Part-time Visiting Assistant Professor - Painting and Drawing
Position overview
Position title: Visiting Assistant ProfessorWinter Quarter 2024 - January 3, 2024
Spring Quarter 2024 - April 1, 2024
Application Window
Open date: August 14, 2023
Most recent review date: Friday, Sep 22, 2023 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: Thursday, Mar 14, 2024 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.
Position description
Position: Visiting Assistant Professor (VAP) in Painting and Drawing
The Department of Art at the University of California, Riverside, expects an opening for a temporary part-time Visiting Assistant Professor (VAP) in Painting and Drawing for the Fall 2023, Winter 2024 and Spring 2024 Quarters. Alongside Senate Faculty and Lecturers, the Department of Art aims to hire VAPs on a temporary rotating basis to expose students to the widest possible range of practices and discourse.
Starting Date(s):
Fall Quarter 2023 (September 25, 2023 – December 15, 2023)
Winter Quarter 2024 (January 3, 2024 - March 22, 2024)
Spring Quarter 2024 (April 1, 2024 - June 14, 2024)
Salary: Based on 100% annual salary of $70,900. Approximately $11,816 per course (pending final budget approval).
*** All appointments are contingent upon the appointee being able to provide, in accord with Federal law, evidence of authorization to work in the United States ***
*** This position is contingent on funding and enrollment ***
Qualifications:
The successful candidate will have the ability to teach both undergraduate and graduate students in UCR's diverse practice-based arts environment and have a comprehensive engagement with contemporary art practices as evidenced by artworks, exhibition record, and teaching experience. Applicants should be well-grounded in contemporary art discourse as well.
Minimum requirements are an MFA or equivalent degree and one year of teaching experience or equivalent at the college or university level. Priority will be given to candidates with experience in teaching and research in Painting and Drawing.
Duties consist of the instruction of 1 or more courses: Beginning Drawing, Advance Painting, as well as advising graduate and undergraduate students in the department. The candidate will be expected to contribute to graduate education and the research, and service needs of the department. The candidate will also be expected to enhance the intellectual life of the department by presenting their most recent artistic work to the department community during the period of the appointment and will maintain an active program of research and creative activity as is appropriate for their professional position.
Application Procedure:
Applications must include a cover letter, CV, PDF documenting the applicant's recent work with images and/or links, three names and contact information of references, recent samples of teaching evaluations, and a one-page statement of contributions to diversity. Materials should be uploaded using UCR’s on-line application system:
https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF01777.
Applicants who use Interfolio should use the feature that allows letters to be uploaded directly into AP Recruit. Applicants can input an Interfolio-generated email address in place of their letter writer's email address. Interfolio refers to this as “Online Application Deliveries.” The following link at Interfolio shows how to set up the feature: http://help.interfolio.com/entries/xxx-Uploading-Letters-to-an-Online-Application-System.
Review of applications will begin September 14, 2023, and continue until the position is filled. To ensure full consideration, applications, and supporting material should be received by September 14, 2023.
For further information, please contact the Art Department’s Visiting Assistant Professor Search Committee at artdept@ucr.edu.
Qualifications
Minimum requirements are an MFA or equivalent degree and one year of teaching experience or equivalent at the college or university level.
Priority will be given to candidates with experience in teaching and research in Painting and Drawing
Application Requirements
Cover Letter
Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
PDF documenting the applicant's recent work with images and/or links
Teaching evaluations - Recent samples of teaching evaluations
Statement of Past and/or Planned Future Contributions to Advancing Diversity and Inclusive Excellence - In a “Statement of Past and/or Planned Future Contributions to Advancing Diversity and Inclusive Excellence”, we ask applicants to describe their past and/or potential future contributions to promoting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, which is a key requirement of the role of every faculty member and administrator at UCR. There are numerous ways to contribute, and a commitment to this part of our mission can be reflected through research, teaching, supervision, mentoring, community engagement, service, and any of the other varied activities that are a part of an academic career.
Misc/Additional (Optional)
- 3-5 required (contact information only)
Three names and contact information of references
Help contact: jen.smith@ucr.edu
Campus Information
UCR is a world-class research university with an exceptionally diverse undergraduate student body. Its mission is explicitly linked to providing routes to educational success for underrepresented and first-generation college students. A commitment to this mission is a preferred qualification.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.