Assistant Professor Of Art History

Description:

The Department of Art and Design at Susquehanna University invites applications for a tenure-track appointment in art history, beginning in fall 2025. The successful candidate will be the primary art history faculty member within a small, but thriving, department offering degrees in art history, studio art, and graphic design.

Art history courses are an important component of all major and minor programs within the Department of Art and Design, as well as interdisciplinary minors in Museum Studies and Women’s Studies. They also contribute to the university’s Central Curriculum, particularly in the Artistic Expression and Writing Intensive areas, among others.

The successful candidate will teach a 3/3 course load, including the two traditional world art history surveys, an additional variety of focused and topics-based art history classes (such as Contemporary Art History, Women in Art, Socially Engaged Art, Renaissance, and Modernism as examples), and potentially an annual section of the university’s first-year seminar course. There is ample opportunity to teach within one’s specialization and create new courses, however the successful candidate should expect to offer annual courses as needed by the department, drawn from the entire historical arc of the discipline. Susquehanna does not offer an Art Appreciation course. The successful candidate will also be expected to organize and lead a day trip to art galleries and museums in nearby urban centers once per academic year. Other responsibilities include university and departmental service, advising, recruiting, and program development.

Required Qualifications

Ph.D. or ABD in art history is required. A sustained research profile of distinction is expected.