Hampshire College
Job Title: Film/Video and Creative Writing-Fiction Faculty: Cluster Search in the Transdisciplinary Arts
Position
Type: Full Time
Pay Range/ Status: $65,000-$81,000
Anticipated Start Date: July 1, 2024
Film/Video and
Creative Writing-Fiction Faculty: Cluster Search in the Transdisciplinary Arts
Hampshire College is an experimenting institution with
a mission to advance social justice and transform higher education. We seek creative and collaborative colleagues to join our faculty as
part of a major hiring initiative across its new curriculum. We seek two (2) transdisciplinary faculty whose teaching, research, and
practice engages in the Transdisciplinary Arts to support students working broadly in the arts and in the practices of Film/Video and of
Creative Writing-Fiction. These positions are open rank with a preference for early career scholars and practitioners to be hired at the
assistant professor level. Candidates who hold tenure or a strong track record of multidisciplinary experience may be considered for hiring
at the associate or full level. The positions will begin July 1, 2024.
We seek student-centered teacher-artists whose teaching is
rooted in (studio) practice and who employ an integrated approach to teaching artistic practice, theory, and history across modalities and
with inclusive pedagogies; engage in a variety of forms; emphasize current transnational and trans-cultural practices and literatures;
incorporate historical, critical, and/or philosophical materials; draw on cultural studies, activism, or cinema/media studies in their
practice and teaching. In Film/Video we welcome those whose practice, research and teaching may incorporate film, video, sound, performance,
installation, experimental media and emerging technologies and who engage with both analog and digital media. In Creative Writing we welcome
those whose practice, research and teaching focuses on prose fiction but also includes non-fiction, poetry, time-based narrative,
screenwriting, playwriting, and/or hybrid genres.
The successful candidate will:
Hampshire Faculty
Our faculty are nimble: able to teach broadly from introductory to advanced levels and eager to contribute both core courses and
inventive, transdisciplinary classes that cross boundaries and stimulate and support student project work. At Hampshire, we have neither
departments nor majors, so you will join and collaborate within affinities (e.g. film/photo, visual arts, creative writing) and across the
College to teach and mentor students studying in every area of the liberal arts and sciences. New faculty hold great potential for
contributing to and determining the direction of Hampshire.
About Hampshire
Hampshire’s academic program is unique within
higher education in the United States. Students draw from multiple disciplines and methodologies to develop their own concentrations, and
every student completes a year-long substantial project synthesizing their course of study as a condition of graduation. Students are
provided narrative evaluations of their work instead of grades. Our student community is distinctively diverse: this year 39% are BIPOC or
international, 37.5% receive Pell Grants, approximately a third are neurodivergent, and a substantial majority identify as LGBTQIA+.
Hampshire is a member of the Five College consortium (Amherst College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, and the University of
Massachusetts), and located in Amherst, MA.
Building on its student-driven approach, Hampshire is implementing a radical new academic
program that emphasizes urgent challenges, transdisciplinarity, antiracism, community engagement, and project-based skills. We convene transdisciplinary Learning Collaboratives that
assemble faculty, students, and staff to address urgent questions developed by and voted on by the community. Additionally, Hampshire has
implemented a “Race and Power” requirement that ensures students, staff, and faculty alike will engage in critical reflection on racial
justice and equity throughout their Hampshire careers. In the letter of application, candidates are encouraged to explain how their teaching
and scholarly/artistic work does or could contribute to this curricular and pedagogical vision.
Qualifications
The MFA,
equivalent terminal degree, or Master’s and equivalent in professional work experience is required by the time of appointment. Qualified
candidates must have demonstrated teaching experience at the undergraduate level and an active research agenda. An ability to communicate
and work effectively within a culturally diverse and multi-disciplinary campus community is essential. These positions involve full-time
teaching with a five-course annual teaching load, as well as substantial student advising and participation in College governance.
Hampshire College is an equal opportunity employer and deeply committed to a community of excellence, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
We’re particularly committed to revealing and combating the social and institutional structures that support racism and white supremacy in
all phases of employment and college life. We believe that the educational and employment environment is enhanced when diverse groups of
people with diverse ideas come together to work and grow. We encourage applications from women, underrepresented minorities, persons with
disabilities, sexual minority groups, veterans, and other candidates who will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and
perspectives. Hampshire College is committed to removing barriers to employment faced by equity-seeking groups and encourages (but does not
require) members of these groups to self-identify in their application materials. Applicants whose work incorporates a global perspective
and a demonstrated commitment to issues of diversity in the work environment are particularly encouraged to apply.
Application
Candidates should submit the following to apply:
Please submit your cover letter, statement, CV, references, and work samples via our website:
https://jobs.hampshire.edu. No hard copies will be accepted.
If you have
general questions about this search, please email [email protected].
For fullest
consideration, all materials should be received by January 12, 2024.
Hampshire College is an equal opportunity institution, committed
to diversity and inclusion in education and employment.
Hampshire College is an equal opportunity institution, committed to
diversity and inclusion in education and employment.
Hampshire College is an equal opportunity institution, committed to diversity in education and employment.
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