Assistant/Associate Professor of Arts Admin, Mgmt & Advocacy

Assistant/Associate Professor of Arts Admin, Mgmt & Advocacy
Lubbock
30767BR
Visual and Perform Arts

Position Description
Contributes to the university's mission through teaching, research and service, some variation by academic unit.

Major/Essential Functions
This 9-month faculty position serves to teach and coordinate curricula related to arts administration, management, and advocacy across the Schools of Art, Music, and Theatre & Dance and within the Fine Arts Doctoral Program (FADP) housed in the TCVPA. The successful candidate will also teach courses in the Arts Administration concentration within the MFA program in the School of Theatre & Dance.

The successful candidate will join an existing cohort of two faculty members housed in the College who focus on interdisciplinary approaches to arts research. They will develop an active research agenda focusing on arts administration, management, and/or advocacy, including the establishment of key partnerships with other campus programs and with community arts organizations and/or national and international arts institutions.

The successful candidate will actively participate in the College, TTU, and broader Lubbock community by engaging in activities such as: 1) committee work and academic support services such as undergraduate and graduate reviews; 2) thesis and dissertation committee work; 3) curriculum review and development; 4) supervision of student organizations; 5) participation in sponsored off-campus activities and other forms of community engagement.

Position Requirements:

1. Record of a minimum of 5 years of relevant professional activity and/or research that demonstrates emerging or established national/international recognition in the fields of theatre management, arts administration, arts management, and/or arts advocacy
2. Three or more years teaching in higher education
3. Demonstrated and ongoing commitment to equitable, inclusive, and antiracist pedagogy that serves diverse student populations
4. Ability to teach courses in advocacy for the arts and funding for the arts as well as two or more of the following: theatre management, art management, music management, marketing the arts, non-profit budgeting and accounting, copyright law, disability advocacy and the arts
5. Demonstrated record of professional research/creative activity relevant to the current and future practice of theatre management, arts administration, arts management, arts entrepreneurship, arts advocacy, creative activism, and/or creative placemaking
6. Evidence of familiarity with current practices in theatre management, arts administration, arts management, and advocacy across theatre, dance, art, and music disciplines, with a vision towards the evolution of the disciplines and to interdisciplinarity
7. Ability and desire to direct student research, coordinate student internships, and to perform service duties including, but not limited to, recruiting, program-building, curricular review, and programmatic assessment

Candidates who have very strong records of scholarship supported by extramural funding and who have the proven capacity or clear potential to bring externally sponsored research to Texas Tech University are encouraged to apply. Service duties include program-building, as well as commitment to extra-curricular activities. Service to the department, college, university, and community is expected.

Required Qualifications
PhD in Arts Administration or related field. Demonstrated record of effectiveness as a teacher, a record of peer reviewed publication and/or peer-reviewed creative activity which has contributed to the discipline or field of study, to the candidate’s intellectual and artistic development, and to the quality of the academic enterprise; a record of professional service appropriate to the discipline; promise of growth in teaching and research or artistic and creative activity.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Experience with interdisciplinary approaches to research and pedagogy and ability to work collaboratively across arts disciplines
2. Demonstrated ability to form partnerships within and outside of the university, regionally, nationally, and internationally
3. An active record of working with commercial or non-profit arts organizations, including community and/or governmental organizations
4. Clear potential to support research through extramural funding as appropriate to specialization
5. Interest in developing opportunities for students to study abroad

To apply, visit workattexastech.com

As an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, Texas Tech University is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse faculty committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment. We actively encourage applications from all those who can contribute, through their research, teaching, and/or service, to the diversity and excellence of the academic community at Texas Tech University. The university welcomes applications from minoritized applicants, women, protected veterans, persons with disabilities, and dual-career couples.


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