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Chair, Department of Art

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Stony Brook University
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Stony Brook

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Tenured & Tenure-Track
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Four-Year Institution

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Chair, Department of Art

Location: Stony Brook University
Open Date: Nov 21, 2022
Deadline: Dec 21, 2022 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

Description
The Department of Art at Stony Brook University invites applications with a terminal degree in Art History, Curatorial Studies, or Art Practice and related fields with an emphasis on historical research in Modern & Contemporary to serve as Department Chair, starting Fall 2023. Our ideal candidate will facilitate a collegial environment for teaching, scholarship, service, art creation and curation through transparent leadership and a regard for faculty governance.

The Department of Art strives to create an environment of equity and inclusion through our actions by promoting equal opportunity, diversity and maintaining safe, accessible, and welcoming educational opportunities free from all forms of discrimination for our residents, student staff, and professional staff members.

The Art Department currently houses the Future Histories Studio, a Lab that experiments with art at the intersection of emerging technologies, collaborates with the on campus Zuccaire Gallery, and stewards the Pollock-Krasner House.

We have robust undergraduate majors in Studio Art, Art History, and Media/Art/Culture (MAC), as well as strong MFA, MA, and PhD programs. The successful candidate will interface with all aspects of our program, from undergraduate lectures and graduate seminars to student advising in the MA/PhD program, as well as provide support for interdisciplinary initiatives across campus. The new chair is expected to work on day-to-day issues with faculty and staff, and with the Dean and faculty on larger strategic issues as they relate to the studio art, art history, and media/art/culture programs.

The search is open with regard to methodological specialization, with a preference for work in modern and contemporary art. We are particularly interested in scholars whose research overlaps with one or more of the Department's strengths, including visual culture, computational media, and global modernism. The candidate should have at least two years of administrative experience in an arts program with a studio art component. We welcome applications from Advanced Associates (at least three years post-tenure or with extraordinary leadership accomplishments warranting consideration) and Full Professors. We especially invite candidates from backgrounds under-represented in the arts and art history.


Qualifications
Required:
  • A terminal degree in Art History, Curatorial Studies, or Art Practice and related fields with an emphasis on historical research in Modern & Contemporary required for all tenure stream hires in the department.
  • Advanced Associate or Full Professor
  • a minimum of two years of administrative experience at the Departmental or College level, or other evidence of equivalent leadership experience at the Departmental or College level
  • A demonstrated track-record of publication in nationally or internationally-prominent venues within Art History and related field
  • A concrete commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in their department, university, or research practice

Preferred:
  • PhD in Art History, Curatorial Studies, or Art Practice and related fields with an emphasis on historical research in Modern & Contemporary in associated field
  • documented success in philanthropic engagement and targeted fundraising
  • a recognition of studio art as a research practice
  • evidence of excellence in a teaching practice that complements existing strengths in the Department of Art
  • engagement with different media forms and interdisciplinary associations emerging within the Modern and Contemporary period
  • scholarship credentials engaged with issues of art and technology, with a particular interest in computational media and its histories, pre-histories, contemporary practice and ramifications
  • a demonstrated record of a productive research agenda in the area of Modern and Contemporary Art, Visual Culture, Computational Media, Experimental Media, or Global Modernism
  • engagement with different media forms and interdisciplinary associations emerging within the Modern and Contemporary period
  • documented success in philanthropic engagement and targeted fundraising
  • a recognition of studio art as a research practice
  • evidence of excellence in a teaching practice that complements existing strengths in the Department of Art




Application Instructions
To apply, visit http://apply.interfolio.com/115237.

Applications are to be submitted through Interfolio (add link to position number xxxxxx). Requested Application Materials:
  • Cover letter addressing leadership experience addressing diversity, equity and inclusion and engagement. Applicants with MFAs, please address your leadership experience in Art History and applicants with PhDs, please address your leadership experience in Studio Art
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • State employment application
  • Names of three references (we will not be contacting them at this stage)

THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH ONLY APPLIES TO POSITIONS THAT MAY COME IN CONTACT WITH PATIENTS OR PATIENT CARE EMPLOYEES.
In response to the New York State Department of Health (DOH) regulation requiring Hospital and Nursing Home personnel to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, candidates selected for patient care positions or positions that may come in contact with patients or patient care employees, if not already vaccinated, must be fully vaccinated or obtain the first dose of the vaccine within three (3) calendar days of acceptance of conditional job offer and must obtain any subsequent doses in accordance with the DOH vaccine protocol. Candidates who are partially vaccinated, but not yet fully vaccinated, must complete their vaccination series within three (3) calendar days of job offer or in accordance with vaccine manufacture protocol, whichever comes later. The regulation also allows for limited exemptions with reasonable accommodations, consistent with applicable law.

The selected candidate must successfully clear a background investigation.

In accordance with the Title II Crime Awareness and Security Act, a copy of our crime statistics is available upon request . It can also be viewed online at the University Police website at http://www.stonybrook.edu/police.


Stony Brook University is committed to excellence in diversity and the creation of an inclusive learning, and working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information,veteran status and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.









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