Job Description

Assistant Professor of Dance

Tenure-Track

College of Arts and Sciences

JOB SUMMARY:

Adelphi University's Department of Dance seeks applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor faculty appointment in Dance. The ideal candidate will be committed to collaborating with current faculty in cultivating a forward-thinking curriculum for diverse, multifaceted dance artists for the 21st century. Candidates must be able to engage in inclusive teaching strategies for contemporary dance artists. Faculty typically teach nine credits per semester in a two-semester academic year. This position begins August 2025 and incorporates student instruction and the possibility of choreographing or staging works for departmental productions as part of the teaching load.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. The candidate will teach Department of Dance courses that include dance technique and/or additional courses in the candidate's area of expertise (e.g. dance forms such as hip-hop/street styles, Afro-Caribbean, Indian classical dance, Native American, capoeira, Gaga, Flying-Low, and others).
2. Other additional courses could include dance and technology, anatomy for dancers, dance pedagogy, partnering, dance conditioning, contact improvisation, and dance improvisation.
3. Additionally, they may choreograph at least one artistic work per semester for the departmental productions.
4. Hired faculty will also assist with recruitment and curriculum revision.
5. Additionally, they may choreograph at least one artistic work for the departmental productions per semester if desired.
6. Hired faculty will also assist with recruitment and curriculum revision.

Job Tags

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