Department Summary

The Department of Art and Art History, founded in 1911, offers BA, BFA, MA, and MFA degrees and is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).

Brief Description of Duties

The successful candidate will teach upper-division undergraduate survey courses in the program’s “World Art” area, which includes the art history of China, Japan, Mexico, and Latin America. The candidate should have a strong expertise in either East Asian art history, or Latin American art history. In addition to such survey courses, part time faculty may also teach lower-division General Education courses within Art History and Visual Culture, especially ARTH 70C, the survey of Asian art.

Candidate must demonstrate awareness and experience understanding the needs of a student population of great diversity – in age, cultural background, ethnicity, primary language and academic preparation – through inclusive course materials, teaching strategies and advisement.

All Faculty should be organizing their classes within the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS). All classes must be offered and meet as scheduled throughout the entire semester or term, in the mode assigned and listed in the schedule of classes.

Required Qualifications

• Ph.D. in art history or equivalent field and teaching experience at the university level in Asian and/or Latin American art history; strong writing skills and an ability to direct and assess student writing; scholarly engagement in the area of design history as evidenced by presentation and publication.
• Candidates must also have an awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a multicultural population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching, and other comparable experience.