Job description
Posting Number: WPU0059717
University Information
William Peace University (“Peace”) provides a culture that fosters an energized team environment, builds on our strengths, promotes creativity and innovation, and encourages respect and open communication. We value our faculty and staff. We know they are important and vital to the growth of our university and culture. Senior leadership is personally dedicated to the professional growth and development of each employee. We want to help you build your career, while ensuring you have great work-life balance and flexibility.
We teach our students the skills needed for ethical citizenship, not just in the classroom, but by example. We believe in giving back to our community, and our employees take pride in working at Peace.
Department: Humanities
Purpose of Department
The Office of Academic Affairs at William Peace University provides leadership and services to promote academic excellence and student success. Committed to the undergraduate liberal arts tradition, Academic Affairs prepares students from all backgrounds to excel through rigorous interdisciplinary inquiry and immersive learning. We support a student-centered approach among our faculty and staff.
Summary of Position
The Assistant Professor teaches in the Department of Interdisciplinary Arts and is expected to teach a full-time credit load (24 credit hours per academic year, which represents the equivalent of three 4-hour courses per semester), engage in service through committee assignments, advise students, and participate in campus-wide events as necessary to enhance the program’s impact on its students’ academic development. The Assistant Professor must also be enthusiastically committed to helping students make professional connections in local arts organizations.
Essential duties and responsibilities
- Teach the equivalent of 12 academic hours each semester
- Advise students, primarily those pursuing the major or minor in IDA
- Serve on academic and college-wide committees
- Maintain active professional development activities that can contribute to student relationships with local arts organizations
- Employ a wide variety of skills in the performing arts and teach courses in such representative topics as: acting for stage and film, directing, dance, theatre/music appreciation, arts in society, etc. Specific course offerings can be tailored to individual experiences and specialties.
- Help the Department Chair of Humanities and Interdisciplinary Arts manage relationships with visiting arts organizations, guest speakers, and theatrical companies.
Minimum Qualifications
- Master’s degree in an arts-related field
- Demonstrated experience teaching, directing, or coaching students in schools, arts organizations, and/or professional studios
Preferred Qualifications
- MFA or equivalent arts-related degree
- Experience as a professional performer and/or professional educator or director
- Knowledge of and participation in local and/or state-level arts communities
