Position: Assistant Professor of Art (Illustration)
Effective Date: August 19, 2024 (Fall Semester)
Salary Range: The Assistant Professor (Academic Year) classification salary is $5,405 to $11,994/per month (12 monthly payments per academic year). The anticipated hiring range is $5,405 to $8,333/ per month. Salary offered is commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Application Deadline: Review of applications is set to begin on or about November 15, 2023. Position open until filled (or recruitment canceled).
College of the Arts
School of Art
The School of Art at California State University, Long Beach invites applications for an Assistant Professor position in the Illustration program. We seek applicants who are committed to illustration as a contemporary creative art form, who maintain an active professional practice, and who are dedicated to an engagement with arts education at a public university.
The School of Art is dedicated to its mission of creating a comprehensive art school experience within the context of a large publicly funded state university. At the undergraduate level, we provide a diverse population of over 1,500 aspiring artists and art scholars with access to affordable, quality education combining a broad-based liberal arts collegiate experience with a firm historical, theoretical, and foundational art curriculum. At the graduate level, our degree programs are designed with a dual emphasis on tailoring programs of study to individual students while fostering shared experience among a community of graduate students. Our faculty is committed to the belief that an education in the visual arts and related scholarship can be grounded in tradition while geared toward innovation; can foster both discipline-centered and interdisciplinary activity and discourse; and can achieve a fusion of informed dialogue, practice, and production.
CSULB seeks to recruit faculty who enthusiastically support the University’s strong commitment to the academic success of all our students, including students of color, students with disabilities, students who are first generation to college, veterans, students with diverse socio-economic backgrounds, and students of diverse sexual orientations and gender expressions. CSULB seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the People of California, to maintain the excellence of the University, and to offer our students a rich variety of expertise, perspectives, and ways of knowing and learning.
Required Qualifications: - M.F.A. in Illustration or a record of substantial creative/professional achievement in a relevant discipline/field. Degree at time of application or official notification of degree completion by August 1, 2024.
- Awareness of diverse traditions, histories, philosophies and professional practices in illustration, and the ability to incorporate into instruction
- Demonstrated effectiveness in image-making in the areas of illustration, drawing, and/or painting with a strong visual imagination
- Familiarity with industry standard software applications relevant to illustration and the applied arts
- Active creative/professional practice as demonstrated by portfolio of work and C.V.
- Demonstrated commitment to working successfully with a diverse student population
Preferred Qualifications: - Demonstrated effectiveness in teaching visual art at the college level with an emphasis on illustration
- Demonstrated excellence in professional achievement
- Experience in industry standard software applications relevant to illustration
- Evidence of success or potential for success in teaching in one or more of the following: editorial illustration, storyboarding, comic/sequential art, narrative, and representational strategies, non-traditional or experimental approaches to illustration, print production, and critique
- Knowledge of an entrepreneurial approach to illustration
- Evidence of success or potential for success in working with undergraduate and graduate students in a broadly defined program
- Experience in any of the following: student advising, program coordination, committee work, or other service.
Duties: - Teach undergraduate and graduate level courses in the discipline program within the School of Art [Mode of instruction may include in-person, hybrid, online, and/or any combination thereof.]
- Mentor and advise students at a broad range of levels from non-majors to MFA candidates
- Serve on MFA graduate committees
- Serve as program/area lead for the discipline on a rotating basis
- Participate in curriculum and program development
- Engage in student outreach through involvement in student activities, portfolio reviews
- Assist in recruitment, review, and supervision of part-time faculty, technical staff and student assistants
- Develop and maintain ongoing research, scholarly and creative activities that leads to exhibitions, presentations, publications
- Act as program liaison with professionals in the field
- Participate in service to the School of Art, college, university, community, and scholarly/creative/professional field
How to Appy - Required Documentation: Please follow instructions carefully to ensure full review of materials.
- An Equity and Diversity Statement about your teaching or other experiences, successes, and challenges in working with a diverse student population (maximum two pages, single-spaced). For further information and guidelines, please visit: Equity and Diversity Statement
- CV
- Letter of application addressing required and preferred qualifications
- Statement of Teaching Philosophy
- Names and contact information for three references (to be contacted for confidential letters of recommendation should you reach the finalist stage)
- Portfolio of 20-30 images of applicant’s creative work (.jpg or .pdf files). Please include caption information next to each image that details title, date, size, medium, etc. Links to audio, video, or online works uploaded to Vimeo or other sites may also be provided.
- Portfolio of 20-30 images of student work (.jpg or .pdf files). Please include caption information next to each image that details title, date, size, medium, etc. Links to audio, video, or online works uploaded to Vimeo or other sites may also be provided.
- Applicants may also include: copies of performance evaluations from prior teaching, and other documentation regarding instruction and instructionally related activity; research, scholarly and creative activities; and service activities.
- Finalists will also be required to submit the following: 1) Evidence of teaching effectiveness, if applicable (i.e. course evaluations) 2) Evidence of additional research, scholarly and creative activity, and service activities 3) Finalists should be prepared to submit an official transcript (e-transcript preferred, if available)
How to Apply: Click Apply Now icon to complete the CSULB online application
Requests for information should be addressed to:
Illustration Search Committee Chair
California State University, Long Beach
School of Art
Attn: Karen Warner
1250 Bellflower Boulevard
Long Beach, CA 90840-3501
562-985-7907 or COTA-SOA-Apply@csulb.edu
Employment Requirements: A background check (including a criminal records check and telephone reference check with most recent employer) must be completed satisfactorily before any candidate can be offered a position with the CSU. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the application status of applicants or continued employment of current CSU employees who apply for the position.
The person holding this position is considered a “mandated reporter” under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 Revised July 21, 2017 as a condition of employment.
CSU Vaccination Policy CSU requires faculty, staff, and students who are accessing campus facilities to be immunized against COVID-19 or declare a medical or religious exemption from doing so. Any candidates advanced in a currently open search process should be prepared to comply with this requirement. The systemwide policy can be found at https://calstate.policystat.com/policy/9779821/latest/ and questions may be sent to fahr@csulb.edu .
CSULB is committed to creating a community in which a diverse population can learn, live, and work in an atmosphere of tolerance, civility and respect for the rights and sensibilities of each individual, without regard to race or ethnicity (including color or ancestry), nationality, religion or religious creed, gender (or sex), gender identity (including transgender), gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, genetic information, age, veteran or military status. CSULB is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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