CVPA Integrative Arts Cohort Hire
James Madison University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts invites applications for an integrative arts cohort hire comprising 11 positions listed below. We conceive of integrative arts as combining artistic/disciplinary perspectives/practices around contemporary issues. This may include—but is not limited to—cross- inter-, multi-, and trans-disciplinary work. Our cohort will collaborate to develop courses, curricula, and research agendas that promote integrative arts and design practices and advance justice, equity, diversity, inclusion, and access (viewed through lenses that may include, but are not limited to culture, disability, ethnicity, gender, race, religion, sexuality, veteran status). These individuals will complement and expand CVPA strengths in anti-bias/anti-racist pedagogy, artmaking, arts and technology, community engagement, culturally-sustaining practice, design justice, design thinking, educator preparation, entrepreneurial thinking, and design- or arts-based research. In addition to primary appointments in one of the college’s three academic units, their work will be supported with a biennial course release to collaborate with cohort colleagues and interested current faculty members to develop integrative arts courses in CVPA’s Office of Creative Propulsion that enroll students within and beyond their academic unit.
Applicants will have a terminal degree in a relevant discipline, and the potential for vibrant, collaborative teaching and scholarship at our primarily undergraduate institution. Consideration may be given to ABDs at the advanced dissertation stage who exhibit particularly compelling records. Unless otherwise indicated in the position-specific required qualifications for each position, applicants with extensive professional experience in lieu of a relevant terminal degree may be considered, with the expectation that any successful candidate not holding a terminal degree must complete a relevant terminal degree prior to achieving tenure.
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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Art: Architectural Design (two positions)
The successful candidate will teach in a comprehensive and dynamic architectural design studio plus seminar and lecture courses related to architectural representation, history, and environmental systems. We seek a candidate who brings a vision and enthusiasm to these forward-thinking courses that use skills ranging from research, hand-drawing, and software proficiency, as well as digital and analog fabrication processes with a concentration on hybrid techniques. Applicants must demonstrate dexterity with and knowledge of contemporary global issues/practices in design communication and a commitment to heuristic education. In addition, the role of mentorship to undergraduate students is expected along with service to the design profession and academic community at JMU.
Lecturer in Art: Graphic Design
The successful candidate will teach in a comprehensive and rigorous curriculum in an undergraduate graphic design program that includes print, web, interactive, illustration, exhibition, packaging, and emerging media. We seek a candidate who wishes to participate in a collaborative community that fosters independent thought and creativity, embraces the diversity of cultural expression, and cultivates excellence in the making and understanding of graphic design.
Applicants must demonstrate a critical understanding of communication problem solving, innovative conceptual and strategic thinking, typographic application and structure, design theory, media technology, aesthetic execution, design process, and historical/contemporary trends. This individual must have expertise in two or more of the following: UI/UX design, web design, motion graphics, typography, brand identity, package design, design history, information design, the business of graphic design, social impact design, or publication design.
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Music: Jazz Piano
The School of Music seeks an artist-teacher to join a dynamic and growing Jazz Studies program. Our new colleague will collaborate with the current faculty to build a program that is just, equitable, and responsive to the needs of the 21st-century student. We are committed to diversifying and decolonizing our curricular offerings and performance activity.
Tenure-Track Assistant or Associate Professor of Music: Music Education
Our new colleague will join a dynamic, collaborative, and collegial team of music education faculty with extensive backgrounds in learning, making, and teaching music in ensemble-based choral and instrumental music settings. We are committed to expanding conceptions of music education by welcoming an individual who can help us innovate within these contexts and envision and enact new practices by leading critical dialogue and thoughtful engagement with stakeholders within and beyond the area and school. We will support this colleague in facilitating bold curricular changes that can help us enact a more responsive and equitable approach to music education that addresses well-documented disparities.
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Music: Music Theory
Our new colleague will join a dynamic, collaborative, and collegial team of theorists and composers who are working together to build a theory and aural skills curriculum that is just, equitable, and responsive to 21st-century students’ needs. We are committed to expanding the boundaries of music theory through learning from others, including those outside the discipline, and we are dedicated to supporting colleagues doing the same.
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Dance: Dance and Technology
The successful candidate will contribute to a comprehensive and rigorous curriculum with programs in Theatre, Dance, and Musical Theatre that develop artistic entrepreneurs. We seek someone enthusiastic about collaborating in a learning community that fosters independent thought and creativity, embraces the diversity of cultural expression, and cultivates excellence in the making and understanding of theatre and dance.
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Dance: Non-Eurocentric Contemporary Forms and Techniques
The successful candidate will contribute to a comprehensive and rigorous curriculum with programs in Theatre, Dance, and Musical Theatre that develop artistic entrepreneurs. We seek someone enthusiastic about collaborating in a learning community that fosters independent thought and creativity, embraces the diversity of cultural expression, and cultivates excellence in the making and understanding of theatre and dance. We are especially interested in candidates with backgrounds in non-Eurocentric and contemporary forms to contribute to a forward-facing curriculum.
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Theatre: Acting/Performance
The successful candidate will contribute to a comprehensive and rigorous curriculum with programs in Theatre, Dance, and Musical Theatre that develop artistic entrepreneurs. We seek someone enthusiastic about collaborating in a learning community that fosters independent thought and creativity, embraces the diversity of cultural expression, and cultivates excellence in making and understanding theatre and dance. We are especially interested in candidates who are versed in non-Eurocentric training techniques (e.g., Suzuki, Tai Chi, Asian performance) and/or performance with and for film and digital media (e.g., integrating video/digital media into performing, devising, or producing theatre). We welcome candidates who are excited to collaborate in reimagining our acting pedagogy, the structure of our performance concentration, and its broader relationship to the liberal arts curriculum.
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Theatre: Musical Theatre
The successful candidate will contribute to a comprehensive and rigorous curriculum with programs in Theatre, Dance, and Musical Theatre that develop artistic entrepreneurs. We seek someone enthusiastic about collaborating in a learning community that fosters independent thought and creativity, embraces the diversity of cultural expression, and cultivates excellence in the making and understanding of theatre and dance. We are especially interested in candidates enthusiastic about contributing to a forward-facing curriculum.
Lecturer in Theatre: Sound Design
The successful candidate will contribute to a comprehensive and rigorous curriculum with programs in Theatre, Dance, and Musical Theatre that develop artistic entrepreneurs. We seek someone enthusiastic about collaborating in a learning community that fosters independent thought and creativity, embraces the diversity of cultural expression, and cultivates excellence in the making and understanding of theatre and dance. The successful applicant will demonstrate expertise in sound engineering and sound design and a capability for producing professional, creative, and/or practice-based scholarship.
