Assistant Professor of Lighting Design and Technology

Please see Special Instructions for more details. Application should include:

• Cover letter, including experience working with diverse student populations and first-generation students
• Current CV or resume
• Statement of Teaching Philosophy including how to foster a collaborative and supportive production experience in an educational setting.
• Current portfolio or link to professional website
• List of three references. Please include their professional affiliation, relationship to the applicant, email address, and phone number.

The UNCG School of Theatre's mission is to prepare students to be informed theatre practitioners with commitment to creativity, innovation, inclusion, and the advancement of the art form. The School recognizes the need to move toward creating an actively anti-racist and anti-biased space of creative practice by creating systemic change through workshops, continuing education, and professional development centered around anti-racist practices, theatrical intimacy, and bettering ourselves in service of our diverse and intersectional student body. Our community seeks candidates who are invested in creating communities of practice and care in which access is paramount.

The School mounts a yearly season of seven-to-eight plays and musicals, along with student-driven work and other types of performance opportunities. The School of Theatre is committed to creating and developing a diverse, engaged, artistically well-balanced body of future theatre professionals, performers, and teachers.

The School of Theatre at UNC Greensboro invites applications from candidates who are experienced with advancing equity and inclusivity in their teaching and creative practice. This tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor rank will begin August 1, 2024. Review of applications will begin November 1st, 2023, and continue until the position is filled.

Responsibilities include:

• Teaching, advising, and supervising a vibrant community of diverse populations and first-generation students.
• Offering courses in lighting design, lighting technology, projections, portfolio preparation, and other design and technical theatre areas as qualified.
• Experience in developing and creating syllabi and curricula that de-center Western/Eurocentric approaches to design and technology courses.
• Production duties include the practical mentorship of student lighting designers and electricians, directly supervising hang and focus and related equipment for departmental productions and designing lighting for School of Theatre season productions as needed.
• Assisting in student recruitment.
• Serving on departmental, college, and university committees.

Minimum Qualifications:

• MFA in Theatrical Design or equivalent professional experience with expertise in lighting design and technology, proficiency in drafting, visual communication techniques, and active professional achievement as a lighting designer.
• Experience with diversity, equity, and inclusion in creative activity and research, teaching, and service.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency in current software and lighting systems, projection design, and technology, as well as demonstrated experience in lighting diverse populations.
• Innovation in university-level teaching, de-centering curricula, and experience in inclusive teaching strategies are also highly desired.

Application should include:

• Cover letter, including experience working with diverse student populations and first-generation students
• Current CV or resume
• Statement of Teaching Philosophy including how to foster a collaborative and supportive production experience in an educational setting.
• Current portfolio or link to professional website
• List of three references. Please include their professional affiliation, relationship to the applicant, email address, and phone number.