Job: Art Historian, African Art and Visual Culture, U of N. Texas,
01/08
Rank and Salary: Assistant Professor, Full-time, Tenure-track. Salary
commensurate with experience.
Starting Date: August, 2008
Qualifications: Candidate must have a Ph.D. by July 2008 in art history
or a related field with a concentration in African art and visual
culture. Other than African-American art, a secondary area, if relevant,
might complement existing faculty members' teaching and research
fields in Medieval, 18th/19th Century, 20th/21st Century, Middle
Eastern, South Asian, and Latin American. Teaching experience beyond the
level of teaching assistant is highly desirable.
Responsibilities: Teach undergraduate and graduate art history courses
in the area of specialty and participate in teaching rotations for the
second part of the art history survey as well as undergraduate
methodologies and a senior capstone seminar. Establish a program of
research that leads to publication and seek external funding. Additional
duties include advising undergraduate and graduate students and service
to the College and University.
Application: Send letter of intent, CV, a one-page statement of
teaching philosophy, samples of course syllabi,a professional sample of
writing, three letters of recommendation as well as the current
addresses, e-mail addresses and phone numbers for each recommender to:
Jennifer Way (940) 565-4029
Chair, Art History Search Committee JWay@UNT.edu
College of Visual Arts and Design
University of North Texas
UNT Box 305100
Denton, Texas 76203-5100
Deadline: Review of applications begins January 7, 2008.
The Program: The art history program consists of six
tenured/tenure-track faculty members who work with approximately 75
undergraduate majors and 30 Master's degree students with an
integrated approach to its Western and Non-Western offerings. In
addition to its undergraduate and graduate degrees, a post-baccalaureate
certification in art museum education is also available.
The Setting: The University of North Texas, with over 34,000 students,
is located in Denton just north of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Denton
metropolitan area. The College of Visual Arts and Design operates
facilities in Denton, Dallas, and Fort Worth. The College is one of the
largest and most comprehensive visual arts programs in the Southwest.
With over 2,300 undergraduate students and 120 graduate students, it
offers the BA, BFA, MA, MFA in 14 program areas: art education, art
history, ceramics, communication design, drawing and painting,
watercolor, fashion design, fibers, interior design, metalsmithing and
jewelry, photography, printmaking, sculpture, interdisciplinary art and
design studies, and visual arts studies with a Ph.D. offered in art
education. The Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area has rich cultural
offerings that provide excellent research and professional opportunities
for students and faculty. Among the many museums are the Amon Carter
Museum, African-American Museum, Trammell and Margaret Crow Collection
of Asian Art, Dallas Museum of Art, Kimbell Art Museum, Meadows Museum,
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and Nasher Sculpture Center. The
collections of the African-American Museum and Dallas Museum of Art,
Dallas; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth; The Menil Collection, Museum of
Fine Arts and Texas Southern University, Houston and Museum of Texas
Tech, Lubbock, include African art. Information about The College and
University can be found at www.art.unt.edu and www.unt.edu.
UNT is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
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