Tenure-Track positions in Metals/Jewelry, Ceramics, Kinetic Imaging-Animation/Game Art

Located in Kalamazoo, Western Michigan University College of Fine Arts is one of eight schools in the nation with all of its programs nationally accredited: the Gwen Frostic School of Art, the Department of Dance, the School of Music, and the Department of Theatre. State-of-the-art facilities for learning and professional practice are comparable to other schools nationally with similar mission and scope. With a student body of approximately 1,200, the entering class regularly has the highest academic profile of any college at WMU. For detailed information about the college, please visit: http://wmich.edu/finearts

Recruitment for each position will continue until each is filled:

Assistant/Associate Professor, Kinetic Imaging, Tenure Track, Academic Year (Posting # 0605816). In addition to being the inaugural coordinator of the Kinetic Imaging program and participating in the hiring of additional faculty, successful candidates must be able to teach courses in Animation or Game Art through a diversity of perspectives, to make connections across the curriculum fostering interdisciplinary studio practice, to maintain an active research record and participate in appropriate service to the institution, among other duties.

Assistant Professor, Metals/Jewelry, Tenure-Track, Academic Year (Posting # 0605818). In addition to teaching of three courses per Fall and Spring semester at all undergraduate levels in the metals/jewelry program, interdisciplinary studio art courses, and foundation art program, successful candidates must be able to teach metalsmithing through a diversity of perspectives, to make connections across the curriculum while fostering interdisciplinary studio practice, and to maintain an active research and exhibition record and participate in appropriate service to the institution, among other duties.

Assistant Professor Ceramics, Tenure-Track, Academic Year (Posting # 0605817). In addition to providing students with the foundational discipline and professional skills to succeed in their careers as artists, crafts persons and designers, success candidates are expected to introduce students to essential proficiencies in all facets of professional practice within the ceramic arts, teach three courses per Fall and Spring semesters, and participate in appropriate service to the institution, among other duties.

For specific details about each of these positions, please visit: https://www.wmujobs.org

WMU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Minorities, women, veterans, individuals with disabilities and all other qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.