Position Title: Adjunct Music

Department: Music

Campus Location: Washburn University

Application Deadline:  Application review will begin as applications are received and will continue until the position is filled. 

Position Summary: Washburn University's Music department invites applications for Adjunct (Applied Clarinet). The position will begin academic year 2025-2026.

Each selected candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to pursuing teaching excellence at Washburn University, including a dedication to developing inclusive teaching practices that engage all learners.

Washburn University is a teaching-focused, student-centered, public institution located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students. Washburn has a student body of over 5,500 undergraduate, graduate, and law students, a significant and growing number of whom are first-generation and Pell-Grant eligible. The University has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their educational goals.

Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a dynamic faculty, staff, and student body and cultivating a robust learning and working environment and curriculum. We employ more than one thousand faculty and staff on our campuses throughout Topeka and strive to offer competitive wages, an excellent benefits program, and a supportive culture and a healthy work/life balance. Washburn seeks to create an environment that reflects our core values for creating positive IMPACT: inclusion, modernization, partnership, achievement, community and transformation. In 2024, Washburn was recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to Great Colleges to Work For® program.

Essential Functions:
• Teach Applied Clarinet
• Perform in Faculty WW Quintet
• Perform in Washburn University Faculty Trio
• Teach music courses assigned to fit successful applicant’s qualifications.
• Recruit students and maintain public profile as a performer and teacher.
• Perform additional job-related duties as assigned or as appropriate.

Required Qualifications:
Doctorate in Music, ABD and Master’s degrees applicants will be considered.
• Earned Master’s degree in Clarinet performance.
• Successful record of Collegiate level teaching, and performance.
• Successful recruiting and retaining of undergraduate music students.
• Demonstrated dedication to developing inclusive teaching practices that engage all learners.
• Official educational transcripts will be required at time of hire.

Special Instructions to Applicants: Questions pertaining to this position may be directed to Dr. Craig Treinen, department chair, craig.treinen@washburn.edu.  

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