The Department of Dance at the University of California, Riverside invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Dance Practice, Performance and Choreography.
Position: Assistant Professor in Dance Practice, Performance and Choreography, Tenure-Track
Starting Date: July 1, 2025. Fall Quarter Instruction begins September 22, 2025.
Salary: Commensurate with education/experience.
Qualifications:
Qualified Applicants will hold an MFA or MA received by June 30, 2025, or BA plus extensive professional experience; strong track record as a choreographer, dance/performance artist and/or movement researcher/practitioner; college teaching experience; demonstrated administrative, artistic mentoring, and producing experience; and an ability to work with and benefit a diverse, multi-ethnic, international environment.
Preference will be given to candidates:
* Who are working, in part or in full, outside of or beyond Eurocentric dance traditions and movement practices, in such areas as: African/African American, Caribbean, Latinx and Latin American, Indigenous, Middle Eastern (MENA/SWANA), South/South East/Asian, Asian American, and diasporic practices;
* Whose teaching methodology and/or creative research draws on a diverse range of compositional approaches and critical frames, including but not limited to: social dance; storytelling; political activation; ritual and sacred dance; gender, queer, and trans performance; disability studies; and indigeneity;
* Who maintains an active research agenda, and who can demonstrate an ability to help build the national and international profile of the Department.
Duties:
Responsibilities will include pursuing a professional research agenda; teaching courses at the undergraduate and graduate level in the department's composition, repertory, practice and performance curricula; directing undergraduate concerts; facilitating graduate productions; mentoring and advising undergraduate and graduate choreography students; and participating in departmental activities and administrative service at college and campus levels.
Application Procedure:
Applicants will be required to submit a 2-page cover letter; CV; a list of references; two sample syllabi; a statement of teaching; a statement of contribution to diversity; and teaching evaluations if available. The applicant must also submit work samples from three different projects - includes: two excerpts 7-10 minutes each (unedited - no jump cuts or highlight reels); and one full work of any length. Please include a separate document with stable online links. Please use Vimeo or YouTube and include performance credits with 50-75 word descriptions of each.
Contact Information for 3-5 Professional References is required. Confidential Letters of Recommendation will be solicited via AP Recruit System only after a short list of candidates is determined.
Review of applications will begin January 28, 2025. Position will remain open until filled. Applications and materials must be submitted using UCR's on-line application system located at:
Applications and materials will be submitted using UCR's on-line application system located at https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF02033
To ensure full consideration, applications and supporting material should be received by January 28, 2025
Department Contact person: For additional information about the position, please contact: Professor Joel Mejia Smith, Search Committee Chair: joel.smith@ucr.edu. For questions or help with the online application process, please contact Hannah Braund: hannah.braund@ucr.edu.
The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and/or step at appointment. See Table(s): https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2024-25/oct-2024-scales/t1.pdf. Salary ranges for this position are: Assistant Professor $78,200 -$101,400. "Off-scale salaries" and other components of pay, i.e., a salary that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions.
Advancement through the faculty ranks at the University of California is through a series of structured, merit-based evaluations, occurring every 2-3 years, each of which includes substantial peer input. Assistant Professors are required to undergo a mandatory 7th-year review for promotion to Associate Professor, although this can occur earlier.
