School of Art and Art History, University of Florida
Faculty Vacancy -- Assistant/Associate Professor Creative Photography
The University of Florida School of Art and Art History, College of Fine Arts in Gainesville, Florida, invites applications for a tenure track faculty position with a specialization in Creative Photography. The starting date for the position is August 16, 2010.
Rank and salary: Assistant or Associate professor; nine-month salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Responsibilities: Teach undergraduate and graduate students and participate in program development; conduct research appropriate to the discipline; contribute in the area of service to the university, the community and the profession; and share responsibilities for area facilities. This position offers an opportunity to demonstrate leadership skills, work collaboratively and participate in rotating area coordinator responsibilities for the creative photography program.
Qualifications: MFA and teaching experience beyond graduate assistantship required. Accomplished artist and committed teacher. Must be conversant with history, theory and contemporary critical issues in creative photography and possess expertise in traditional dark room techniques and digital photography. Experience with video production and theory is preferred.
School of Art and Art History: Organized within the College of Fine Arts, the school plays an important role in the academic life of the university and in the community. The school has 40 full-time faculty, 420 undergrad students, and 110 graduate students. Degree programs include the BA, BFA, MA, MFA and PhD. Areas of study include General Art Studies, Art History, Art Education, Museum Studies, Studio Art (with majors in Ceramics, Creative Photography, Drawing, Digital Media, Graphic Design, Painting, Printmaking and Sculpture). The University Gallery, the Focus Gallery and Grinter Galleries also provide laboratories for professional and student art work. Degree programs are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). The School of Art and Art History homepage may be found at http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art.
Museums/Galleries: The Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, one of the largest university art museums in the southeast and ranked among the top ten public university art museums in the country by the Association of Art Museum directors, presents innovative programming and constantly changing exhibitions under the direction of five curators. The Harn Eminent Scholar Program links the museum and the school. The Florida Museum of Natural History is the largest natural history museum in the southeast, with historical, ethnological and natural history holdings and an exceptional research staff and 20 curators. The museum???s greatest strengths are its natural history collections and collections-based research.
University of Florida: The University of Florida is a comprehensive graduate research institution with almost 50,000 students and membership in the Association of American Universities (AAU), the prestigious higher-education organization comprised of the top 62 public and private institutions in North America. UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. The student body is one of the brightest in the country with an average GPA of 4.06 and an SAT score of 1306 in 2005. Gainesville, which is consistently ranked as one of the nation???s most livable cities, is located midway between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Together the university and the community comprise an educational, medical and cultural center for North Central Florida, with outstanding resources such as the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, the Florida Museum of Natural History, and the Hippodrome State Theater.
Application Deadline: January 4, 2010
Application Procedures: To ensure full consideration, applications must be submitted via the University of Florida's online application system Gator Jobs at https://jobs.ufl.edu by January 4, 2010. Review of applications will begin on January 4, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled.
In addition each applicant must submit 20 digital images of professional work and 20 digital images of students??? work. Digital images should be JPEG format, a maximum of 1200 pixels one side, and accompanied by an annotated printed image list (indicate actual size, media and date) with thumbnail images. Video work excerpts should be no longer than 5 minutes and should be included on a self contained standard definition DVD playable on any commercial SD-DVD player. If you desire that your digital images and/or DVDs be returned, please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
Creative Photography Search
School of Art and Art History
University of Florida
PO Box 115801
Gainesville, FL 32611-5801
