Assistant Professor - Drawing and Foundations

The Department of Art + Design at Central Washington University (Ellensburg, WA) invites applications for a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor in Drawing and Foundations.  The department is seeking a candidate who demonstrates a strong commitment to student success while teaching a student body that is diverse with respect to socioeconomic status, race, culture, academic interests, and career paths. The candidate will be committed to maintaining an environment of diversity, equity, and inclusion.  

The successful candidate will teach all levels of undergraduate courses in Foundations and Drawing while also overseeing all foundations courses being taught within the department. The candidate is expected to take an active role in developing and maintaining the foundations curriculum.  Additional responsibilities include program assessment, student advising, service on departmental, college and university committees, the supervision of studio facilities, serving as a mentor to non-tenure track faculty, and teaching Foundations and Drawing courses and/or special topics courses as needed. All faculty members are expected to maintain a strong record of professional and creative development. The position will be at the assistant professorial rank with a 9-month contract and the expectation of teaching 2-3 courses per quarter per academic year. We're offering a salary, depending on education and experience, from $61,999 - $64,500 plus the awesome CWU benefits. CWU is an EEO/AA/Title IX/Veteran/Disability institution.

To apply for this position, you must complete the on-line application at careers.cwu.edu and attach:

• A detailed cover letter clearly demonstrating how your education and experience: (a) meet the required (and, as applicable, preferred) qualifications, and (b) have prepared you to perform the responsibilities as described by the posting;
• Curriculum Vitae; 
• A statement addressing your teaching philosophies with specific reference to the stated required and preferred qualifications;
• Portfolio of recent work with annotated image list in a multipage PDF document (one file not to exceed 20 MB and 20 images);
• Portfolio of student work with annotated image list in a multipage PDF document (one file not to exceed 20 MB and 20 images);
• Optional external video links of candidate's work can also be provided. These links should be connected to the videos rather than to a website. Any links provided must be public (not password protected) at the time of submission. Video excerpts should be a maximum of five minutes in length. Submit links in separate PDF or Word document;
• Diversity statement describing your experiences with and thoughts about promoting diversity and fostering equity as both an artist and a teacher and how your work will further CWU's commitment to diversity;
• and Names, addresses (including email) and telephone numbers of three professional references, including an indication of their relationship with you.