Job Title: Visiting Assistant Professor in Art & Art History
Location: Art & Art History
Regular/Temporary:
Full/Part Time:
Job ID: 4635
Faculty Posting Details

University of Puget Sound invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor in Art History

Appointment: Ancient or medieval specialist of Europe and the Mediterranean, or early modern specialist in the same region whose work has close ties to the ancient or medieval periods.

This visiting appointment is 5/6-time position beginning Fall Term 2019

Responsibilities:

Teaching load of 5 undergraduate courses (2 in the Fall, and 3 in the Spring), which will include: Studies in Western Art I: Ancient through Medieval Art; The Arts of the Classical World and the Middle Ages; Art Historical Research Methods; and an upper-division course in area of expertise.

Qualifications:

Ph.D. in Art History (ABD considered).

We seek an art historian with a strong commitment to teaching undergraduates in a liberal arts setting. The instructor will teach lecture/discussion courses, evaluate written work, hold 3 office hours per week, and work with art history majors.

The ideal candidate will specialize in ancient or medieval art of Europe and the Mediterranean or in early modern art of the same region with close ties to the ancient and medieval periods. The ideal candidate will be able to teach surveys of ancient and medieval art of Europe and the Mediterranean, art historical methodology, and an upper-division course in area of expertise to be determined in consultation with the department. Preference will be given to applicants with demonstrated successful teaching experience.

Compensation and Benefits:

Rank: Visiting Assistant Professor

Salary is commensurate with education and experience.

Puget Sound offers a generous benefits package. For more information, visit: http://www.pugetsound.edu/about/offices--services/human-resources/overview-of-university-benefit/.

About Puget Sound: The University of Puget Sound is located in Tacoma, Washington, a vibrant, diverse mid-sized urban port city. Within, and near, Tacoma there is ready access to urban, rural, and natural areas as well as opportunities to participate in a wide variety of cultural activities.

Application Deadline: Search and selection procedures will be closed when a sufficient number of qualified candidates have been identified. Interested individuals are encouraged to submit application materials no later than April 1, 2019 to ensure consideration.

Required Documents:

• Curriculum vitae
• Statement of teaching philosophy
• Diversity statement (see prompt below)
• Sample syllabi
• Writing sample
• Three (3) Letters of Reference. You will be asked to specify the email addresses of reference providers at the time of application and the system will email these providers on the next business day.

Note: In the online application system, please submit curriculum vitae when prompted to submit resume. Additional documents can be attached within the application.

Applicant’s Diversity Statement. As a department and university, we are strongly committed to creating an inclusive and effective teaching, learning, and working environment for all. In the applicant’s diversity statement, applicants should comment on their ability to contribute meaningfully to our on-going commitment to be informed and competent with regard to issues of diversity, equity, and individual differences. We encourage applicants to reference the University of Puget Sound’s current Diversity Strategic Plan (DSP) at http://www.pugetsound.edu/about/diversity-at-puget-sound/diversity-strategicplan/ prior to writing this statement. While not an exhaustive list, the following are some ways applicants can express their qualification:

• Your lived experiences and/or identities that speak to the department and university’s
  commitment to inclusion and diversity;
• Demonstration of your awareness of inequities for underrepresented student populations in education, research experience, and other opportunities;
• Brief insights on why diversity is important at institutions like the University of Puget Sound;
• Infusion of diversity and diversity-related issues into your research, pedagogy, and/or service;
• Previous and/or current activities involving mentoring underrepresented student populations;
• Creative ideas or strategies you could enact as a member of the University of Puget Sound campus community to support the university’s DSP;
• Brief insights on how cultural competency increases one’s effectiveness as an educator and department/university colleague.

University Diversity Statement

• We acknowledge the richness of commonalities and differences we share as a university community; the intrinsic worth of all who work and study here; that education is enhanced by investigation of and reflection upon multiple perspectives.
• We aspire to create respect for and appreciation of all persons as a key characteristic of our campus community; to increase the diversity of all parts of our University community through commitment to diversity in our recruitment and retention efforts; to foster a spirit of openness to active engagement among all members of our campus community.
• We act to achieve an environment that welcomes and supports diversity; to ensure full educational opportunity for all who teach and learn here; to prepare effectively citizen-leaders for a pluralistic world.

Puget Sound is committed to an environment that welcomes and supports diversity. We seek diversity of identity, thought, perspective, and background in our students, faculty, and staff. To learn more please visit: http://www.pugetsound.edu/about/diversity-at-puget-sound/

All offers of employment are contingent on successful completion of a background inquiry.

The University of Puget Sound is an equal opportunity employer.

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