Professor Theatre, Dance

Position Number: 129027
Title: Professor
Functional Title: Professor
Category Status: 01-Faculty Tenured
Applicant Search Category: Faculty
University Authorized FTE: 1.0
Unit: ARHU-School of Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies
Campus/College Information:
Founded in 1856, the University of Maryland, College Park is the state’s flagship institution. Our 1,250-acre College Park campus is just minutes away from Washington, D.C., and the nexus of the nation’s legislative, executive, and judicial centers of power. This unique proximity to business and technology leaders, federal departments and agencies, and a myriad of research entities, embassies, think tanks, cultural centers, and non-profit organizations is simply unparalleled. Synergistic opportunities for our faculty and students abound and are virtually limitless in the nation’s capital and surrounding areas. The University is committed to attracting and retaining outstanding and diverse faculty and staff that will enhance our stature of preeminence in our three missions of teaching, scholarship, and full engagement in our community, the state of Maryland, and in the world.
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Position Summary/Purpose of Position:
The University of Maryland’s School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS) is searching for a dynamic innovator in the exploration of live performance in all its current, emerging, and future forms to be the Maya Brin Professor of New Performance at the rank of Full Professor with tenure. The successful candidate will have the academic record and/or professional experience commensurate with the full professor rank at a flagship institution noted for its commitment to diversity and inclusion, as well as a national/international reputation for working and/or researching in live performance. The appointment begins in August 2024.

Salary:
Commensurate with education and experience.

Duties:
To design and teach new courses that contribute to the undergraduate and graduate curriculum in the practice and theory of technology-enhanced performance and immersive experiences, as well as teaching courses that fulfill our current TDPS curriculum. To take a leadership role in our Maya Brin Institute for New Performance (established 2021) by initiating collaborative, interdisciplinary performances and/or research projects:
Across our undergraduate programs in theatre and dance, our MFA programs in dance and design, and our MA and PhD programs in theatre and performance studies; with our International Program for Creative Collaboration and Research; with The Maryland Opera Studio in the School of Music; and with the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
With other campus units such as The Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities; the African American History, Culture and Digital Humanities program; the Immersive Media Design program; the Maryland Robotics Center; the Human Performance Biopsychology Laboratory; and the Perceptual Interfaces and Reality Laboratory.
With nationally/internationally significant venues in the performing arts and/or institutions known for their research in the components of New Performance development.

To maintain a program of creative activity/research appropriate to the Full Professor rank, pursue grant funding for their work and regularly disseminate the results of their investigations in appropriate national/international forums. TPDS faculty are, in addition, required to be actively involved in School governance and the intellectual and artistic life of the School, the College of Arts and Humanities, the University community and their profession.
Benefits Summary Top Benefits and Perks:
Faculty Benefits Summary

Minimum Qualifications:
Education:
A terminal degree in a field appropriate to researching or working on live performances or equivalent credentials.
Significant national/international professional standing in the field.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Documented evidence of effective teaching experience at the college or university level.
Record of effective communication on the practice and theory of contemporary live performance through publications or presentations for professional organizations and institutions of higher learning.
Evidence of ability to work collegially.
Demonstrated ability to incorporate diverse perspectives and foster the values of inclusivity and diversity into teaching and research.
Preferences:
Preferences:
Experience teaching in a culturally diverse environment
Experience supervising student research at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Record of effective communication on the value of live. performance, including technologically enhanced performances and immersive experiences, for the general public (public-facing scholarship.)
A record of successful grant funding for live performances and/or research into such performances.
Demonstrated commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration.
Proficiency in developing and delivering online courses.
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Additional Information:
Facilities:
The School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies offers BA programs in theatre and in dance, MFA programs in Design and in Dance, and an MA and PhD program in Theatre and Performance Studies. It is home to the externally funded Maya Brin Institute for New Performance and International Program for Creative Collaboration and Research. We are housed in the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, a complex that also houses the School of Music and the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library. This 318,000 sq. ft. facility features six performance venues, multiple rehearsal rooms, dance studios, production shops, four World Outreach classrooms, the Applause Café, and the Encore bar. The Maya Brin Institute for New Performance has renovated and significantly upgraded the equipment for four studios, two labs, and three makerspaces. All TDPS performances are assisted by Clarice Smith professional production staff. Located just outside Washington, D.C., it is situated in the heart of one of the most vibrant performing arts markets in the country.