Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Design for the Department of Dance, Drama, Film
Kenyon College, a highly selective, nationally ranked liberal arts college in central Ohio, invites applications for a Tenure Track position in the Dance, Drama, Film Department at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning in July 1, 2025. Duties of the position involve teaching the equivalent of five courses annually, designing main stage productions, mentoring students, and participating in collegiate service. Candidates should have primary expertise in costume design with additional expertise in scene and properties design. An MFA or the equivalent is required. Teaching responsibilities include courses in Costume Design, Introduction to Design, and other courses that would contribute to the departmental curriculum based on the designer’s expertise and interests. Production responsibilities include designing costumes, make-up, and hair for our three mainstage, faculty-directed plays and two dance concerts and sharing in the scene and properties design responsibilities with the other faculty designer. For these duties for a five-show season, the faculty member will receive two course releases, annually.
All application materials must be submitted electronically through Kenyon's employment website at http://careers.kenyon.edu by January 3, 2025. Review of applications will begin 1/3/2025, and will continue until the position is filled.
A complete application will include 1) a cover letter that includes an articulation of the applicant's design and teaching philosophy, including experience with and plans for teaching diverse student populations; 2) a curriculum vitae; 3) an unofficial graduate transcript; 4) a sample portfolio with at least 6-10 representative images: and 5) contact information for three professional references. Additional materials such as letters of reference may be requested from candidates at a later date. Review of applications will begin January 3, 2025 and continue until the position is filled. Completed applications received by the January 3, 2025 deadline will be given priority. Please direct questions to Balinda Craig-Quijada at craigquijada@kenyon.edu.
Kenyon College is a nationally prominent, private liberal arts college where academic excellence goes hand in hand with a strong sense of community and close relationships among students and professors.
Compensation and Benefits
Salaries at Kenyon are competitive and are commensurate with experience. There are a number of faculty development opportunities (e.g. travel, research funds, etc.) for which appointees are eligible.
In addition to an attractive salary, Kenyon offers benefits for employees and their family members. Children of employees are eligible for 100% tuition waivers at Kenyon, and through the Great Lakes Colleges Association, children of employees are eligible for 85% tuition waivers at fifteen other of the nation's finest liberal arts colleges.
We also offer health and dental insurance, TIAA retirement, and many other benefits, including provisions for a spouse, families, and domestic partners. Details about benefits as well as conditions of employment are described more fully in our Faculty Handbook.
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Kenyon College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and applications from members of all underrepresented groups are encouraged. It is the College's policy to evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, physical and/or mental disability, age, religion, medical condition, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by institutional policy or state, local, or federal law. Kenyon College has a strong commitment to supporting diversity, equity and inclusion. Please visit our Diversity at Kenyon website.