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Oberlin is looking for Visiting Assistant Professor in Theater History, Performance Studies and/or Theatrical Practices

About:

Founded in 1833, Oberlin is a private four-year, selective liberal arts college near Cleveland, Ohio and is also home to an outstanding Conservatory of Music. Together, the two divisions enroll approximately 2900 students. Oberlin College was the first college in the US to make interracial education and co-education central to its mission. The College continues to view a diverse, equitable and inclusive educational environment as essential to the excellence of its academic program. Among liberal arts colleges, Oberlin is a national leader in successfully placing graduates into PhD programs.

The Theater Department at Oberlin College offers both a major and a minor in Theater, with concentrations in acting; directing; design and technical theater; arts management; stage management; and theater history/critical studies. Comprised of three acting/directing and one critical studies/performance faculty members, the Department is also staffed by designers and technical personnel, who teach in their fields and are instrumental in producing three faculty-directed mainstage shows as well as a few student-directed productions each academic year. Our students often create and perform original interdisciplinary works.

Location: Ohio, USA

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: Within the range established for this position, salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience and includes an excellent benefits package

Responsibilities:

• The incumbent will teach a total of five courses in the general area of theatre history, performance Studies and/or theatrical practices.
• The successful candidate will have evidence of exceptional teaching and scholarship, preferably with an emphasis on the integration of theoretical and performative approaches.
• Expertise is desirable in one or more of the following fields: playwrighting; dramaturgy; dramatic literatures; directing; devised work; gender and LGBTQIA+ studies; African Diasporic, Asian/Pacific, Indigenous, and/or Latinx cultural traditions.
• The Visiting Assistant Professor’s five courses will include a two-semester required sequence in Theater History and three courses of their own design.
• Preference will be given to candidates who demonstrate excellence in working with students from diverse backgrounds.

Qualifications:

• Among the qualifications required for appointment is the Ph. D degree in hand or expected by first semester of academic year 2021-22.
• Candidates must demonstrate interest and potential excellence in undergraduate teaching. Successful teaching experience at the college level is desirable.
• Oberlin College is committed to student and faculty diversity, equity and inclusion.
• The incumbent will bring understanding of or experience working with underrepresented and diverse academic populations.
• Oberlin is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the excellence and diversity of the academic community through their research, teaching, and service.

Interested candidates please apply with resume, cover letter, unofficial transcripts, research statement, reference letters, and affirmation of diversity statement.