Assistant Professor Of Art History

Job Title:Assistant Professor of Art History
Location: Kennesaw, Georgia
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Job ID: 266373
About Us

For more than 50 years, Kennesaw State University has been known for its entrepreneurial spirit and sense of community. A leader in innovative teaching and learning, Kennesaw State is located just north of Atlanta, and combines a suburban setting on two metro-Atlanta campuses in Kennesaw and Marietta. As one of Georgia's largest universities, Kennesaw State offers undergraduate and graduate degrees, including a growing number of doctoral programs. A member of the University System of Georgia, Kennesaw State is a Carnegie-designated doctoral research institution (R2) committed to becoming a world-class academic institution positioned to broaden its academic and research missions and expand its scope on a local, regional and national level. For more information, visit kennesaw.edu.

Location

Our Kennesaw campus is located at 1000 Chastain Road NW, Kennesaw, GA 30144. Our Marietta campus is located at 1100 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta, GA 30060.

Department Information

With an enrollment of over 1300 students, The Kennesaw State University School of Art and Design provides a rigorous education, offering a BFA degree in Art (concentrations in Art Education, Art History, Ceramics, Comics and Sequential Art, Graphic Communications, Illustration, Painting and Drawing, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Textiles and Surface Design), and a BFA in Digital Animation. The School offers an MA in Art and Design that is a 100% online degree with tracks in Art Education, Digital Animation, and Museum Studies.

Our facilities provide students with state-of-the-art resources. Our Chastain Pointe facility houses four large drawing and painting studios and an expansive printmaking area. 5 computer studios in the Visual Arts Building provide industry standard technology for our applied arts disciplines of Graphic Communications, Digital Animation, Illustration and Comics and Sequential Art. Textiles and Surface Design is our newest concentration in the BFA. The Textiles facilities are located on the Marietta campus and comprise approximately 8000 square feet of studio space.

Job Summary

Kennesaw State University is now accepting applications for full-time, nine-month, tenure track Assistant Professor of Art History faculty positions in the School of Art & Design that begins August 2024.

Responsibilities

• The candidate will teach a 3/3 load in both the undergraduate and the MA in Art and Design graduate programs. The field of specialization is open.
• Teach a broad range of introductory and advanced Art History courses at the undergraduate level and contribute to our MA in Art and Design degree, which has a track in Museum Studies.
• All tenure track faculty have teaching, service, and scholarship/research activity expectations.

Teaching assignments will be based on earned degrees and SACSCOC Faculty Credentials Guidelines.

Required Qualifications

• A PhD degree, or the foreign equivalent, in a discipline related to Art History is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Museum Studies skills, such as collections management, installation and design, public programming, curatorship, and/or interpretation, along with a scholarly interest in the history and theory of museums.
• International experience
• Experience in program coordination
• Experience in General Education coordination
• Classical Studies experience
• Experience teaching on-line or hybrid courses
• Previous teaching experience at the collegiate level preferred
  

Required Documents to Attach

1. CV
2. Cover Letter
3. Unofficial Transcripts (Official Transcripts and Official International Course-by-Course Evaluations Due Upon Hire)
4. Names, phone numbers, and email addresses of at least 3 references to be contacted as needed

Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Apply Before Date

Application deadline is January 22, 2024.

Contact Information

For questions about this faculty opening, please contact Geo Sipp, gsipp@kennesaw.edu.

For technical support or assistance completing a job application, please contact the Shared Services Center at (877) 251-2644 or oneusgsupport@usg.edu.

For questions about a specific job posting at Kennesaw State University, please contact the search chair listed under the contact information section on each posting. For general questions about faculty jobs please email facultyjobs@kennesaw.edu.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Kennesaw State University is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for living, work and study. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and University policy, the University prohibits harassment of or discrimination against any person because of race, color, sex (including sexual harassment, pregnancy, and medical conditions related to pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity or national origin, religion, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran or military status by any member of the KSU Community on campus, in connection with a University program or activity, or in a manner that creates a hostile environment for members of the KSU community.
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Background Check

Per the University System of Georgia background check policy, all final candidates will be required to consent to a criminal background investigation. Final candidates may be asked to disclose criminal record history during the initial screening process and prior to a conditional offer of employment. Applicants for positions of trust with screening results which confirm a disqualifying criminal history will be immediately disqualified from employment eligibility.

All applicants are required to include professional references as part of their application process. Some positions may require additional job-based screenings such as motor vehicle report, credit check, pre-employment drug screening and/or verification of academic credentials.
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