Open Rank Professor of Music Job at Smith College in Northampton

Smith College: Massachusetts: Department of Music

Location

Northampton, MA

Open Date

Description

The Department of Music at Smith College invites applications for a tenured or tenure-track position in popular music, to begin July 2025. We seek an experienced scholar and teacher of popular music, broadly defined and open in terms of geography and genre emphasis. The successful candidate will have a record of publication commensurate with career stage, a commitment to undergraduate education, and be prepared to engage actively with diverse students across the liberal arts, including those with little background in music.

Teaching responsibilities (normally 2-2) will regularly include courses in the successful candidate’s areas of expertise and contributions to the Music department’s core curriculum, including courses in cultural studies and writing about music. In addition, Smith faculty provide mentorship to students through advising, independent studies, and honors theses. There is significant opportunity for cross-listing courses with other departments/programs and for collaborative work across the campus and the Five College consortium.

Smith faculty are expected to maintain an active program of research and scholarly publication. We encourage applications from interdisciplinary scholars, those whose work emphasizes issues of labor and class, race, and/or gender and sexuality, and those working in sound studies or disability studies. Service expectations include department and college governance. A Ph.D. is expected at the time of appointment. Candidates from any discipline with relevant expertise and research programs are encouraged to apply.

Located in Northampton, MA, Smith College is the largest women’s college in the country and is dedicated to excellence in teaching and research across the liberal arts. A faculty of outstanding scholars interact with students in small classes, as advisors, and through student-faculty research projects. Smith College offers opportunities to foster faculty success at every career stage.

As set forth in our mission and values, Smith College is committed to promoting a culture of equity and inclusion among students, staff and faculty. The College will not discriminate in employment on the basis of age, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, genetic information, age, veteran status, physical or mental disability, or any other classification protected by law. Smith College is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all state and federal laws that prohibit discrimination.

This institution is using Interfolio's Faculty Search to conduct this search. Applicants to this position receive a free Dossier account and can send all application materials, including confidential letters of recommendation, free of charge.

Smith College is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression or veteran status in the recruitment and employment of faculty and staff, and the operation of any of its programs and activities, as specified by all applicable laws and regulations. Women, minorities, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

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