Wilkes University is hiring: Assistant Professor, Studio Art in Wilkes-Barre

Wilkes University invites applicants for a full-time Tenure Track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Integrative Media, Art + Design to commence August 2025. The department offers both BA and BFA degrees. These curricula blend a solid visual design and technology core curriculum with the choice of one or more minors in related fields: art, communication, computer science, English, business, theatre, and game and emergent technology.

The successful candidate will be a studio art generalist who demonstrates broad training in modern studio art/illustration techniques with the ability to teach beginning courses, advanced topics, and specialized seminar courses with an awareness of how foundational artistic skills influence commercial creative production. Areas should include: illustration, painting, printmaking, and drawing. Experience in 3D and 2D animation is a plus. We also seek the ability to integrate digital tools and software, for example: the Adobe Creative Suite, 2D/3D software, and emerging technologies.

Applicants must possess a terminal degree (MFA or equivalent), in Studio Art or related field. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills and be capable of providing a positive learning environment that supports the needs of diverse students. Creative scholarship and/or a strong record of industry experience preferred. Preference will be given to candidates with teaching experience in studio art at the undergraduate level.

The department seeks a team player with the flexibility to teach multiple topic areas in a small, academically diverse, close-knit environment. The department has a strong mentoring philosophy and is open to cross-departmental collaboration and community and service-learning opportunities. The successful candidate will be expected to support departmental activities including: advising, recruiting, planning, attending meetings and events, and curriculum development. The normal teaching load is 21 credit hours per academic year. Scholarship, service, and mentorship of students are also expected. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Please be sure to include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and three letters of recommendation. Also include a statement of teaching philosophy, student work examples, and links to or samples of personal/scholarship. Follow-up materials may be requested, such as student course evaluations summaries and graduate transcripts.

Wilkes University is an independent, comprehensive university dedicated to academic excellence in the liberal arts, sciences, and selected professional programs. The University has approximately 2,000 students at the undergraduate level and over 1,500 full time equivalent students at the graduate and first professional levels.

Its institutional focus is on developing strong mentoring relationships with each of its students and contributing vitally to economic development of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The University is located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, a revitalized city that is located on the lovely Susquehanna River and is within two and one-half hours driving distance of New York City and Philadelphia.

To apply, visit https://wilkesuniversitycareers.applicantpro.com/jobs/. Please be sure to include a cover letter, resume or curriculum vitae and three references. Review of applications will begin January 20, 2025 and will continue until the position is filled.

Wilkes University is constantly seeking to become a more diverse community and to enhance its capacity to value and capitalize on the cultural richness that diversity brings. The University strongly encourages applications from persons with diverse backgrounds. Wilkes University does not discriminate in its employment practices or in its educational programs or activities on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, pregnancy, sex/gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, marital or family status, military or veteran status, or genetic information.

Employment at Wilkes is contingent upon the results of a thorough background screening. PA Act 153 requires that persons working in positions with regular and unsupervised contact with minors complete additional clearances, including FBI fingerprinting and PA criminal and child abuse clearances.