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Assistant Professor of Communication & Theatre Arts
UW-Marshfield/Wood County
The University of Wisconsin Colleges Department of Communication and Theatre Arts invites applications for an Assistant Professor on its campus in Marshfield. The UW Colleges comprise one of the institutions of the University of Wisconsin System which provide freshman/sophomore, liberal arts, transfer instruction. The UW-Marshfield/Wood County is located in the central Wisconsin community of Marshfield, a city of 20,000 that is home to the fifth largest private medical clinic in the country. The medical complex includes the clinic, a hospital and a research and education foundation and is the source for a significant number of professionals in the community. The campus is developing programs to support the educational needs of the various members of the medical complex. Currently the campus serves approximately 600 students in a small-college environment that provides for small classes and individualized student attention. The campus is the primary arts provider for the community, offering year-around theatre programs, a Performing Arts Series, campus-community symphony performances, and other instrumental and vocal music programs.
- TITLE:
- Assistant Professor of Communication & Theatre Arts
- APPOINTMENT:
- Tenure-track faculty appointment in the Department of Communication & Theatre Arts. Contract begins August 25, 2008.
- QUALIFICATIONS:
- PhD or MFA in Theatre along with ability to oversee all aspects of theatrical production and teach public speaking. Priority will be given to candidates with record of successful teaching and directing.
- DESCRIPTION of DUTIES
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- Teach four courses (12 credit hours) per semester from the following list of courses: Introduction to Public Speaking, Introduction to Theatre, Introduction to Acting, Theatre Lab, and Literature in Performance.
- In conjunction with Theatre Lab, direct and produce at least one play each semester.
- Facilitate student involvement in theatre including mentoring majors and responding to interest in drama club and theatre attendance.
- Sustain summer theatre program*
- Continued evidence of a commitment to scholarly activity in the discipline and/or the scholarship of teaching.
- Participate in campus, institutional and community service, and the shared governance structure.
- Recruit high school students into theatre program.
- Use the theatre to promote arts and culture within the larger community.
Send a letter of interest, curriculum vita, unofficial transcripts, statement of teaching philosophy, and three letters of reference from those familiar with your teaching and directing to msfcom1@uwc.edu.
If requested, confidentiality of an application can be maintained until an applicant is deemed a finalist in the search. Materials that cannot be sent electronically should be mailed to Dr. Sarah Rudolph, Chair, Department of Communication and Theatre Arts, University of Wisconsin Colleges, 518 South 7th Avenue, Wausau, WI 54401.
- DEADLINE:
- January 31, 2008
The UW Colleges is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and encourages women, members of minority groups and veterans to apply.