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1) Go to UNC-Chapel Hill Employment Opportunities to create a user account.

2) Go to the specific job listing at the application link included in the position/s below. On the job listing, click “Apply for this job,” log in to your user account, and follow subsequent directions.

Important note:

All full-time faculty positions are classified as “EPA Faculty” positions.


Current open positions:

Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Latin American or Pre-Columbian Art History

Position Summary

The Department of Art & Art History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is seeking candidates for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor in Latin American art history and/or Pre-Columbian art history. We seek a dynamic scholar with expertise in the art and visual culture of Pre-Hispanic America or colonial or modern Latin America. The successful candidate will show a strong commitment to teaching and research and will contribute to our vibrant academic community while expanding our current fields of art historical expertise. A demonstrated engagement with evolving directions in the field will be of particular interest. The successful candidate will be expected to develop and teach undergraduate and graduate courses, including a survey of Pre-Columbian and/or Latin American art history; to maintain an active and productive research profile; and to contribute to departmental and university service.

The University of North Carolina has substantial resources to support this position including relevant collections in the Ackland Art Museum, the Davis and Sloane Art Libraries, the Institute for the Study of the Americas, and the UNC-Duke Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies. The teaching load for tenured and tenure-track faculty members is two courses per semester. Service responsibilities include contributing to departmental committees, advising undergraduate and graduate students, and participation in shared governance.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

Ph.D. in art history or closely related field with a specialization in Latin American and/or Pre-Columbian art history.

Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience

The ideal candidate would demonstrate potential for excellence in teaching and a commitment to innovative and inclusive pedagogical practice; a strong research profile with a record of, or clear potential for, scholarly publication and presentation; and an ability to contribute to the department’s interdisciplinary and collaborative research environment.

Required materials:

  • Applicants must apply online at: https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/289586
  • Cover letter detailing the applicant’s specific interests and qualifications for the position
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • One article or chapter-length writing sample
  • Statement of research interests
  • Statement of teaching philosophy (evaluations are not necessary)
  • Contact information for four academic references

Application Deadline

November 11, 2024

Department Contact Information

Maggie Cao, Associate Professor
mmcao@unc.edu

NOTE:

Dear Latin Americanist friends and colleagues:

The Institute for the Study of the Americas (ISA) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for the Gussenhoven Fellow, a full-time tenure-track faculty position with a 9-month academic appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor starting on July 1, 2025. We seek early career applicants in the humanities and social sciences whose scholarship uses interdisciplinary approaches to Latin American and Caribbean Studies, especially in topics such as migration, inequality, human rights/rule of law, politics, environment, and/or afro-Latin American and Indigenous studies. PhD required at time of appointment. For details visit:  https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/289333  Department Contact: ISAapp@unc.edu


Tenure-track Assistant Professor of New Genres

Position Summary

The Department of Art & Art History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in New Genres at the rank of Assistant Professor with a start date of July 1, 2025. The position is a full-time, nine-month academic year appointment. Central teaching responsibilities will be in the area of moving image, sound, and emerging media forms. Courses should advance technical and formal knowledge of media forms as well as engage students in individual research, critical thinking, and issues in contemporary art. Additional teaching opportunities include courses such as first-year seminars, graduate seminars, and special topics courses. The teaching load is two courses per semester, and all studio faculty serve on several MFA graduate committees per year. Service responsibilities include departmental committees, advising, and participation in shared governance. In addition to teaching and service responsibilities, the successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate a commitment to a sustained and developing creative practice, with an active and ongoing exhibition and publishing record.

Minimum Requirements & Experience

  • MFA or equivalent terminal degree
  • Exhibition record evidence

Preferred Qualifications

The ideal candidate is a practicing artist with an excellent record of exhibition, college-level teaching expertise, and comprehensive knowledge of the contemporary visual art landscape, encompassing its technical, theoretical, political, and historical dimensions. Preference will be given to experimental and interdisciplinary artists who use video and / or emerging media as central to their practice, along with other genres such as sound, sculpture, performance or animation.

Special Instructions

Candidates should submit the following materials:

  1. Curriculum Vitae/Resume
  2. Cover Letter
  3. List of References, *Please provide names for 4 letters of reference
  4. Teaching Philosophy / Evaluations *Student evaluations are optional
  5. Sample Syllabus *Please submit a sample syllabus for an introductory course or a special topics course
  6. Research Statement
  7. Other Document *Please submit a PDF portfolio of 20 digital work samples of your own work and a sample of student work. Please see details below for submitting the portfolio.

Artist Portfolio Submission Guidelines

Please submit 20 images of your own artwork in one PDF document. Please include links to watch time-based media. First, please make a PowerPoint presentation of your 20 images. Each image should be accompanied by the title, year, medium (e.g. installation), materials (e.g. acrylic on canvas, thread, wood), and a short accompanying text about the artwork. To save your presentation file to send: File > “Compress Pictures”> Presentation (150 ppi).Save the PowerPoint presentation as a PDF. This allows us to see your images in context. Save this PDF as e.g. Firstname_Lastname_Artwork.pdf

Student Portfolio Guidelines

If submitting a student portfolio please submit 8-10 images of your student artworks in the same format as above. Please provide course title, year (e.g. 2017), student’s year (e.g. junior) with each image.

Application deadline:

Review of applications will begin on Nov 4, 2024. The position will remain open until filled.

Link to application portal

https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/289404


Adjunct Teaching Pool for Studio Art

OVERVIEW

Position title: Lecturer

DESCRIPTION

The UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Art and Art History invites applications to our adjunct teaching pool to teach courses in studio art. Members of the pool would be called upon to teach studio art courses on a semester-by-semester basis.  We seek energetic, creative, and organized instructors with appropriate technical qualifications and a comprehensive understanding of contemporary art practice. We value and promote the incorporation of both traditional and emerging technologies.

We seek diverse candidates with a broad range of backgrounds with a demonstrated sensitivity to and understanding of diverse communities and related pedagogical approaches. The UNC Department of Art and Art History highly values diversity including a broad range of abilities, ages, genders, gender identities and expressions, races, ethnicities, religions, sexual orientations, socioeconomic and academic experiences, and veteran status.

To learn more about how UNC thinks about contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion, please visit the University Office for Diversity and Inclusion.

Part-time lecturers are instructional faculty with conditional appointments based on enrollment and budget. Hires from the pool of applicants are made when there are instructional needs to fill coursework. Hiring timelines are in flux due to department needs and funding; successful applicants to the pool may be contacted on short notice.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

The department accepts applications to our studio art adjunct pool on a rolling basis. While we occasionally have unexpected immediate vacancies, our budgetary and planning processes begin several months prior to the beginning of any semester.  We advise interested candidates to submit applications minimally 6 months prior to the beginning of any semester and preferably by March 15 of the current academic year to be considered during planning phases for the following academic year.

OUTLINE

Pedagogy

We welcome applications from individuals who offer diverse perspectives. Applications must be able to teach techniques and address issues of contemporary art in their media area.

Media Areas

PHOTOGRAPHY: We seek applicants to teach issues of contemporary photography, encompassing print, installation, and video. Applicants should specify their experience in digital and/or analog processes.

PAINTING & DRAWING: We seek applicants with the ability to teach the basics and range of painting and/or drawing. This includes foundational technical skills, mixed media and alternative processes, and contemporary concepts and practice.

PRINTMAKING: We seek applicants broadly knowledgeable about printmaking processes (stencil, relief, intaglio, and planographic) with technical expertise in at least two areas. The printmaking area also covers book art, and we welcome applications for this regardless of traditional printmaking knowledge.

CERAMICS: We seek applicants to teach form construction (hand-building and wheel-throwing) and surface design (glazing and other techniques). Additionally, successful applicants will be skilled in the use of the following: pug mills, throwing wheels, slab rollers, gas and electric kilns, glazes, and raw clay materials.

MOVING IMAGE / DIGITAL MEDIA: We seek applicants able to teach in at least one of the following areas: moving image, digital animation, web media, or sound. Applicants should specify their knowledge of both production and post-production technologies.

SCULPTURE: We seek applicants who teach the field of Sculpture broadly with a contemporary focus at a foundational level, integrating traditional technique, installation as well as new technologies.  Applicants will be versed in woodworking, metal, plaster, and/or cnc technologies in accordance with our facilities.

DUTIES

The duties of a part-time instructor include developing a syllabus, class preparation, instruction, grading, and office hours.  Syllabi are approved by the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Guidelines for required components and a syllabus template are available on the Office of Undergraduate Curricula website.  Sample syllabi for Studio art classes are available upon request.

Hired instructors are assigned to specific courses, including dates, time, and modality, by the Director of Undergraduate Studies for Studio Art with the approval of the Department Chair under the direction of the College Dean.

More information about our curriculum, philosophy, and current course offerings can be found on the Department of Art and Art History page in the UNC Undergraduate Catalog.

QUALIFICATIONS

Basic qualifications (required at the time of application)
MFA or related equivalent professional experience

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Documents

Please collect the following into a single pdf saved by the title of your full name and the year you are applying, e.g. Last_First_2023.pdf

  1. Cover Letter: Please include media areas you are qualified and interested to teach.
  2. Curriculum Vitae:  Your most recently updated C.V.
  3. Creative Portfolio:  A link to a website or a pdf with samples of your work

Applications to the Adjunct Pool will remain active for 3 years.  Applicants can update their credentials annually.

Send applications to Lindsay Fulenwider – lindsay@email.unc.edu

WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT

We will contact you should an opportunity arise that is a good match for your credentials and the department’s needs.  At that time we may invite you to submit additional information (references, statement of teaching philosophy, course outline/proposal, samples of student work, etc.)

Check back on this site to see a listing of current opportunities

Help contact: lindsay@email.unc.edu