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Assistant Professor - Art History 

Marshall University (Huntington, WV) 

Posted: February 8, 2010

Full-time, Tenure-Track. PhD in art history or ABD with significant progress toward PhD required. Begins August 2010. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Responsibilities: Teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels and oversee individualized graduate research and creative activity. Related duties include academic advising, curriculum development, budgeting, developing and maintaining visual resources, keeping regular office hours and service to the university and community.

Required: Collaborative and creative generalist with strength in modern and contemporary art, effective written and oral skills and capacity to effectively inspire majors and non-majors. Ability and ambition to develop additional courses in area of research expertise with evidence of computer proficiency and significant and ongoing scholarly work are central.

Preferred: The university places a high priority on candidates who can contribute to the general education curriculum with core courses stressing critical thinking and a common First Year Seminar and develop and deliver art criticism or theory, non-western art or visual culture courses. Training and/or experience in online teaching, grant writing and student recruitment and retention are also valued.

Formal review of applications begins March 15, 2010, and the search will remain open until the position is filled.

To Apply:

Applicants must submit: a) Letter of application, b) CV, c) statement of teaching philosophy, d) example of scholarly writing, e) sample syllabi, f) names and contact information for three references (no letters), g) transcripts, and h) a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return of materials. Send dossier to: 
Candidates interviewing on campus must have official transcripts (undergraduate and graduate) forwarded by their degree granting institutions directly to the chair of the search committee.

Marshall University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.  For more information about the department, visit www.marshall.edu/cofa/art or call 304-696-6760.

Assistant Professor - Art History (Modern/Contemporary)

University of North Carolina (Pembroke, NC) 

Posted: January 20, 2010

The University of North Carolina at Pembroke seeks a tenure track, full-time art historian specializing in Modern and Contemporary Art.  The ideal candidate will have the ability to teach Native American Art, theory and criticism, and a variety of courses covering Renaissance through contemporary, including Native American, the second part of a two-semester survey and possibly art appreciation.  The successful applicant will begin fall 2010 subject to budgetary approval.

Qualifications: Ph.D. in Art History required by time of appointment. For rank of associate or full professor an established publication record is required.

Responsibilities: Teach four courses each semester.  Participate in professional, departmental and university activities, including advisement and assessment.  Community activities are required for positive performance evaluations. Assist with curriculum development and long range planning working closely with the Art History Coordinator.

Department Information: The Department of Art includes 10 full-time faculty, 1 Visiting Painting Professor/Artist in Residence, and 9 adjuncts. The Department offers a Bachelor of Arts in Art (with primary areas in ceramics, digital, drawing, painting, printmaking and sculpture); a Bachelors of Arts in Art Education (K-12); a Master of Arts in Art Education, and an MAT with Art Education specialization, as well as minors in Media Integration Studies and in Art History.

To Apply:

Applicants must use the UNCP Online Employment System at https://jobs.uncp.edu/.  Attach letter of interest, vita and teaching philosophy. Please mail 3 letters of reference, transcripts, writing samples and SASE (if needed) to the attention of: 
Review of applications will begin Feb. 26th.  Applications will be accepted until position is filled.

UNCP Pembroke is an equal employment/affirmative action employer. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply. UNCP complies with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. AA/EEO.

Assistant Professor - Painting / Drawing

Marshall University (Huntington, WV)

Posted: December 30, 2009

Full-time, Tenure-Track. MFA in Painting, or equivalent terminal degree required. Begins August 2010. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Responsibilities: Teach at the undergraduate level and oversee individualized graduate research and creative activity. Related duties include academic advising, curriculum development, budgeting, facility management, and service to the university and community.

Required: Collaborative and creative thinker/worker with effective written and verbal communication skills, ability to teach a wide-range of courses using traditional and contemporary painting and drawing media, and evidence of computer proficiency and significant and ongoing scholarly, creative, and/or client-based work.

Preferred: Priority given to candidates with college/university teaching experience in painting and drawing who demonstrate interest, ability or experience to develop and/or deliver interdisciplinary courses in lecture, seminar and online environments.  The university places a high priority on candidates who can contribute to the general education curriculum with core courses stressing critical thinking and a common First Year Seminar.  Training and/or experience in grant writing and student recruitment and retention are also strongly desired.

To Apply:

Formal review of applications begins February 1, 2010, and the search will remain open until the position is filled. Applicants must submit: a) Letter of application, b) CV, c) twenty samples of personal creative work and twenty samples of student work on CD or DVD, d) a statement on personal creative work, e) a statement of teaching philosophy, f) sample syllabi, g) names and contact information for three references (no letters), h) transcripts, and i) a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return of materials. Send dossier to: 
Candidates interviewing on campus must have official transcripts (undergraduate and graduate) forwarded by their degree granting institutions directly to the chair of the search committee.

Marshall University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.  For more information about the department, visit www.marshall.edu/cofa/art or call 304-696-6760.

Multiple Positions

Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts in Qatar (Doha, Qatar) 

Posted: November 10, 2009

VCU Qatar seeks qualified applicants for the following positions: (please follow the links for the position descriptions, qualifications and application processes)

Director of Graduate Studies
Design Foundation (Drawing) Teaching & Research Faculty
Design Foundation (Time) Teaching & Research Faculty
Graphic Design (Environmental/Exhibition/Packaging) Teaching & Research Faculty
Art History Teaching & Research Faculty (2 Positions to be filled)
Fashion Teaching & Research Faculty (2 Positions to be filled)
MFA in Design Studies Teaching & Research Faculty (2 Positions to be filled)
Graphic Design (Photography) Teaching & Research Faculty
Director of Painting & Printmaking
Painting & Printmaking Teaching & Research Faculty
Painting & Printmaking Technician (2 Positions to be filled)
Materials Curator

VCUQatar (www.qatar.vcu.edu) is an undergraduate and graduate degree granting campus of Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts, ranked by U.S. News and World Report as the leading art and design program among all U.S. public universities. Located in Doha, the capital city of Qatar, VCUQatar is affiliated with the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science, and Community Development (www.qf.org.qa). Celebrating ten years of operation in 2008, VCUQatar offers BFA degrees in Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Interior Design and Painting and Printmaking, and an MFA degree in Design Studies. The majority of students are from the Gulf region with approximately 30% international. The School is fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art & Design, The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and the Council for Interior Design Accreditation. VCUQatar has substantial involvement with the emerging design industries in Qatar and is a significant catalyst for that growth.

VCUQatar benefits from a funding situation that allows it to be driven by innovative programmatic needs rather than typical fiscal constraints. Externally funded student and faculty research opportunities are expanding with the rapid development of Qatar, now among the wealthiest countries in the world based upon per capita GDP. (www.qnrf.org) The VCUQatar Center for Research in Design has a contract to design the Qatar military uniforms; is involved in the World Design Report with Icograda; has research funding to develop portable, sustainable architecture for labor housing; and is expanding its collaboration with faculty and external partners. The school is the center for design education in the country by emphasizing design entrepreneurship and design awareness through lectures, exhibitions, and conferences, such as the international conference “Tasmeem Doha”.

VCUQatar’s full-time faculty and administrative staff of 120 (60% female), instruct a coed student body of 215. The school maintains an enviable student/faculty ratio of 10:1. Housed in a 96,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility, the school has 123,000 square foot addition that will open in Fall 2010. VCUQatar was the first campus established in Education City, a unique 2,500 acre campus community. VCUQatar has since been joined by Carnegie-Mellon University (Business and Computer Science), Cornell University’s Weill School of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, Northwestern University (Journalism and Communication), and Texas A & M University (Engineering). Education City is able to continue increasing its international presence as Qatar remains one of the healthiest economies in the Gulf region.

Qatar is a liberal, hospitable and progressive country in the Arabian Gulf. English is the standard second language and the population of Qatar is approximately 1.65 million and growing – 350,000 Qatari, 15,000 US citizens, the remainder expatriates. Doha with a population of 980,000 has all the conveniences found in a contemporary city, and also maintains a traditional Arab flavor, evident in the old markets and the city’s Islamic Arab architecture. The new Museum of Islamic Art, designed by I.M.Pei opened in November 2008. The US Embassy considers Qatar among the safest countries in the world for Americans.  

Benefits:

To Apply:

Qualified applicants who have a record of achievement appropriate to VCUQatar should submit a letter of interest with a curriculum vitae, transcripts, and the names of three references including email and telephone contact information to Ryan Ellington (rfellington@vcu.edu), Human Resources Administrator. Certain positions will require 20 examples of personal work and 20 examples of student work, please reference position links for complete application process.  Electronic submissions will be accepted. Review of applications continues until positions are filled.

Virginia Commonwealth University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Women, minorities and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

For more information on VCUQatar and this unique international opportunity, please visit www.vcu.edu/arts/employment/qatar