Northwestern Qatar is a globally embedded institution: it is one of three campuses of Northwestern University (Chicago, Doha, Evanston) and one of several institutions in the Qatar Foundation’s Education City in Doha, Qatar. Our mission is to mentor and educate students to become creative, ethical, and impactful communicators across cultural and national boundaries. We are committed to a vibrant student life, academic excellence, and high-level undergraduate student research and media-making, particularly on the Global South. Located at the confluence of continents, Northwestern Qatar is a diverse global community with 450 students from 59 countries.
The school is currently conducting the following faculty searches:
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor of Race and Colonialism in the Global South
A faculty appointment working in the field of critical race studies broadly understood, and with an emphasis on the Global South, to be appointed in the Liberal Arts Program. We seek candidates with an active research program that focuses on constructions of race in non-Western contexts, and/or the impact of colonialism on social relations in the Global South. Preference given to scholars whose research is comparative or transnational, who investigate questions of anti-blackness in the non-Western world (particularly in the geographic regions of Asia and Africa, particularly the West Asia and North Africa region), who include gender in their analysis, and who have linguistic competence and field experience in their research area.
Assistant Professor in Digital Culture
A full-time faculty appointment in digital culture, with a methodological emphasis on humanistic approaches to digital media and culture and a primary regional focus on the Arab world, within the broader context of the Global South, to be jointly appointed to the Liberal Arts and Communication Programs. We seek candidates with an active research program on digital culture in the West Asia and North Africa region, particularly Arab countries. Preference given to scholars whose research is comparative or transnational, who investigate questions of identity, values, aesthetics, affect, ethics, and who have linguistic competence and field experience in their research area.
Assistant Professor in Performance Studies
Candidates should have an active research and/or performance program that focuses on theater, music, dance, media making. Preference given to scholars whose work is comparative or transnational, who investigate questions of performance from critical and interdisciplinary perspectives, who include race and/or gender in their analysis, and who have linguistic competence and field experience in their area of research.
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Global Journalism
Candidates should have an active research program that focuses on journalism in the West Asia and North Africa region, particularly Arab countries. Preference given to scholars whose research is comparative or transnational, who investigate questions of media work and journalistic authority in relationship to politics and society, who focus on digital journalism and/or misinformation, who include ethics, gender and/or race in their analysis, and who have linguistic competence and field experience in their research area.
Assistant Professor in Strategic Communication
A faculty appointment with a primary focus on the Global South, to be appointed to the Journalism and Strategic Communication Program. We seek candidates with an active research program in strategic communication in the West Asia and North Africa region (particularly Arab countries), South and Southeast Asia, or Sub-Saharan Africa. Preference will be given to scholars whose research is comparative or transnational, who investigate questions of influence, propaganda, or misinformation, and who have linguistic competence and field experience in their research area.
Assistant Professor in Data Reporting
A full-time faculty appointment in data reporting, with a primary regional focus on Arab countries, to be appointed in the Journalism and Strategic Communication program. We seek candidates with strong and recent industry experience and a demonstrated record of successful professional practice, preferably in newspapers, who are experienced with the methods of data journalism, both in news gathering and storytelling, including data processing, analysis, and visualization. Knowledge of the legal and ethical issues in investigative reporting is also preferred, including familiarity with cybercrime and other content-based laws in the West Asia and North African region, particularly Arab countries.
RéFDocSIC - Réseau Francilien des Doctorant.e.s et Docteur.e.s en Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication 