Art and Art History Lecturer Pool - Art Practice Seminar

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The Department of Art and Art History, established in 1911, offers BA, BFA, MA, and MFA degrees and is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). Here's what we offer to prospective students: award-winning faculty and an outstanding technical and administrative staff; a 'best-in-the-west' combination of facilities for creating, exhibiting, and researching art across various media;

a commitment to fostering creative and critical thinking; opportunities to innovate across different media; and a friendly and supportive community.

Responsibilities include addressing the needs of a student population of great diversity – in age, cultural background, ethnicity, primary language and academic preparation – through course materials, teaching strategies and advisement; teaching one or more undergraduate seminars in Art including “The Artist in Contemporary Culture,” and “Medium and Message”; delivering courses that may be hybrid or online with a substantial studio component and required for all Art students;

participating in departmental meetings and assessment and evaluation activities; encouraging critical thinking and iterative concept development within class assignments; fostering interdisciplinary collaboration with peers across programs within the Department of Art and Art History; contributing to curriculum development while addressing the needs of a diverse student population through inclusive materials and advisement; organizing all classes within the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS);

and offering all classes as scheduled in the modality listed in the schedule of classes (asynchronous, synchronous, bichronous, in-person, or hybrid).

Master of Fine Arts degree or Ph.D. in Art History, Visual Culture or related field with considerable experience teaching studio art at the university level; a clear demonstration of artistic and/or scholarly achievement, evidenced by a significant portfolio of creative work with research interests; familiarity with emerging areas of artistic practice and theory; ability to read and write at a high level and successfully direct and assess student writing;

ability to break down texts and make them accessible to an undergraduate student audience. Applicants should demonstrate an awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a multicultural population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching and other comparable experience.

Compensation and salary range placement are determined by qualifications and experience. To learn more about range placement, please see University Policy S21-2.

L-A / Range 2 - $5507 - $5959
L-B / Range 3 - $6221 - $7481
L-C / Range 4 - $6825 - $9431
L-D / Range 5 - $8593 - $10347

Range salaries above are the anticipated monthly salary rate of full-time AY faculty -- part-time rates are prorated. There are 6 monthly payments per semester (full-time AY annual salary = rate x 12). See the Faculty Salary Schedule for more information.

Click Apply Now to complete the SJSU Online Employment Application and attach the following documents:

• Letter of application
• Curriculum vitae
• Statement of teaching interests/philosophy
• Contact information for three references
• Images representing 20 examples of candidate’s original work (or URL of portfolio site)
  6) Some examples of candidate’s own published writing (optional)
• Images representing 20 examples of student work in addition to examples of students’ writing

SJSU accepts applications on an ongoing basis for our pool of temporary lecturers.

Faculty employees must complete CSU employee training as assigned and required based on their role (e.g., preventing discrimination and harassment, gender equity and Title IX, health and safety). Pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics…