Assistant/Associate Professor, Lighting Design
- Employer
- The University of Nebraska–Lincoln
- Location
- Lincoln, NE
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- Position Type
- Tenured & Tenure-Track
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
The Assistant or Associate Professor will have responsibility in the areas of Research and Creative Activity, Teaching, and Service, including recruiting and advising. The successful candidate will teach and work in a collaborative and collegial fashion with administration, students, and a strong team of faculty artists, scholars, and staff in a vibrant Johnny Carson School of Theatre & Film. The successful candidate will be expected to remain current in the disciplines, teaching practices, and study of Theatre via faculty development.
Research and Creative Activity: Maintain creative activities in live performance, TV, and film that have an impact commensurate with the expectations of a Big Ten research university. Generous faculty development support is available to candidates interested in exploring the intersections of lighting with non-traditional media and live environments like projections, experience design, and emerging media technologies
Teaching: The successful candidate will teach courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, including but not limited to: Lighting Design (all levels), 3D drafting and rendering techniques, and other courses in areas of theatre expertise; mentor/supervise undergraduate and graduate students; curricular development; design projects; and theses.
Service: Serve on faculty committees for the department, college, and university. Community service is encouraged. Provide service/leadership in appropriate professional organizations in Theatre, Film or New Media.
Other: Work in a collegial fashion with faculty, staff, students, and administration; perform additional duties as assigned by the Director of the School of Theatre and Film.
Minimum Required Qualifications•MFA in Lighting Design.
•Professional experience as a Lighting Designer of Live Performance (2 years).
•Academic experience as Lighting Design faculty in teaching of undergraduate and/or graduate students (2 years).
•Student recruitment and retention experience.
•Evidence of current expertise in pedagogical trends in the fields of Lighting Design.
•Evidence of the ability to balance excellent teaching, scholarship, and service.
•Experience in working collaboratively with colleagues and communities.
•Membership in a professional Union such as IATSE/USA 829 .
•Ability to teach traditional design practices and innovative design skills, including knowledge of digital design/rendering techniques.
•Experience teaching computer skills as related to best current practices in professional theatre. (This includes but is not limited to use of VectorWorks Spotlight, 2D and 3D rendering techniques as well as pre-visualization.)
•Demonstrated commitment to and excellence in teaching diverse student populations, including first generation college students.
•Experience in successful student outcomes and mentorship.
Optional qualifications, based on the specific interests and areas of expertise of the candidate:
•Evidence of the experience and expertise to serve as Head of the area of Design/Technology, with the capacity to further develop, administer and supervise a premier program at a Research I University.
•Skills and experience in other design and technology fields; which may include projections design or engineering, sound design or engineering, production management, or other medias.
•Professional Lighting Design experience in Film/TV, and other extended design fields/technologies.
Click on “Apply to this job.” Complete the information form and attach the following required documents:
•Cover letter addressing qualifications specific to this job description.
•Complete curriculum vitae.
•Descriptions of teaching and artistic work (combine into one document and upload as “Other Document”).
•Names and contact information of three references.
Finalists will be invited to campus for interviews and teaching demonstrations in November 2019.
As an EO/AA employer, qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and/or political affiliation. See http://www.unl.edu/equity/notice-nondiscrimination.
For questions or accommodations related to this position contactTodd Cuddy
tcuddy1@unl.edu
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Organization
Working at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
For 150 Years, A Leader in Higher Education
Always a place of high ambition, University of Nebraska was one of the first institutions west of the Mississippi River to award doctoral degrees - the first was granted in 1896. The University of Nebraska established the world's first undergraduate psychology laboratory. The discipline of ecology was born here, and the campuses reflect that tradition, being recognized as botanical gardens and arboreta. An early institutional interest in literature and the arts provided the foundations for today's Prairie Schooner literary magazine, for the University of Nebraska Press, and for the Sheldon Museum of Art, which houses one of the world's most significant collections of 20th century American art.
Today, Nebraska is one of the nation's leading teaching institutions, and a research leader with a wide array of grant-funded projects aimed at broadening knowledge in the sciences and humanities. Nebraska is also a land-grant university and a member of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU). The university is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
Benefits
The University of Nebraska offers an extensive benefits package that includes health, life, disability and long term care insurance; retirement accounts; tuition reimbursement for employees and their spouses and dependent children; and reimbursement accounts for health care and dependent day care. Leave policies are designed to help employees deal with personal or family events or crises.
Diversity and Inclusion
In the spirit of the phrase "Every Interaction Matters", UNL has an enacted commitment to diversity and inclusive excellence for our faculty, staff, and students. On our campus, diversity and inclusion are important priorities. Examples include: Husker Dialogues, which is an event that helps first-year students focus on diversity and inclusion and practice handling difficult conversations around difference; three Chancellor's Diversity Commissions that are charged with informing and advising the Chancellor and addressing issues of constituent campus communities; and the establishment of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion whose leader operates at the Vice Chancellor level. At the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, we strive for excellence in all that we do. True excellence requires that each individual be able to work and learn in an atmosphere of respect, dignity, and belonging. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion requires each of us to continuously ensure our interactions are respectful, protect free speech, and inspire academic freedom.
About Lincoln
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is located in an up-and-coming and safe city of 300,000 people that has many of the cultural and entertainment benefits of a much larger city, with the feel of a friendly Midwestern community. The Pinnacle Bank Arena, opened in 2013, routinely hosts major touring acts. A buzzing entertainment district, the Railyard, connects the arena area to the Historic Haymarket. Cuisines from all continents provide the entree to dynamic urban nightlife and a wide variety of ways to enjoy time with friends. Nebraska's City Campus is one with Lincoln's city center, as it has been since the university was founded.Lincoln has more parkland per capita than Austin, Texas; Portland, Oregon; and all but a handful of U.S. cities. The well-manicured Pioneers Park, the native woods of Wilderness Park and the open grassland of Nine-Mile Prairie are each within a 10-minute trip from campus. Connecting many of these parks is an extensive trails network.
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