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Faculty Position Announcement


Position:

Historian of Design


Academic Rank (U.S.):

Assistant Professor, Full-time, Tenure-track. Salary commensurate with experience.


Start Date:

August, 2012.



Required Qualifications:

Candidate must have a Ph.D. by time of appointment in art history, design history or a related field with a concentration in the history of design, architectural history, material culture studies, or decorative arts and an ability to teach the History of Twentieth-Century Interiors as well as the History of Furniture and/or the History of Communication Design.


Preferred:

Teaching experience as an instructor of record.


Responsibilities:

Teach the History of Twentieth-Century Interiors as well as the History of Furniture and/or the History of Communication Design and various upper division undergraduate courses and graduate courses in the candidate’s area of specialty. Participate in the teaching rotations for the second half of the art history survey as well as undergraduate methodologies and a senior capstone seminar. Establish and maintain a program of research leading to publication within the broad domain of design history. Additional duties include advising undergraduate and graduate students and service to the College and University.


Application Process:

All applicants must apply online at http://facultyjobs.unt.edu. Complete submissions will include a letter of intent, CV, samples of course syllabi, samples of scholarly writing, three letters of recommendation, and the names of the three recommenders including their current addresses, e-mail addresses and phone numbers.


Deadline:

Review of applications begins December 15th, 2011. Applications will be reviewed until the search is closed.


The Program:

The Art History program consists of seven tenured/tenure-track faculty members and a lecturer who work with approximately 200 undergraduate majors and 32 Master’s degree students. In addition to its undergraduate and graduate degrees, post-baccalaureate certifications in art museum education and arts leadership are also available. Additional information about the program and faculty areas can be found at http://art.unt.edu/art-history.html.


The Setting:

The University of North Texas, with over 36,000 students, is located in Denton just north of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area and its rich cultural offerings that provide excellent research and professional opportunities for students and faculty. Among the many area museums are The Amon Carter Museum, The African-American Museum, The Trammell and Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art, The Dallas Museum of Art, The Dallas Contemporary Museum, The Kimbell Art Museum, The Meadows Museum, The Modern Art
Museum of Fort Worth and The Nasher Sculpture Center. The College of Visual Arts and Design, with facilities in Denton and Dallas, is one of the largest and most comprehensive visual arts programs in the American Southwest. With over 2,100 undergraduate students and 135 graduate students, the NASAD-accredited College (NASAD: National Association of Schools of Art and Design) offers the BA and BFA degrees in 15 program areas, including art education, art history, ceramics, communication design, drawing and painting, fashion design, fibers, interdisciplinary art and design studies, interior design, metalsmithing and jewelry, new media art, photography, printmaking, sculpture and watercolor. A PhD is offered in art education. MA and MFA degrees are offered in these program areas as well, with exception of communication design, which has been supplanted by MA and MFA programs in design with concentrations in innovation studies (these degree programs have been designed to introduce graduate candidates to design research). Additional university resources relevant to design history include the Design Research Center (located in downtown Dallas), the Texas Fashion Collection, Fashion on Main (also located in downtown Dallas), and the Ray Gough Lecture Series. Further information about the College
and University can be found at art.unt.edu and www.unt.edu.


UNT is an AA/ADA/EOE. (AA/ADA/EOE: Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/Equal Opportunity Employer)