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Assistant Professor, Theatre Arts

Employer
Towson University
Location
Maryland, United States
Salary
Salary Not Specified
Date posted
Mar 4, 2022

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Position Type
Faculty Positions, Arts, Performing Arts
Employment Type
Full Time

Towson University (www.towson.edu) was founded in 1866, is recognized by U. S. News & World Report as one of the top public universities in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, is Baltimore’s largest university, and is the largest public, comprehensive institution in the University of Maryland System. TU enrolls over 19,000 undergraduates and over 3,000 graduate students across six academic colleges (business, education, fine arts, health professions, liberal arts, science & mathematics), has almost 900 full-time faculty, and offers more than 65 Bachelor’s, 45 Master’s, and 5 Doctoral programs. Our centrally located campus sits on 330 rolling green acres and is 10 miles north of Baltimore, 45 miles north of Washington, D.C., and 95 miles south of Philadelphia.

COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION
Department of Theatre Arts
Assistant Professor, Theatre Arts
Tenure-track, 9-month Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre Arts beginning August 2022. This new faculty member will specialize in Black performance and creative practice. MFA or Ph.D. in Theatre or related field. A demonstrated record of successful teaching. A record of successful directing/theatre making. Candidates should show the potential for ongoing creative or scholarly work. The successful candidate will bring experience in directing and other forms of theatre making. Additional specialization in outreach to the community and educating teaching artists is preferred. Candidate with a demonstrated record of successful college-level teaching and whose work demonstrates a commitment to issues of social justice and diversity, equity, and inclusion in theatre are particularly encouraged to apply. Faculty are assigned an instructional workload of six (6) course units per academic year for the first year. Beginning in the second year, the workload is the standard instructional workload of seven (7) course units per academic year. Directing a mainstage production for the department counts as teaching one course. In addition to new courses the candidate will develop, a successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to teach the existing African American Theatre course and should be able to teach some of the following existing undergraduate and graduate courses: Community Outreach in Theatre, Towson Theatre Infusion (field experience for teaching artists), Performance and Society, graduate Final Project supervision, Directing 1, Script Analysis. Regularly directing in the Theatre Arts Department’s mainstage season is required. An active and sustained program of producing and disseminating creative activity/scholarship is required. Student advising, and service to the department, college, university, and the community/profession are also expected. Review of applications begins immediately and continues until the position is filled. COFAC-3549

For detailed information on this position, please visit: http://www.towson.edu/provost/prospective/openpositions.html

A Criminal Background Investigation is required for the hired candidate and the results may impact employment.

The safety of our students, faculty, staff, and neighbors has been our top priority and the focus of every one of our decisions since the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The University System of Maryland (USM) has recently determined that mandating a COVID vaccine for all faculty, staff, and students at all schools in the USM is both a reasonable and necessary means of protecting our health and safety. As s prospective hire at TU, proof of your full COVID-19 vaccination must be demonstrated before you begin employment with the University.

Please be sure to visit the Applicant Data Form (https://www.towson.edu/inclusionequity/diversity/ employment/data.html) to complete a voluntary on-line applicant data form. The information you provide will inform the university’s affirmative action plan and is for statistical-related purposes only. The information will not be used for any other purpose.

Towson University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and has a strong institutional commitment to diversity, as detailed in A More Inclusive TU: Advancing Equity and Diversity (2020 – 25). TU is a national leader in inclusive excellence, the only institution in Maryland with zero achievement gap, and 68% growth in minority enrollment over the past 5 years. We encourage application from a variety of (dis)abilities, cultural, ethnic, race, sex, gender identity/expression, national origin, age, veteran status, color, religious, socio-economic, sexual orientation and belief backgrounds.

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