Assistant Professor of Art (Ceramics and Art History) Tenure-Track Position
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Franklin College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor of Art to begin in August 2023. We provide a strong, active, and tailored liberal arts education through small class sizes and intentional relationships between students and their faculty mentors. Located about 20 miles from downtown Indianapolis, we support purposeful and practical academic experiences in and out of the classroom that leverage this location as students pursue personal, intellectual, and professional growth. Please see http://www.FranklinCollege.edu for more details.
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The ideal candidate specializes in Ceramics and can teach Art History. Teaching responsibilities also include one intensive January term every three years and one First-Year Seminar every other year. Service responsibilities include but are not limited to academic advising, assisting with recruitment, participating in various campus art events and exhibitions, and supervising art majors completing ceramics internships. Ceramics Studio responsibilities include the maintenance and oversight of the ceramics studio, including clay mixing, potter’s wheels, electric kiln maintenance, kiln loading, and firing student work.
The following are required:
• MFA in Ceramics
• Evidence of their ability to effectively deliver college-level instruction in Ceramics—teaching beginning through advanced hand-building and wheel-throwing ceramics courses
• Ability to teach a selection of survey art history courses from ancient to contemporary art
This position is part of a college-wide cluster of searches designed to increase curricular coverage of areas related to diversity and inclusion, as well as to promote inclusive teaching strategies across the College. We are specifically interested in applications from candidates whose intellectual and pedagogical expertise or experience engages power, privilege, and social justice.
Review of applications will begin on November 28th, 2022, and will continue until the position is filled. Please submit a cover letter, CV, transcripts, 10+ images of personal work and/or link to an online portfolio, 10+ images of student work with a brief description of assignments and title of the course and/or link to an online portfolio of this work, a statement of teaching philosophy, three current letters of recommendation, and a one-page diversity statement that provides specific examples of past and future contributions that will advance the College’s and department’s commitment to equity and inclusion in the areas of teaching, mentoring, and/or scholarship via the application link Franklin College Faculty Application.
The benefits package includes health, dental and vision insurance, life and disability insurance, retirement plan, EAP, and tuition benefits for employee and their family.
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Franklin, IN 46131
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