theatre Adjunct

Job Description

Brightpoint Community College is a two-year public institution of higher education and is the third largest of Virginia’s 23 community colleges. The college is located within the Greater Richmond metropolitan area.

Our mission is to provide quality educational opportunities that inspire student success and community vitality. We envision a success story for every student.

The Division of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at Brightpoint Community College augments full-time teaching faculty with qualified part-time instructors to enhance the student learning process.

Adjunct Faculty teaching is limited to a maximum of 8 credit hours in the summer semester, 12 credit hours in the fall semester, and 12 credit hours in the spring semester.

To provide primarily on-campus, traditional delivery on the Chester and Midlothian campuses of the college, with limited opportunities for online instruction.

• Acting I, II, III, & IV
• Acting for the Camera
• Basic Lighting
• Costume Construction
• Costume Design
• Film Appreciation I
• History of Theatre I & II
• Improvisation I & II
• Introduction to Communication
• Introduction to Make-Up for the Theatre
• Introduction to the Theatre
• Movement I & II
• Principles of Public Speaking
• Public Relations
• Scenic Design
• Stagecraft
• Survey of Mass Media
• Theatre Aesthetics
• Voice and Diction I & II
• Writing Across Media

Minimum of a master’s degree in the discipline or master’s degree in related field with 18 graduate semester hours of coursework in Communication or Theatre.

Prior teaching experience at the postsecondary level and ability to use instructional technologies are preferred.

The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, political affiliation, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or other non-merit factors.