Job Description: Visiting professor with possibility of full-time, tenure track.  Teach courses in introductory and advanced art history with a preference for someone with expertise in the areas of contemporary and non-western art and/or fine art craft.  PhD degree required in the area of art history. Teaching experience preferred.  A record of artistic or scholarly professional activity. Skilled in research and the use and application of appropriate digital technology in teaching.  Teach all levels of art history, foundation and advanced courses and seminars.  Opportunities to teach interdisciplinary courses, online courses, as well as graduate courses in art history for Masters in Art Education programs and Masters of Liberal Arts degree programs.  Advise undergraduate students in art history, recruit for the art history program and other programs in the Department, and provide service at the Department, School, and College levels as appropriate.  Serve on Department, School of the Arts, and College committees.

The mission of Converse College, founded in 1889, is the liberal education of undergraduate women in a residential setting.  Converse expands its mission by offering graduate degrees and other programs for women and men.  The Department of Art and Design is located within the School of the Arts and comprised of exceptional multi-disciplined programs in art and interior design. Fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) and the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA), it is housed in the Milliken Fine Arts Building. At 30,000 square feet, there are designated classrooms in art history, ceramics, sculpture, photography, printmaking, digital media, painting, drawing, and interior design.

Located in the Upstate region of South Carolina, Spartanburg is a city full of exciting attractions, beautiful scenery, historically significant sites, and friendly people.  Spartanburg is South Carolina’s melting pot, mixing Southern culture and hospitality with traditions and cultures of other countries.  Spartanburg’s ideal proximity to the North Carolina mountains, the South Carolina coast, and major cities such as Atlanta and Charlotte make Spartanburg an attractive place to live.   We believe that a diverse faculty and staff are essential to achieving academic excellence; thus, we strongly encourage applications from candidates from all racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds.

Start Date: August 2020

Preferred consideration deadline:  2/29/2020

Visit www.converse.edu/employment  for more information.  Applicants may submit the following documentation to Susanne Floyd Gunter, Ed.D., Chair, Department of Art and Design, Converse College, 580 E. Main Street, Spartanburg, SC 29302.

Applicants must submit the following documentation:

- College application
- Current curriculum vitae
- Statement of teaching philosophy
- Three letters of reference including current supervisor.