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Rider University

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Posted:
January 29, 2021
Location:
Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Salary:
Open

Requisition Number: 21A316027

Location: Lawrenceville

Position Overview:

THE SCHOOL OF FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS (SFPA), a unit of the Westminster College of the Arts of Rider University, announces an opening for a full-time, tenure track appointment in Musical Theatre at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning September 1, 2021. We seek an artist-teacher who will join our Theatre and Dance Department faculty and technical staff as we seek to increase our population of diverse students, our inclusion of underrepresented areas in our performances and curriculum, and the incorporation of inclusive pedagogies in our classrooms.

Overview:

  • Primary expertise in diverse theater, history, performance, and pedagogy
  • Experience with other underrepresented areas in theatre and musical theatre
  • Evidence of course, production, or curricular design to include critical dialogue that considers race, practice, and outcomes
  • Ability to teach beyond the traditional western canon, to include areas such as: the African Diaspora, Asian or Latinx Theatre, Feminist Theatre, and/or other areas.
  • Recruit and promote the B.F.A. degrees in Musical Theatre and Acting

    All Rider University faculty are expected to maintain an appropriate and active scholarly and/or creative agenda and to participate effectively in advising, recruiting, committee work, and other activities that support our teaching and learning community.

    SFPA is one of four units of the Westminster College of the Arts, comprised additionally of Westminster Choir College, Westminster Conservatory, and Westminster Continuing Education. The College of the Arts values diversity among its faculty and remains committed to building a culturally competent and diverse intellectual and artistic community. SFPA offers undergraduate degrees in arts entertainment and industries management, dance, dance science, game and interactive media design, musical theatre, popular music, and theatre. If offers the M.A. in Arts Management and Executive Leadership and provides content specific coursework for the M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a Dance/Movement Therapy specialization. The School collaborates with other departments and colleges of Rider University in support of the curriculum, performances, and productions.

    To learn more about Westminster College of the Arts, please visit our website at https://www.rider.edu/academics/colleges-schools/westminster-college-arts

    Rider University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer dedicated to excellence through diversity.

    Position Requirements:

    Required Qualifications – the successful candidate will

  • hold a terminal degree in Acting, Directing, or Musical Theatre, or a Bachelor's Degree with extensive professional experience in the field.
  • have experience in diverse theater and performance history, repertoire, and pedagogy
  • demonstrate success in teaching and guiding students who increasingly come from a diverse personal, educational, artistic, and socio-economic background
  • have experience working in an academic setting
  • provide evidence of success promoting diversity and equity in theatre education and performance

    Position Preferred Qualifications/Experience:

    Preferred qualifications

  • ability to teach in other areas of the curriculum (acting, auditions, scene study)
  • mainstage directing experience
  • collegiate teaching experience
  • ability to maintain an effective working relationship with faculty, both within and outside the department
  • demonstrated success in student recruitment and development
  • membership in professional unions such as AEA, SDC, SAG-AFTRA or DGA

    About Rider University:

    The Rider University community is composed of faculty, staff and students from a wide range of cultural backgrounds. Candidates with a demonstrated commitment supportive of the multicultural needs of Rider University and the surrounding community are highly desired.


    Rider University has been included as one of the nation's best universities by US News & World Report and remained in the top tier in the Regional Universities – North category. Additionally, The Princeton Review named Rider among its

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    About Rider University
    "As a learner-centered University dedicated to the education of the whole student, Rider provides students the intellectual resources and breadth of student life opportunities of a comprehensive university with the personal attention and close student-faculty interactions of a liberal arts college.Through a commitment to high quality teaching, scholarship and experiential opportunities, faculty on both campuses provide undergraduate and graduate students rigorous and relevant programs of study to expand their intellectual, cultural and personal horizons and develop their leadership skills. Our highly regarded programs in the arts, social sciences, sciences, music, business and education challenge students to become active learners who can acquire, interpret, communicate and apply knowledge within and across disciplines to foster the integrative thinking required in a complex and rapidly changing world."
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