One-year Visiting Assistant Professor in Digital Media at Colby College in Benton, Maine

Job Description:

One-year Visiting Assistant Professor in Digital Media



Location:

Colby College, Waterville, Maine

Open Date:

Oct 25, 2024

Description:

The Department of Art at Colby College invites applications for a one-year sabbatical replacement in Digital Media at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor beginning Fall 2025. A completed M.F.A., at least two years teaching experience at the college level, and an active record of creative scholarship are required. The teaching load consists of 4 courses/year, covering courses in 2D digital processes and time-based arts practices. Our preference will be toward candidates who have working knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite including After Effects, Audition, and Premiere Pro, and those whose practice incorporates time-based processes such as sound recording, animation, and experimental film/video art. 

The successful candidate will become part of our dynamic department of art history and studio art. In addition to an extraordinary museum of art, the Lunder Institute for American Art, and a dedicated library of art and music, Colby College is currently engaged in ambitious investments in the arts with new buildings both on campus and downtown (such as the Greene Block Studios, the Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, the Paul J. Schupf Art Center on Main Street, and the Lyons Arts Lab).

A completed M.F.A., at least two years teaching experience at the college level, and an active record of creative scholarship are required. 

Applicants should submit the following materials via Interfolio: http://apply.interfolio.com/157779

• cover letter (addressed to Associate Professor Bradley Borthwick, search committee chair);


• curriculum vitae;


• names and contact information for three professional references; letters of recommendation will be requested for  finalists who are invited to campus, with letters required by March 10, 2025;


• statement of teaching philosophy and research interests that demonstrates a commitment to equitable and inclusive teaching;


• two syllabi (one introductory level, one advanced);


• 20 examples of personal work and 20 examples of recent student work. 

Applications submitted by January 1, 2025 will receive full consideration.

Colby is a private, coeducational liberal arts college that admits students and makes personnel decisions on the basis of the individual's qualifications to contribute to Colby's educational objectives and institutional needs. The principle of not discriminating on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, caste, national or ethnic origin, marital status, genetic information, political beliefs, veteran or military status, parental status, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, physical or mental disability unrelated to the job or course of study requirements is consistent with the mission of a liberal arts college and the law.