Play and Design: Dance Lecturer Pool

Performance, Play and Design:
Dance Lecturer Pool

Position title:

Dance Pre‑six Lecturer

Salary range: A reasonable estimate for an appointment to teach a standard five‑credit course is $8,872‑$10,912 (based on salary points 1‑8). Compensation for Summer Session courses may vary from courses taught during the academic year.

Percent time:
Variable, based on the course load assigned.

Anticipated start:
Appointments are contingent on the hiring unit’s instructional need and the availability of funding. This recruitment is valid for initial appointments made in fall quarter 2025 through fall quarter 2026. Initial appointments with effective dates outside of this recruitment period will require an alternative open recruitment.

Position duration:
Appointments are typically made during one or more quarters of the regular academic year (fall, winter, and spring quarters), but they may also be made during Summer Session.

Open date:
June 16, 2025

Most recent review date:
Wednesday, Jul 16, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time). Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the search committee if the position has not yet been filled.

Final date:
Tuesday, Jun 16, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time). Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

The Performance, Play & Design Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications to the Theater Arts Program for an ongoing pool of lecturers who may be appointed to teach courses in the following areas:

• Modern Technique
• Improvisation
• Composition
• Movement for Performers
• Dance History and Theory (Dance Studies)
• Ethnic Dance

These courses are designed to meet campus general education requirements with the use of standard texts. Readers or Teaching assistants may be assigned to assist instructors and will be supervised by the instructor.

Special attention will be given to persons with proven undergraduate teaching skills. The campus is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the inclusive excellence of the academic community through their teaching and other assigned duties.

Internal candidates will be given priority consideration.

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Basic qualifications (required at the time the application is submitted): MA or MFA (or equivalent foreign degree) in theater, performance, or dance; or four years of equivalent professional experience with a record of performances and exhibitions in theater venues or alternative venues engaging the general public, and evidence of scholarship in peer‑reviewed journals, web and/or book publications.

Document requirements:

• Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
• Cover Letter - Letter of application that briefly summarizes your qualifications and interest in the position.
• Sample Course Syllabus
• Teaching Statement - Teaching statement appropriate for the students that enroll at UC Santa Cruz. Candidates are urged to review the statement guidelines before preparing their application.

Reference requirements: 3‑5 letters of reference required. Applications must include confidential letters of recommendation. Note that your references, or dossier service, will submit their confidential letters directly to the UC Recruit System.

* All letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. For any reference letter provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service, career center), direct the author to UCSC’s confidentiality statement at .

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As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct.

• “Misconduct” means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant’s previous place of…