The Department of Visual, Media, and Performing Arts at the Camden campus of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey seeks to fill a tenure-track position for an art historian at the assistant professor level. The position requires a Ph.D. in art history, preferably with a scholarly focus in Ancient/Medieval or Renaissance/Baroque, with the ability to teach basic undergraduate courses in pre-modern areas; a minimum of two years full-time university teaching and documentation of teaching ability; a record of scholarly publications, and clear potential for substantial productivity sufficient for Rutgers University, a major AAU research university. The candidate will preferably have administrative experience, with the possibility of eventually assuming the direction of the current art history program, and to envision and implement further growth of the program. The teaching load for active scholars in the College of Arts and Sciences is generally 2/2.
The ideal candidate will be a recognized scholar and an excellent, experienced teacher, who enjoys teaching a broad range of courses, and a collegial person with vision and leadership skills who will thrive in an interdisciplinary department of committed artists/scholars/teachers in art, music and theater.
Consideration of candidates will begin on December 1, 2019, and will continue until the position is filled.
For more information and to apply, see the job posting.