College of Arts & Sciences

Job Title: Hip-Hop Dance & Culture

Job Type: Adjunct / Part-Time Hip Hop Dance & Culture

Location: Oklahoma State University, Department of Theatre & Dance [Stillwater, OK]

Job Summary and Requirements: Oklahoma State University Department of Theatre & Dance seeks an Instructor to teach classes in Hip Hop Dance & Culture for the Spring 2022 semester. Instructor should be knowledgeable and able to lead students towards a layered understanding of hip hop dance, music, history/contemporaneity, and socio- cultural contexts. Applicants with skills to teach at least one other dance form such as jazz, ballet, social dance, contemporary, ballroom/vogue, capoeira, tap, or otherwise are encouraged to state this in their application materials. Instructor will be required to be on-campus two days per week.

General Information
Oklahoma State University is a comprehensive flagship, land-grant, Carnegie Tier 1 research institution with more than 24,000 students on its combined Stillwater and Tulsa campuses. Students come from all 50 states and around 120 nations. With 24 departments and approximately 6,000 students, CAS is the largest and most diverse college at OSU. CAS interdisciplinary programs and centers include Africana Studies, American Indian Studies, American Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, and Religious Studies. Since 2010, OSU has been first in the nation among public land- grant colleges and universities for graduating Native American students. OSU’s main campus is located in Stillwater, which is about a 1-hour drive from both Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Stillwater has a historic downtown, a regional airport with direct flights to/ from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW), highly rated public schools, and the newly opened McKnight Center for the Performing Arts.

OSU’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
At Oklahoma State University, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) matter. Providing a wide range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identifying opportunities and creating solutions are core to our mission as a land-grant university. We fulfill our mission and enrich our campus community by maintaining a welcoming and inclusive environment that appreciates, values and fosters a sense of belonging for all. For the complete statement, http://catalog.okstate.edu/about/institutional-diversity/#text

Regular duties include:
• Prepare for and attend all class meetings.
• Develop movement phrases, assignments, evaluations, and feedback appropriate to
student-level.
• Instructor should be available for reasonable feedback requests by students.
• Instructor should be available for program meetings (generally 3-4 per semester), held
via zoom
• Adhere to departmental, college, and university policies
Required Qualifications:
• Experience teaching hip hop dance and culture to a range of skill levels • Two or more years of professional experience [broadly defined]
Preferred Qualifications:
• Five or more years of professional experience in the dance world [broadly defined] • Ability to teach at least one other dance form

Additional Candidate Instruction
Please submit the following to Interfolio (https://apply.interfolio.com/93440)

1. CV / resume
2. Letter of Introduction detailing teaching/performing experience, teaching philosophy,
and any additional disciplines applicant is qualified to teach
3. Contact information for 3 Professional References
For any questions / inquiries, please contact
Emma Draves, Director of Dance, Oklahoma State University, edraves@okstate.edu
Application Review: will begin on a rolling basis

Affirmative Action EEO
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