Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania

Job Description:

Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre June 7th 2022
Tagged: Communication, Film, & Theatre

Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre. The Communication, Film, and Theatre Department invites applicants for a visiting 1-year replacement position beginning August 2022. Ideal candidates will have experience and success teaching acting, directing, and script analysis as well as directing a mainstage production in a liberal arts curriculum. M.F.A. in Acting or Directing or Ph.D. is strongly preferred; ABD candidates will be considered. Teaching load is six courses per year (3-3) or equivalent. All faculty are expected to participate in delivering college-wide first-year/sophomore seminars. Opportunities and support for research and scholarly activity are available.

Allegheny College is a national private liberal arts college in NW Pennsylvania with an increasingly diverse student body and a dedicated faculty of teacher-scholars. Allegheny's undergraduate residential education prepares students for successful, meaningful lives by promoting students' intellectual, moral, and social development and encouraging personal and civic responsibility. Allegheny's faculty and staff combine high academic standards and a commitment to the exchange of knowledge with a supportive approach to learning. Graduates are equipped to think critically and creatively, write clearly, speak persuasively, and meet challenges in a diverse, interconnected world. Allegheny College is deeply committed to creating an inclusive community that actively challenges racism, sexism, heterosexism, religious bigotry, and other forms of bias (see Allegheny College Statement of Community).

Please send the following materials, merged into a single PDF, to Mark Cosdon at comft@allegheny.edu: letter of application that describes your teaching philosophy and scholarship/creative activity, CV, a diversity statement (describing how your past, planned, or potential contributions or experiences relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion will advance Allegheny's commitment to inclusive excellence). Please also include or send under separate cover three letters of reference. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Allegheny College is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a strong institutional commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We encourage applications from candidates who share this understanding and will contribute to the diversity of our college community. Allegheny College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, or national origin.

Posted: June 7, 2022