Department of Art Tenure-Track Assistant Professor or early career Associate Professor for Social Justice and Equity Cohort Hire at the Cornell University

Cornell University embraces diversity and seeks candidates who will contribute to a climate that supports students, faculty and staff of all identities and backgrounds. We strongly encourage individuals from underrepresented and/or marginalized identities to apply.

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Cornell University's Department of Art invites applications for one or two tenure-track assistant professor or early career associate professor in art beginning July 1, 2022, as part of a cohort hire of faculty whose creative practice, teaching, research and scholarship advances topics of social justice and equity at the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning.

The Department of Art, part of the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, offers both B.F.A. and M.F.A. degrees with a strong liberal arts component. In 2018, the department renewed its commitment to integrate a wide range of intellectual and representational variables into art practice. The department enjoys a close relationship with Cornell's Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, the Cornell Library, and diverse academic units across the university including in the humanities, sciences, and technology. Art faculty and students have access to extensive traditional and digital production facilities in the college as well as to the resources of a major research university. The department also offers semester-long undergraduate studio programs in both New York City and Rome, Italy. 

The candidate will advance their own creative practice even as they work with us to take the larger project of expanding imaginaries for social change forwards in a way that will support the department’s goal of preparing students for art making in an increasingly diverse and inclusive world. We seek candidates with a strong and creative teaching experience, a significant record in exhibition or other modes of public artistic engagement, and a critical practice that has received wide recognition. Of particular interest for this search are candidates whose practices include one or more of print media, time-based media, installation and performance. Nonetheless, because individual faculty and student practices regularly lie beyond or across these traditional categories, we encourage applications from the full range of media, practice, and background/orientation.

Applicants should have a deep knowledge of their media, but also a demonstrated familiarity with the broad range of current practices, and must be able to teach from a knowledge of art history and theory. Cornell AAP’s B.F.A. and M.F.A. are both oriented toward the interrelationship and integration of interdisciplinary studio practice with content from across the university: the candidate should therefore be able to address art practice in a broad cultural, socio/political, technical, and conceptual context within an atmosphere of close faculty/student involvement and mentoring. Responsibilities include teaching all levels of the undergraduate and graduate programs, developing topical seminars, and participating in related departmental service such as admissions and portfolio review, curriculum development, and undergraduate and graduate student advising.

The position requires a master of fine arts degree. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Required application materials (to be submitted electronically):

• Letter of application
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• Statement of teaching philosophy
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• Curriculum vitae
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• Work samples (links or other appropriate documentation) and work list
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• Examples of course syllabi and representative samples of student work
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• List of three references with telephone numbers as well as mail and email addresses; these references will be contacted only at a later stage of the search, and with the applicant's permission
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• A Statement of Contribution to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as per Cornell University guidelines described here:

https://facultydevelopment.cornell.edu/department-resources/recruitment/contribution-to-diversity/

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis beginning December 1, 2021 until an adequate pool of candidates for the position has been identified.

Applicants may apply to this hire and the AAP CIVIC Hire in Public Life though they must submit a separate application for each position. Applications to the Department of Art for both hires will be reviewed by the same search committee.

All applicants should submit their materials electronically to Academic Jobs Online at:  https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/20257

Positions will remain open until filled. The department will begin review of applications on December 1st

Further information about Cornell University; the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning; the Department of Art and its students, alumni, and faculty, and the CIVIC initiative, may be found here https://aap.cornell.edu/academics/art. Information on the Social Justice and Equity Cohort hire, and the CIVIC hire, may be found here https://aap.cornell.edu/academics/open-faculty-positions.

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If you require an accommodation for a disability in order to complete an employment application or to participate in the recruiting process, you are encouraged to contact Cornell University's Department of Inclusion and Workforce Diversity at voice (607) 255-3976, fax (607) 255-7481, or email at [email protected].

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Diversity and Inclusion are a part of Cornell University’s heritage. We are a recognized employer and educator valuing AA/EEO, Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. We also recognize a lawful preference in employment practices for Native Americans living on or near Indian reservations. Cornell University is an innovative Ivy League university and a great place to work. Our inclusive community of scholars, students, and staff impart an uncommon sense of larger purpose, and contribute creative ideas to further the university's mission of teaching, discovery, and engagement.