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University of Florida Assistant Professor in Musicology in Gainesville, Florida
Assistant Professor in Musicology
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Work type: Tenure-Track Faculty
Location: Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
Categories: Humanities
Department: 13030100 - COTA-MUSIC-DIRECTOR
Classification Title:
Assistant Professor in Musicology
Job Description:
Position:Full-time, 9-month, tenure accruing faculty position
Date of Expected Hire:January 2025
The University of Florida School of Music, within the College of the Arts, invites applications for a tenure-accruing, full-time Assistant Professor position in Musicology. We seek an academic colleague prepared to interact fully in the life of a vital and collegial department that strives to integrate the values and approaches of historical musicology and ethnomusicology. The successful candidate will advise and mentor students and offer a variety of courses of interest to our undergraduate and graduate students. We value someone who brings performance experience and expertise to their work, whether it is through research, teaching, and/or an ability to work collaboratively within the department, school, and college. All areas are invited to apply. We seek a colleague whose research and teaching orientation is innovative in a way that complements the current strengths in our department and prepares students for the current, competitive climate in the arts and in the academy. We desire a colleague who is producing and engaging with scholarship at the forefront of music studies through active research and peer-reviewed publications.
The University of Florida is home to a library with a prominent Latin American collection; individual Centers for Latin American, African, and European Studies; and valuable cultural institutions such as the Harn Museum of Art and the Florida Museum of Natural History. In addition to Schools of Music, Art and Art History, and Theater and Dance, the College of the Arts encompasses individual Centers for Arts, Migration, and Entrepreneurship, Arts and Medicine, and the Digital Worlds Institute. The School of Music supports a variety of degree programs, including the PhD, and numerous performance opportunities, including African and Latin American ensembles. We especially seek candidates who can collaborate in these areas, as well as those who bring fresh perspectives to the discipline and our school.
The University of Florida College of the Arts intends to be a transformative community, responding to and generating paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond. As artists and scholars, we embrace the complexity of our evolving human experience and seek to empower our students and faculty to shape that experience fearlessly through critical study, creative practice, and provocation. We seek a colleague who identifies as a change-maker. We seek a colleague who will prepare students to access and unsettle centers of power of any ideology in a radically changing world. We seek a colleague who will position emerging artists and researchers as catalysts for justice on local and global levels.
The University of Florida is an equal opportunity institution dedicated to building a broadly diverse and inclusive faculty, staff and student body.
This position is covered by the United Faculty of Florida Contract. You can view this employment union contract herehttps://hr.ufl.edu/manager-resources/employee-relations/union-contracts/united-faculty-of-florida-contract/.
Responsibilities
Teach and develop undergraduate courses, including a Quest 1 course
Teach and develop graduate courses and seminars
Advise undergraduate honors projects, Master’s theses, and PhD dissertations
Pursue a vigorous research agenda by maintaining an active research profile consistent with expectations of tenure and promotion
Recruit highly qualified graduate students
Participate fully in faculty governance and the life of the School of Music, College of the Arts, and the University of Florida
SCHOOL OF MUSIC:Organized within the College of the Arts, the School of Music plays an important role in the academic and cultural life of the University, the College’s Creative Campus initiative and the community. The School has 40 full-time and nine adjunct faculty, serving some 200 graduate and 200 undergraduate music majors. Degree programs include B.A., B.M., M.M., D.M.A., and the Ph.D. in music education, composition, ethnomusicology, and historical musicology. Program emphases include performance, music education, theory, composition, music history and literature, ethnomusicology, conducting, and sacred music. The School of Music is also home to the UF Bands program, which includes “The Pride of the Sunshine” Gator Marching Band. School of Music facilities include the School of Music Building and Steinbrenner Band Hall, among others. The University of Florida is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music. For more information, visitwww.arts.ufl.edu/music.
THE COLLEGE OF THE ARTS:The mission of the College of the Arts is to be a transformative community, responding to and generating paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond. We achieve the university’s mission by training professionals and educating students as artists and scholars, while developing their capacities for critical study, creative practice, and provocation. The College offers baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral degrees. Approximately 1,700 students are pursuing majors in degrees offered by the College of the Arts under the direction of 135 faculty members in its three accredited schools— the School of Art + Art History, the School of Music, and the School of Theatre + Dance, and in the Center for Arts in Medicine, the Digital Worlds Institute, and the Center for Arts, Migration, and Entrepreneurship. In addition, the college comprises the University Galleries, and the University level of the New World School of the Arts in Miami.
The University of Florida:The University of Florida is a comprehensive learning institution built on a land grant foundation, ranked one of the top five best public universities in the nation in U.S. News & World Report. We are The Gator Nation, a diverse community dedicated to excellence in education and research and shaping a better future for Florida, the nation and the world. Our mission is to enable our students to lead and influence the next generation and beyond for economic, cultural and societal benefit. UF is a graduate research institution with more than 50,000 students and membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities. Gainesville, which is consistently ranked as one of the nation’s most livable cities, is located midway between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Together, the University and the community comprise the educational, medical and cultural center of North Central Florida, with outstanding resources such as the University of Florida Performing Arts (Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, the Squitieri Studio Theatre, the Baughman Center, University Auditorium), the Harn Museum of Art, the Florida Museum of Natural History and in the community, the Hippodrome State Theatre and Dance Alive National Ballet.
Expected Salary:
Commensurate with qualifications and experience, with a comprehensive and highly competitive leave and benefits package.
Minimum Requirements:
The successful candidate must meet all of the following:
Earned PhD by time of application
Documented teaching experience of 3 to 5 years beyond graduate assistantship at the university level
Record of achievement in the field at a national or international level, in alignment with School of Music tenure and promotion criteria
Evidence of successful collaboration and collegiality with faculty, students, and staff
Evidence of skill in designing and facilitating academic work that advances curiosity, inclusion, open intellectual discourse, and the well-being of all in an environment of complex diversities.
Preferred Qualifications:
The successful candidate will meet some of the following:
Evidence of a commitment to innovative and cross-disciplinary curricula
Demonstrated aptitude for working toward structural and strategic change
Demonstrated capacity for effective engagement in recruitment
Organizational, management and communication experience in the higher education setting
Special Instructions to Applicants:
Application Deadline:All application documents must be submitted by December 15, 2024.
Application Process:Applications must be submitted via the University of Florida’s online application system. Online applications must include the following: (1) a detailed letter of application that explains how you match the particular qualifications of this position and how your work and perspective will contribute to and enhance our transformative community; (2) a curriculum vitae; (3) a research narrative (750 words); and (4) names and contact information of three professional references. The UF system will give you the option to upload letters of reference. We are not requiring letters of reference with initial application materials. Please ignore that option. The Search Committee may request additional materials at a later time.
Inquiries may be sent to:
Dr. Silvio dos Santos
Chair, Assistant Professor of Musicology Search
Email: sdossantos@arts.ufl.edu
The selected candidate will be required to provide an official transcript to the hiring department upon hire. A transcript will not be considered “official” if a designation of “Issued to Student” is visible. Degrees earned from an educational institution outside of the United States are required to be evaluated by a professional credentialing service provider approved by National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES).
If an accommodation due to a disability is needed to apply for this position, please call +1 (352) 392- 2477or the Florida Relay System at +1 (800) 955-8771 (TDD). Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the US. Searches are conducted in accordance with Florida's Sunshine Law.
Application must be submitted by 11:55 p.m. (ET) of the posting end date.
Health Assessment Required:No
Advertised: 04 Dec 2024 Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: 18 Dec 2024 Eastern Standard Time
