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TEACHING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ART AND ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY

Employer
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Location
Urbana, Illinois

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Arts & Humanities, Fine & Performing Arts
Employment Type
Full Time
Institution Type
Four-Year Institution
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Job Details

The Department of Theatre at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign https://faa.illinois.edu/units/theatre invites applications for a Teaching Assistant Professor in Art and Entertainment Technology with a proposed start date of August 16, 2023. This is a full-time, non-tenure-track appointment centered on a nine-month academic year paid over twelve months. The initial appointment is a one-year contract with potential for renewal based on performance. Multi-year contracts typically follow promotion within this path.

Responsibilities

  • Art and Entertainment Technology program design and development.
  • Teaching courses in AET relevant to their area of expertise.
  • Advising AET students in their academic progress & AET practicum show assignments.
  • Facilitating the development of professional internship experiences.
  • The nominal load will be 80% teaching, 20% service with the understanding that project advising will be counted as teaching, and general advising and internship development will be counted as service.

    Qualifications

  • A creative vision for leading undergraduate technicians toward proficiency in the practice of new technologies in AET with a focus on craft, engineering techniques, and problem-solving skills.
  • Essential skills include an understanding of theatrical design aesthetics and principles, proficiency in CAD drafting, and knowledge of safety measures related to live events.
  • The ability to teach a range of courses in the areas of scenic technology, lighting and/or sound.
  • A passion for mentoring students and in making a positive impact toward diversity, inclusion, and equity in theatrical practice and education is essential.
  • Be able to communicate and collaborate effectively with production teams.
  • Demonstrate the potential for creative impact on the local community and/or national level.
  • MFA or significant professional experience in entertainment technology preferred.

    The successful candidate will join a dynamic scenic, lighting, and sound technology faculty of 8, along with a collaborative team at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. We encourage applicants to apply who will bring particular experience and passion to diversifying our curriculum with regard to race, gender, ethnicity, and ability. We particularly encourage applicants from backgrounds underrepresented in higher education and in theatrical design and technical fields.

    As a part of the College of Fine and Applied Arts at Illinois, the Department of Theatre includes 24 faculty members, 12 Krannert Center Design and Technical faculty members, 3 academic staff, 7 campus affiliated faculty members, 130 undergraduates and more than 60 graduate students. The department offers BFA and MFA programs in acting; theatre studies; and design, technology, and management, as well an MA and PhD program in theatre research. The department is housed in the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, a multi-venue facility that operates collaboratively with theatre, dance, music, opera, and professional touring performances. For further information about the Department, please visit our website at https://faa.illinois.edu/units/theatre.

    University of Illinois
    A Tier One Research Institution, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is strongly international, and recognized for excellence in the Sciences, Engineering, Humanities, and the Arts. Champaign-Urbana is located in East Central Illinois, within short driving distance to Chicago, Indianapolis, and St. Louis. For more information, please visit: www.illinois.edu for the University, and https://faa.illinois.edu for the College of Fine and Applied Arts.

    Salary
    Salary commensurate with experience, with a minimum for Teaching Assistant Professor level set at $60,000.

    Application Procedures
    To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by 6:00 p.m. (CST) on March 24, 2023.  Please create your candidate profile at http://jobs.illinois.edu (Job ID 1015361).

    Application materials must include the following:

  • Cover letter
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Statement of demonstrated commitment to diversity and inclusion
  • Link to professional website or online portfolio
  • Names and contact information of three professional references familiar with your qualifications and experience

    Once all required information/documents have been submitted, references will be contacted directly with a request for a letter of recommendation.

    For further information regarding application procedures, contact Jennifer Steiling at steiling@illinois.edu. For questions specific to the nature of the position, contact Professor Robert Perry, search committee chair, Department of Theatre, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, robperry@illinois.edu.

    Helpful Links:
    Illinois Theatre: https://theatre.illinois.edu/
    Krannert Center for Performing Arts: https://krannertcenter.com/ 

     

    The University of Illinois System is an equal opportunity employer, including but not limited to disability and/or veteran status, and complies with all applicable state and federal employment mandates. Please visit Required Employment Notices and Posters to view our non-discrimination statement and find additional information about required background checks, sexual harassment/misconduct disclosures, COVID-19 vaccination requirement, and employment eligibility review through E-Verify.

    Applicants with disabilities are encouraged to apply and may request a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (2008) to complete the application and/or interview process. Requests may be submitted through the reasonable accommodations portal, or by contacting the Accessibility & Accommodations Division of the Office for Access and Equity at 217-333-0885, or by emailing accessibility@illinois.edu.

Organization

Since its founding in 1867, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has earned a reputation as a world-class leader in research, teaching, and public engagement.

Faculty

A talented and highly respected faculty is the University's most significant resource. Many are recognized for exceptional scholarship with memberships in such organizations as the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Engineering. 

Our faculty have been awarded Nobel Prizes, Pulitzer Prizes, and the Fields Medal in Mathematics.The success of our faculty is matched by that of our alumni: 11 are Nobel laureates and another 18 have won Pulitzer Prizes.

Academic Resources

Academic resources on campus are among the finest in the world. The University Library is one of the largest public university collections in the world with 11 million volumes in its 37 unit libraries. Annually, 53,000,000 people visit its online catalog. Students have access to thousands of computer terminals in classrooms, residence halls, and campus libraries for use in classroom instruction, study, and research.

Research

Students and scholars find the University an ideal place to conduct research. The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology is a model for interdisciplinary research, where eighteen research groups from sixteen University departments work within and across three broadly defined themes: biological intelligence, human-computer intelligent interaction, and molecular and electronic nanostructures. The University is also home to the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).

Undergraduate Education

The University has a fundamental commitment to undergraduate education. Nearly 28,000 undergraduate students are enrolled in nine undergraduate divisions, which together offer some 4,000 courses in more than 150 fields of study.

Undergraduate admission is highly selective. In the 2001 freshman class, students in the middle 50% had ACT scores between 25 and 30 and ranked between the 83rd and 96th percentiles of their high school graduating classes.

The University enrolls over 9,000 graduate and professional students in more than 100 disciplines. It is among the top five universities in number of earned doctorates awarded annually in the United States.

Also integral to the University's mission is a commitment to public engagement. Each year about 65,000 Illinois residents participate in scores of conferences, institutes, courses, and workshops presented statewide. Research and class projects take students and professors off campus to share expertise and technical support with Illinois farmers, manufacturing firms, and businesses. In a typical year, student volunteers log more than 60,000 volunteer hours.

The Arts

A major center for the arts, the campus attracts dozens of nationally and internationally renowned artists each year to its widely acclaimed Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. The University also supports two major museums: the Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion; and the Spurlock Museum, a museum of world history and culture. 

Other major facilities include the multipurpose Assembly Hall (16,500 seats); Memorial Stadium (70,000 seats), site of Big Ten Conference football games; and the Intramural-Physical Education Building, one of the largest recreational facilities of its kind on a university campus.

Inclusive Illinois, one campus, many voices

Inclusive Illinois is the University’s commitment to cultivating a community at Illinois where everyone is welcomed, celebrated, and respected. Illinois is about how we value difference to make a difference. http://www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu/

As evidence of the University’s commitment to enhance the working, living, and learning environment for faculty, staff, and students, the University will encourage a standard of conduct and behavior that is consistent with the values of inclusivity. In an environment of inclusivity, there is no place for acts of hatred, intolerance, insensitivity, bigotry, threats of violence, harassment or discrimination.

Inclusive Illinois, one campus, many voices

Inclusive Illinois is the University’s commitment to cultivating a community at Illinois where everyone is welcomed, celebrated, and respected. Through education, engagement, and excellence, each voice creates the Inclusive Illinois Experience.

How can we appreciate difference to make a difference?

Illinois is the place where we embrace difference. We embrace it because we value it. We value it because we know that we have so much to learn from each other in our living, learning, and working environment.

Illinois is the place where we recognize the power of possibility and where great potential is realized. Inclusive Illinois is the vision of that place: a vision made real by leadership and commitment.

Illinois is the place where consensus is forged by discourse and where everyone’s contributions are recognized: significant contributions that elevate us because they are informed and enhanced by race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and gender identity, age, physical ability, religion, class, and national origin. We are enriched by these perspectives, and we are united by the very discourse that brings these views together.

It is a process. It is transformative. And we celebrate the remarkable changes we set in motion here … taking an important step … crossing boundaries … starting with our own.

It all starts with each of us: with our willingness to embark on the journey in the search for answers, and with our openness and acceptance of the answers we find. Illinois is the place where it all comes together.

Learn more about how Inclusive Illinois promotes diversity here.

Commitment to Equal Opportunity

The commitment of the University to the most fundamental principles of academic freedom, equality of opportunity, and human dignity requires that decisions involving students and employees be based on individual merit and be free from invidious discrimination in all its forms, whether or not specifically prohibited by law. Among the forms of invidious discrimination prohibited by the University policy but not law is discrimination, including harassment, on the basis of sexual orientation. Complaints of invidious discrimination in violation of University policy are to be resolved within existing University procedures. The policy of the University of Illinois is to comply with all federal and state nondiscrimination, equal opportunity, and affirmative action laws, orders, and regulations. The University will not engage in discrimination or harassment against any person because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, unfavorable discharge from the military, or status as a disabled veteran or a veteran of the Vietnam era. This nondiscrimination policy applies to admissions, employment, and access to and treatment in University programs and activities

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