Help Wanted: Tenure-track assistant professorship in Indiana

The hot shop at Ball State features two 560-pound days tank, two glory holes, a color oven, front-loading annealers, and top-loading casting kilns.

Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, is looking to fill a tenure-track faculty position beginning August 17, 2012. According to an official description of the position of assistant professor of glass arts, the successful candidate will be required to teach a range of art and glass courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, contribute to the maintenance and operation of the department’s glass arts studios, engage in research and artistic output, and serve as an advocate for the glass arts within the university and in the larger community.

Details from the official job description can be found below:

Minimum qualifications: MFA in glass; record of scholarly/creative productivity appropriate to the rank of Associate; demonstrated expertise in at least one area of glass art production—glass blowing, casting, torch working, or kiln forming; successful teaching of a wide range of glass art production techniques at the college level; demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within the department, the university, and the community.

Preferred qualifications: experience teaching and advising graduate students in glass media and/or sculptural media; significant record of exhibitions and professional accomplishments such as grant writing; demonstrated expertise in multiple areas of glass production—blowing, casting, kiln-work and cold work; knowledge of the history and criticism of the glass arts; experience developing glass arts curricula at the undergraduate and graduate level; demonstrated ability to construct and maintain glass shop equipment.

TO APPLY:

Send cover letter, current curriculum vitae, artist/teaching statement, contact information with email addresses for three references, MFA transcript, CD of 20 jpeg examples of personal work and 20 examples of student work in Powerpoint or jpeg format, and representative syllabi examples to:

Professor Brent Cole

Glass Search Chairperson

Department of Art

Ball State University

Muncie, IN 47306

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. More information on the glass program at Ball State University can be found here.

The job posting includes the following statement: Ball State University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and is strongly and actively committed to diversity within its community.