Assistant/Associate Professor of Visual and Performing Arts (Open)

Job Description:

Coppin State University, a fully accredited institution, and a member of the University System of Maryland, is accepting applications to fill a full-time tenure track faculty position of Visual and Performing Arts in the department of Humanities within the College of Arts & Sciences and Education (CASE) at Coppin State University. Coppin is an urban residential Historically Black College and University (HBCU) serving nearly 3,000 students enrolled in day, evening, weekend, and online courses. The faculty hire will deliver instruction to upper and lower-level courses in Art, Art Management, Museum Management, Digital Art and other Art courses as required. The faculty will report to the chairperson of the department of Humanities.

Responsibilities:

Teach Upper and Lower-level Art courses such as Art Management, Museum Management, Museum management, Digital Art, and other creative research interests.
Recruit, train, coach students and spearhead participation in regional and national conferences and competitions.
Maintain office hours, conference with students, and conduct advisement with assigned advisees.
Conduct research, show, and develop grants to support professional growth
Participate in service activities conducted by the University, College, Department, and Community, which includes outreach to Community Colleges and High Schools.
Other duties as assigned as related to faculty workload policy.

Minimum Qualifications:

EDUCATION:

MFA in Visual Arts is required.

EXPERIENCE:

The successful candidate must have notable academic and /or professional Visual Art experience such as strong foundation of teaching in two-dimensional art forms.
At least 3 years’ teaching experience in Visual Art at a higher education level.
A successful candidate must have ample experience in the development of new work.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

Be able to use different teaching modalities, face to face and online teaching.
Promote the continued growth of the performance program.
Recruit, train, advise, coach and mentor students in creative art, and the development of new work.
Prior experience working with a diverse population of students in a diverse learning environment.
Demonstrate ability to work collaboratively on university-wide committees and Art projects.
Demonstrate the ability to interact with students to support their progress to the degree and their service to community.

Benefits Summary:

Coppin State University offers a competitive benefits package to include health insurance options (medical, dental, vision), life and disability insurance, retirement plan contributions, as well as paid leave and federal holidays for all regular employees. Please see the link below to view the benefits that Coppin State University has to offer.

https://www.coppin.edu/benefits

Coppin State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, age, disability status or veteran status. View the EEOC Know Your Rights poster for more information regarding your rights under the law.

If you experience difficulties utilizing the online application system or you require reasonable accommodations during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact Human Resources at AskHR@coppin.edu. Please note that only inquiries regarding a request for reasonable accommodation or system issues will be responded to when contacting this e-mail account. Reasonable accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

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