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Employment

The Department of Dance at University California, Riverside is searching for a lecturer to teach Dance 132: “Dance, Citizenship, Location,” in winter quarter 2008. This upper-division undergraduate course designed for dance majors "Explores interconnections between dancing bodies, their geographical, political, cultural locations, and the ways in which they negotiate inclusion or exclusion within state apparatuses of power such as citizenship."

Responsibilities: Candidate will teach one course, which meets twice weekly, for the Winter quarter of Academic Year 2007-08.  Course is scheduled to meet Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:40 to 2:00 p.m.

Salary: This is a 33% lecturer position, paying a total of $4,628

Start Date: Position will begin Jan 1, 2008.

End Date: Position ends March, 22 2008.

Qualifications: The successful candidate must have a terminal degree (MFA or Ph.D.) in Dance Studies or a related field, and at least one year of teaching experience in college or university environments.

The search is open until December 4. Applications received after that time will not be considered.

To apply: All eligible candidates should send a cover letter with resume, student evaluations of teaching, and a list of three references to:

Professor Priya Srinivasan
Lecturer Search Chair
Department of Dance
900 University AVE
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521
Priya.srinivasan@ucr.edu

The Department of Dance offers curricula that lead to a B.A. in Dance, an MFA in Dance with emphasis on Experimental Choreography, and the first Ph.D. in Dance History and Theory in the world. These innovative programs continue to influence the field of dance studies internationally. The Department, one of 20 in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, is housed in the award-winning Arts Building, with several large studios and performance venues. UC Riverside supports a culture of performance and inquiry, and the Department of Dance regularly contributes productions to this lively environment. Established in 1954, the UC Riverside campus today has a population of about 17,000 students and is projected to grow to about 22,000 students by the year 2015; it has the most diverse undergraduate student body in the UC system, and one of the most diverse in the nation. For further information about the Department see www.dance.ucr.edu. Details about the position can be found at www.chass.ucr.edu/employment.

 

The University of California, Riverside, is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff.