Position Announcement

Title:                                    Variable-time Visiting
Assistant Professor (Ceramics), School of Art and Design, SIU   Carbondale.
Rank:                                   Visiting Assistant
Professor (non-tenure track).
Start Date:            January 1, 2013.
This is a 4.5 month appointment with the possibility of renewal contingent on
performance and curricular need.
Qualifications:            MFA degree in
ceramics required at time of application. Applicants must demonstrate a strong
commitment to teaching. University teaching experience beyond graduate teaching
assistantship level is preferred. Applicants must have good communication and
organizational skills and have the ability to work closely and productively
with another faculty member as well as undergraduate and graduate students in a
successful BFA/MFA program. Knowledge and skill of traditional and contemporary
ceramic techniques and methodologies is required. Applicants must also be able
to teach courses in one or more of the School’s program areas in addition to teaching
ceramics, such as  2-D, 3-D
foundations, and or drawing.  Applicants
must have an ongoing program of creative activity that promises continued
professional achievement and recognition. 
Computer skills are desirable.
Duties                                      The
assignment will include teaching courses in ceramics at various levels and/or
teaching a course in another area within the School of Art and Design.  The assignment will include
coordination and maintenance of the ceramics studio, including ordering of shop
supplies and supervision of student workers and graduate assistants. This
position requires the faculty member to have a regular and accessible presence
in the ceramics studio.  A work
space will be provided. 
Application Deadline            November
15, 2012 or until filled.
Application
Procedure:           
Send letter of
application, resume, three current (within the past 12 months) letters of
recommendation, 20 slides of own work, 20 slides of students’ work, if
available, and official
transcript.  Further portfolio or
dossier material may be requested. 
Submit to:  Pattie Chalmers,
School of Art and Design, Mail Code 4301, 1100 S. Normal Ave., SIU Carbondale,
Carbondale, IL 62901.
The School:            The School offers a BFA degree with
specializations in Art Education, Industrial Design, Communication Design,
Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, Ceramics, Glass, and Metals/Blacksmithing;
a BA degree in Art with specializations in General Studio, Art
Education, and Art History, a BA in Design with specializations in General
Design and Industrial Design; an MFA degree with specializations in Painting,
Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, Ceramics, Glass, Metals/Blacksmithing; and a
graduate certificate in Art History. 
The ceramics program at Southern
Illinois University Carbondale is part of the School of Art and Design. The
program has seven full time graduate students with individual studio spaces and
offers BFA and MFA degrees. Facilities include a soda kiln and wood firing
kiln.
Southern Illinois
University Carbondale has an enrollment of over 16,000 students and is a
Carnegie Doctoral/Research-Extensive institution.  The School of Art and Design, which is housed in the College
of Liberal Arts, has 25 full-time faculty members, 450 undergraduate majors,
and 50 graduate students and is accredited by the National Association of
Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), 11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21, Reston,
VA  20190; (703) 437-0700.
SIU Carbondale is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer that
strives to enhance its
ability to develop a diverse faculty and staff and to increase its potential to
serve a
diverse student population. All applications are welcomed and encouraged and
will receive consideration.