Description

The University of Florida School of Theatre and Dance seeks an established or emerging dance professional with primary expertise in contemporary African diaspora practices with a focus on street, hip hop, and/or rooted/vernacular jazz dance for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor.

The successful candidate will have expertise in street, hip hop, and/or jazz dance and a secondary expertise in one or more of the following: other contemporary dance practices stemming from African and African Diasporic experiences, Asian, Southeast Asian, Indigenous, or Latinx dance forms; improvisation; interdisciplinary approaches to teaching composition, technology, pedagogy, kinesiology, dance history/ theory/ cultural studies, and/or others. The candidate will maintain an active research profile, demonstrate a commitment to teaching excellence and creative collaboration, and show evidence of effective student guidance and mentoring.

We especially welcome candidates who, through teaching, creative research, and/or choreographic practice, explicitly recognize and develop the connections between African diaspora traditions and concert/commercial dance contexts, situating contemporary practices within their cultural and historical lineages.

This position calls for a teacher-artist whose creative research and choreographic practice informs their pedagogy and supports the School’s commitment to preparing students for wide-ranging professional trajectories in dance, performance, and creative practice.

The University of Florida College of the Arts intends to be a transformative community, responding to and generating paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond. As artists and scholars, we embrace the complexity of our evolving human experience and seek to empower our students and faculty to shape that experience fearlessly through critical study, creative practice, and provocation. We seek a colleague who identifies as a change-maker. We seek a colleague who will position emerging artists and researchers as catalysts for justice on local and global levels.

This position is covered by the United Faculty of Florida Contract.  You can view this employment union contract here https://admin.hr.ufl.edu/compliance/employee-relations-and-ethics/union-negotiations/united-faculty-of-florida-contract/.  

Requirements

Required Qualifications: The successful candidate must meet all of the following

Terminal degree (MFA, PhD, or PhD ABD) in Dance or related field.
Potential for record of achievement in the field at a national or international level, in alignment with the unit’s tenure and promotion criteria.
Evidence of successful collaboration and collegiality with faculty, students, and staff.
Evidence of skill in designing and facilitating academic work that advances curiosity, respect, open intellectual discourse, and the welcome incorporation and well-being of all in an environment of complex differences.