Duke University, Theater Studies

2024 18125
Position ID:Duke-TheaterStudies-ACTINGFY2022 [#18125]
Position Title: Visiting Professor or Instructor of Theater Studies/Acting
Position Type:Non-regular rank faculty
Position Location:Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States [map] sort by distance
Subject Area: Theater Studies / Acting
Appl Deadline:2021/03/15 11:59PMhelp popup* finished (2021/02/12, finished 2021/06/17, listed until 2021/03/23)
Position Description:    

*** this position has been closed and new applications are no longer accepted. ***

The Department of Theater Studies at Duke University in Durham, NC invites applications for a Visiting Professor or an Instructor to begin July 2021. The field is Acting. This full-time, one-year position requires an MFA or related terminal degree in the field at the time of hire. The 2/2 teaching load will include small laboratory-based courses in stage acting and Black theater and performance; the ability to teach screen acting or to direct productions would be an asset. If hired as a Visiting Professor, the successful candidate will be an established professor on leave from a permanent academic position. If hired as an Instructor, the successful candidate will show evidence of success as a performer in the theater and/or film industry as well as evidence of promise as a teacher. Salary will be commensurate with experience.

Submit a cover letter addressed to Chair Torry Bend, vitae and two letters of recommendation. Applications received by March 15, 2021, will be guaranteed consideration.

Duke University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas-an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.


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Further Info:
https://theaterstudies.duke.edu/