Assistant/Associate Professor of Acting
- Employer
- University of Cincinnati
- Location
- Ohio, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not specified
- Date posted
- Dec 21, 2021
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Arts, Performing Arts
- Employment Level
- Tenured/Tenured Track
- Employment Type
- Full Time
Assistant/Associate
Professor of Acting
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Job Overview
The University of Cincinnati
College-Conservatory of Music seeks an experienced teacher of
acting for a tenure track faculty appointment in its celebrated BFA
Acting program to begin in August of 2022. Rank and salary will be
commensurate with credentials within college guidelines. Initial
appointment is three years and faculty member is then eligible for
reappointment. The Department of Acting is comprised of
approximately sixty (60) students, with five full-time faculty and
ten adjunct faculty. Collaborating with the Department of Theatre
Design and Production and other programs across the Conservatory,
the Department of Acting annually presents at least three plays, as
well as various other offerings including staged readings, devised
works, short films, and radio plays.
Essential Functions
Teaching duties for
this position will include undergraduate courses such as Acting I,
II, III, or IV in the BFA Acting program. These classes will
include instruction in contemporary acting training and performance
techniques, as well as courses based upon the expertise of the
successful candidate in devised theatre, movement, voice, or acting
for the camera. This candidate will be expected to join the rest of
the faculty in the development of curriculum in Black, Latinx,
Asian/Asian American, and/or Indigenous Native American
theatre/performance, with application of culturally responsive
pedagogy.
The successful candidate will direct plays and/or other works as part of the production season for our ever-increasingly diverse student body from a repertoire that includes both classics as well as contemporary socially relevant theatre.
In addition to teaching, the successful candidate will advise and mentor students, maintain a vibrant professional, creative and/or scholarly research agenda, and provide ongoing service to the university and profession. This position requires active departmental, divisional, and college participation, including student recruitment, committee work, and season planning. All tenure-track faculty must actively pursue professional development within their field, through attending trainings or conferences, and similarly University-based trainings or conferences, to maintain their fluency with current industry practice, trends in pedagogy, and the various mediums of opportunities for actors.
Minimum Qualifications
Prior to the
effective date of the appointment, the successful candidate must
have received an MFA in Acting or another theatre discipline, such
as directing, and a total of five years of experience. Such
experience must encompass five years of professional theater
experience as an actor or director as well as three academic years
of university level teaching experience in the area of acting,
which can, but need not, be contemporaneous to the professional
theater experience.
Deadline: Application review will begin on January 31, 2022, though applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
Application Process: Applicants should submit their materials electronically at https://bit.ly/3s3BO4s. The application should include a cover letter, current curriculum vitae or resume, a statement of teaching philosophy, a statement about the candidate’s views on how equity, diversity, and inclusion align with their academic and professional experience, and a list of three professional references with contact information. Finalists for the position will be expected to demonstrate their knowledge and instructional capability by teaching CCM undergraduate acting students in their areas of expertise.
BACKGROUND
The CCM Department of Acting is
part of the Division of Theatre Arts, Production, and Arts
Administration, which has seventy (70) members on its faculty and
staff, and includes world-class programs in Acting, Opera, Musical
Theatre, Dance, and Theatre Design and Production. CCM Acting
offers conservatory undergraduate BFA training, and produces
mainstage and studio plays, a New Works Festival, radio plays, and
a variety of other projects from year to year. Historically,
graduating seniors present a series of showcase performances in New
York, Cincinnati and online.
The Acting Department is a collegial department of five core faculty. They are committed to cultivating equity, diversity, and inclusion at the departmental, divisional, college, and university levels, and to the values of transparency and tolerance. Putting its pedagogy into practice in professional endeavors, they bring industry experience to bear in the classroom. All faculty are versatile artists and teachers, and to that end, are able to shift and adapt teaching assignments to make space for the unique expertise and skill sets of a new colleague.
The University of Cincinnati is the 10th largest research institution in the country. The New York Times has called CCM "one of the nation's leading conservatories,” while the ascendancy of CCM Acting's national reputation warranted Backstage Magazine to cite CCM Acting as one of the "top ten programs to watch." In 2000, the College completed a six-year, $100 million expansion and renovation of its physical plant, which provided CCM with one of the most comprehensive arts training facilities in the United States. Its performance programs are internationally known, and CCM Acting graduates work nationally in theatre, television, film, and in commercial media.
FOR ALL FACULTY HIRES OFFICIAL ACADEMIC TRANSCRIPTS WILL BE
REQUIRED AT THE TIME OF HIR
The University of Cincinnati, as a multi-national and culturally diverse university, is committed to providing an inclusive, equitable and diverse place of learning and employment. As part of a complete job application you will be asked to include a Contribution to Diversity and Inclusion statement.
As a UC employee, and an employee of an Ohio public institution, if hired you will not contribute to the federal Social Security system, other than contributions to Medicare. Instead, UC employees have the option to contribute to a state retirement plan (OPERS, STRS) or an alternative retirement plan (ARP).
The University of Cincinnati is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer / Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran.
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