Fine & Performing Arts, Lecturer of Dance, Non-Tenure Track

Loyola University Chicago

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June 15, 2022

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Chicago, Illinois

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Job Description Summary:

The Department of in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) at Loyola University Chicago (LUC) invites applications for a full-time non-tenure track position for academic year 2022–23 with a specialty in Dance. This is a lecturer appointment with the possibility of renewal contingent on performance and review. We are a congenial, collaborative program, housed on Loyola's beautiful lakeside campus. CAS/LUC provides opportunities for promotion based on demonstrated teaching excellence and service to the program, school, and university. For more information about the Department, please visit its website at https://www.luc.edu/dfpa/.

This search is part of a University-wide, multiyear hiring initiative designed to hire outstanding faculty members who are reflective of our diverse student body and committed to interdisciplinarity (i.e., working with colleagues across different subfields and disciplines). Of special interest are candidates who can further the University's efforts to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion.

This position includes teaching undergraduates in introductory through advanced coursework in Dance. Teaching responsibilities include core courses in Ballet I, Jazz I, or Modern I; Seminars in Dance, Ballet, Modern or Jazz II, Non-western or Inclusive Dance Practices as well additional production and extracurricular faculty mentorship. We are seeking candidates who would lead a new Teaching Artist minor for the Department of Fine and Performing Arts and who can work closely mentor our Dance majors and minors.

Minimum Qualifications:

Candidates for the position must clearly demonstrate the potential for excellence in teaching and have a record of distinguished performance and student mentorship. The successful candidate will need the ability to teach a broad range of coursework in an expanding dance program, which is dedicated to transformative education in the Jesuit tradition. A minimum of 4 years of teaching experience at the college/university level and significant professional experience is required. Candidates must hold an MFA or demonstrate equivalent professional experience. Expertise in modernist dance (Graham, Horton, Humphrey/Limon) is valuable. Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion is required.

Candidates should demonstrate responsiveness toward and understanding of diverse student backgrounds, especially regarding socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, culture, ability/disability, sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Candidates must be willing to support the mission of LUC and the goals of a Jesuit Catholic education.

Internal Number: 20490

About Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Chicago, a private university founded in 1870 as St. Ignatius College, is one of the nation's largest Jesuit, Catholic Universities and the only one located in Chicago. Loyola University Chicago is comprised of four campuses: Lake Shore (LSC), Water Tower (WTC), Health Sciences (HSC), and the John Felice Rome Center in Italy, and is home to ten schools and colleges: arts and sciences, business administration, communication, education, graduate studies, law, medicine, nursing, continuing and professional studies, and social work. Loyola also features course locations in Beijing, China; Saigon-Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Vernon Hills, Illinois (Cuneo Mansion and Gardens); and a Retreat and Ecology Campus in Woodstock, Illinois. Recognizing Loyola's excellence in education, U.S.News and World Report has ranked Loyola consistently among the "top national universities" in its annual publications. Loyola is among a select group of universities recognized for community service and engagement by prestigious national organizations like the Carnegie Foundation and the Corporation for National and Community Service.

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