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Prof. Anne Simonson

Art History Program Coordinator

School of Art & Design

San Jose State University

San Jose, CA 95192-0089

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San José State University

San José, California

ANNOUNCEMENT OF POSITION AVAILABILITY

Subject to Budgetary Approval

Architectural History

School of Art and Design

Job Opening ID (JOID): 013090

Rank: Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track)

Responsibilities:

The appointee will teach undergraduate and graduate courses in
Modern/Contemporary architecture to students

who are BA, BFA, MA/MFA, majors in design, art history, and art. This person
will work successfully with

colleagues who are art historians and also with those who are practicing
designers and artists. Responsibilities

will include program and curriculum development, assisting with art history
advising, chairing thesis committees

of art history M.A. students, student recruitment, grant writing, and
associated academic tasks associated with

service to the University. This person should be prepared to work with art
history students and also to support the

theoretical and historical training of students enrolled in professional
programs in industrial design and interior

design and in digital/new media art. The appointee will demonstrate
successful collaboration across disciplinary

boundaries and secondary expertise in the architectural history/theory of
one or more Western or non-Western

traditions or cultures prior to the 20th century. Effectiveness in academic
assignment and continuing scholarly

achievement are required to achieve tenure and promotion. Applicants should
have awareness of and sensitivity to

the educational goals of a multicultural population as might have been
gained in cross-cultural study, training,

teaching and other comparable experience.

Qualifications:

Ph.D. in Art or Architectural History or Visual Culture at time of
appointment with one or more years of

university-level teaching experience, professional publications, and
knowledge of appropriate foreign languages.

Appointee will be selected on the bases of demonstrated excellence in
teaching and professional achievements.

Knowledge of computer applications in teaching the history of art and design
is required, as is an ability to teach a

variety of courses in and/or related to the history of modern architecture
and design. Candidates must address the

needs of a student population of great diversity—in age, cultural
background, ethnicity, primary language and

academic preparation—through course materials, teaching strategies, and
advisement.

Salary Range: Commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Starting Date: August 21, 2008

Eligibility: Employment is contingent upon proof of eligibility to work in
the United States.

Application

Procedures: For full consideration send a letter of application, curriculum
vitae, statement of teaching interests/philosophy and

research plans, and at least three original letters of reference with
contact information

 by November 1, 2007 to:

Chair Linda Walsh, Search Committee, Please include Job Opening ID

School of Art and Design (JOID) on all correspondence.

San José State University

One Washington Square

San José, CA 95192-0089

 

For complete announcement, see
http://fa.sjsu.edu/employment/Architectural%20History%202a.pdf