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Assistant Professor of Art (Photography)

Employer
Amherst College
Location
Massachusetts, United States
Salary
Salary Not specified
Date posted
Oct 7, 2024
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Position Type
Faculty Positions, Arts, Art
Employment Level
Tenured/Tenured Track
Employment Type
Full Time

Job Details


Assistant Professor of Art (Photography)

The Department of Art and the History of Art invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in the area of photography. The appointment will begin on July 1, 2025.

Amherst College is one of the most diverse liberal arts colleges in the country. Nearly half of our students identify as domestic students of color, and another 11 percent are international, with non-U.S. citizenship; 16 percent are the first members of their families to attend college. Amherst is committed to providing financial aid that meets 100 percent of every student's demonstrated need, and nearly 60 percent of our students receive financial aid. Our expectation is that the successful candidate will excel at teaching and mentoring students who are broadly diverse with regard to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, nationality, sexual identity, and religion. Located in the Connecticut River Valley of western Massachusetts, Amherst participates with Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and with the University of Massachusetts in the Five College Consortium.

The department seeks a broad thinker and technically skilled photographer. The artist should be knowledgeable about both contemporary and historical practices in photography, conversant in the critical discourses related to the medium, and dedicated to teaching both established and experimental approaches in photography at all levels. In particular, we welcome applications from candidates with diverse perspectives who are adept in the use of both analog and digital photography, comfortable integrating the two in their teaching, and capable of mentoring students in interdisciplinary material-based practice. The artist's interests might include (but are not limited to) social practice, questions of intersectional identity, archival investigation, ecocriticism, and explorations of photography in the sphere of digital networks, artificial intelligence, performance, or installation art.

We are a department composed of artists and art historians, teaching both majors and non-majors in a liberal arts college with an open curriculum. Our studio arts facilities include a large photography darkroom, a film/photo/video equipment cage, a digital lab, and other spaces and resources that serve our classes in drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, fiber arts, sound art, installation, and film/video. Our new colleague will expose students to a broad spectrum of photographic practices and pedagogies, help them hone skills in visual literacy and critical assessment, and challenge them to develop strategies to realize interdisciplinary projects in inventive ways. As well as learning to create compelling and original photographic work, students gain insights that encourage an active, critical engagement with photographic images and a richer understanding of their cultural and political power. This enhanced analytical capacity is an essential tool for our students to engage in a meaningful and effective relationship with our culture and with democracy, underscoring the mission of an Amherst College education.

Responsibilities include teaching two courses per semester; advising students, including senior honors projects; maintaining and building an active exhibition record; overseeing the photography labs; and engaging in the life of the department and the college.

The position requires an M.F.A. degree or the professional equivalent, at least two years of teaching experience, and an established exhibition record. Applicants are asked to submit the following materials to https://apply.interfolio.com/147671 : a CV, a letter of interest that summarizes the candidate's approach to both artmaking and teaching, twenty images and/or videos of work (video samples should not exceed three minutes each), two to three sample syllabi, up to twenty examples of student work (if available), and the contact information for three references. Review of applications will begin on October 15, 2024, and continue until the position is filled. References will be contacted after the first round of interviews.

Amherst College is an equal opportunity employer and encourages persons of all genders, persons of color, and persons with disabilities to apply. The college is committed to enriching its educational experience and its culture through the diversity of its faculty, administration, and staff.

Amherst College
Department of Art and the History of Art
17 Fayerweather Drive, Room 107
Amherst, MA 01002-5000
www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/art

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Amherst College

Amherst College prepares students to make a difference in the world. Our financial aid program is among the most substantial in the nation, and our student body is among the most diverse. At Amherst, you are part of a lively, inquisitive, devoted community of students, faculty, staff, and alumni who find inspiration in one another and in the process of learning.

Since our 1821 founding, Amherst has demonstrated steadfast confidence in the value of the liberal arts and the importance of critical thinking. Small classes, an open curriculum and a singular focus on undergraduate education ensure that leading scholars engage daily with talented, curious students, equipping them for leadership in an increasingly global and complex world.

Offering competitive compensation packages and a multitude of programs and services for staff, Amherst works to enrich the working life and support the well-being of each and every employee.

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