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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 Spring 2025 Quarter. 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):
Spring Quarter 2025 (March 31, 2025 - June 16, 2025)
Salary: Based on 100% annual salary of $74,598. Approximately $12,433 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/JPF02028.
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 January 02, 2025, and continue until the position is filled. To ensure full consideration, applications, and supporting material should be received by January 02, 2025.
For further information, please contact the Art Department’s Visiting Assistant Professor Search Committee at artdept@ucr.edu.

The University of California, Riverside is a world-class research university with an exceptionally diverse undergraduate student body. UCR is a member institution of the American Association of Universities (AAU) as well as the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities (HSRU). 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 or protected veteran status.

For the University of California policies on Affirmative Action, Anti-Discrimination, and Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy, see below.

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.

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, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.

“Misconduct” means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant’s previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer.

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