Assistant Professor - Pictorial Art with Emphasis on Hybrid and Digital Processes
Company: San Jose State University
Location: San Jose
Posted on: January 23, 2023
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Job Description:
Assistant Professor - Pictorial Art with Emphasis on Hybrid and
Digital Processes
Job no: 519848
Work type: Instructional Faculty - Tenured/Tenure-Track
Location: San Jose
Categories: Unit 3 - CFA - California Faculty Association, Faculty
- Letters/Humanities, Faculty - Fine/Performing Arts,
Tenured/Tenure-Track, Full TimePosition Rank and Title: Assistant
ProfessorSchool/Department Name: Department of Art and Art
HistoryCompensation: Commensurate with qualifications, experience,
and rank as established by the CSU Salary Schedule . See Benefits
Summary for details about the CSU's excellent employment
benefits.Target Start Date: August 17, 2023Application Deadline:
January 8, 2023 - Applications accepted until position is filled or
closedPosition DescriptionThe Department of Art and Art History in
the College of Humanities and the Arts at San Jose State University
invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position jointly
appointed by the Pictorial Art and the Digital Media Art programs
with an emphasis in digital drawing, painting, and/or printmaking.
The successful candidate will possess critical, and art historical
knowledge combined within a contemporary creative practice focused
on the aesthetic, conceptual, and technical production of hybrid
digital and pictorial artworks. Serving BA, BFA, and MFA students,
a key part of this role will include the development and teaching
of new courses that focus on emerging trends at the intersection of
digital and two-dimensional art making processes. Additionally
these research and teaching expectations will serve to support
multidisciplinary art, innovation, and technology initiatives
within the department and across the university. The ideal
candidate will also possess experience with multidisciplinary
collaboration across the arts and sciences to address aesthetic,
social, and cultural trends in digital media art and
technology.Founded in 1911, the Department of Art and Art History
remains one of the oldest, most comprehensive, and most affordable
fine arts schools in western United States and more specifically
within the state of California. San Jose State University is
located in the heart of Silicon Valley in downtown San Jose, CA,
the tenth largest city in the United States and the hub of Silicon
Valley. The Art and Art History Department is strategically located
in close proximity to some of the major research institutions
located in the Bay Area like the Stanford University and the
University of California Berkeley among others. The city, and the
surrounding San Francisco Bay Area recognizes and supports art,
creativity, and technology as cornerstones for regional
development. As a major contributor to the artistic life of the
area, the University frequently partners with the city to bring art
programs to the area. The location also provides easy access to the
thriving art community of San Francisco and Oakland to the north
and the expansive art market and cultural venues of Los Angeles to
the south.The Department of Art and Art History offers a unique
combination of award-winning faculty and staff, outstanding
facilities, and a wide range of focus areas, including traditional
and digital media arts, art history and visual culture, and
curatorial studies. Our acclaimed network of alumni, curators,
artists, teachers, historians, and arts professionals represent the
very best of what the Bay Area has to offer, providing our students
with the opportunity to build a robust practice within a chosen
discipline. Committed faculty and staff provide students access to
our "best-in-the-west" education and facilities, generated through
invaluable professional and personal relationships offered within a
welcoming and supportive community; a dynamic student gallery
system; a weekly lecture series showcasing renowned artists,
thinkers and critics; the professionally-curated and endowed
Thompson Gallery, with its groundbreaking exhibitions; a cutting
edge curriculum; extensive facilities, including darkrooms, a
foundry, glass facilities, and state-of-the art computer and
digital fabrication labs; and professional development
opportunities in and around the Silicon Valley.More information
about the Department of Art and Art History at San Jose State
University can be found here .The Department of Art and Art History
and San Jose State University value diversity, equity, inclusion,
and belonging. Our excellence in research, teaching, and service
can only be fully realized by faculty, students, and staff who
share our commitment to these values. SJSU enrolls more than 36,000
students, many of whom are historically underserved, and around 45%
are first-generation and 38% are Pell-recipients. SJSU is a
Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and Asian American and Native
American Pacific Islander (AANAPISI) Serving Institution. The
university's commitment to social justice extends from its vibrant,
inclusive campus to an international network of over 275,000
alumni. As such, San Jose State is committed to increasing the
diversity of its faculty so our disciplines, students, and the
community can benefit from multiple ethnic and gender
perspectives.Successful candidates will demonstrate evidence of a
commitment to equity and inclusion through their research,
teaching, and/or service. We ask that all applicants include a
Diversity Statement with their application package. A guide to
writing this statement can be found at SJSU Diversity Statement
Guidelines , along with information about how these statements will
be evaluated.San Jose State University regularly tops national
rankings in public education, affordability and social mobility for
our diverse student body being ranked #1 "Most Transformative
College" in the nation by Money and ranked #5 by the US News and
World Report and is an accredited member of the National
Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). Our alumni, as
artists, makers, and thinkers, who are increasingly at the center
of the creative economy, are steadily inventing the future in
California, the United States and throughout the world.
Required Qualifications
Preferred QualificationsPriority will be given to candidates who
possess one or more of the following:
Key Responsibilities
Other DutiesNote that all San Jose State University employees are
considered mandated reporters under the California Child Abuse and
Neglect Reporting Act and are required to comply with the
requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition
of employment.Pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus
Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act) and CSU
systemwide policy, some faculty duties may lead to designation as a
Campus Security Authority (CSA). CSAs are required to complete
Clery Act training and to immediately report Clery incidents to the
institution.
Application ProcedureSelect Apply Now to complete the SJSU Online
Employment Application and attach the following documents:
Inquiries may be directed to: Rajorshi Ghosh (Department Chair) -
(see application details) and/or Shaun O'Dell (Search Committee
Chair) - (see application details)Conditional OfferThe work for
this faculty position is located in the State of California.
Employment is contingent upon proof of eligibility to work in the
United States. Proof of immunization and booster shots against
COVID-19 or proof of a medical or religious exemption and
compliance with testing protocols is required for employment.
Satisfactory completion of a background check (including a criminal
records check) is required for employment. SJSU will make a
conditional offer of employment, which may be rescinded if the
background check reveals disqualifying information, and/or it is
discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified
information. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background
check may affect the continued employment of a current employee who
was conditionally offered the position.San Jose State University:
Silicon Valley's Public UniversityLocated in the heart of Silicon
Valley - one of the most innovative regions in the world - San Jose
State University is the founding campus of the 23-campus California
State University (CSU) system and the first public university in
the West. Recognized as a leading transformative educational
institution, San Jose State is an essential partner in the
technological, economic, cultural, and social development of
Silicon Valley, the Bay Area, and California. SJSU is a top-200
school nationally in research funding and second highest in
research productivity in the CSU system. Cutting-edge research,
world-class scholarship, student-centered learning, diverse
communities, and commitment to social justice, allow SJSU to
provide life-changing opportunities and advance the public good
locally and globally.
Equal Employment StatementSan Jose State University prohibits
discrimination on the basis of Age, Ancestry, Caste, Color,
Disability, Ethnicity, Gender, Gender Expression, Gender Identity,
Genetic Information, Marital Status, Medical Condition, Military
Status, Nationality, Race, Religion, Religious Creed, Sex, Sexual
Orientation, Sex Stereotype, and Veteran Status. This policy
applies to all San Jose State University students, faculty, and
staff as well as University programs and activities. Reasonable
accommodations are made for applicants with disabilities who
self-disclose.
Campus Security and Fire Safety NotificationPursuant to the Jeanne
Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime
Statistics Act, the Annual Security Report (ASR) is also now
available for viewing at
https://www.sjsu.edu/clery/docs/SJSU-Annual-Security-Report.pdf .
The ASR contains the current security and safety-related policy
statements, emergency preparedness and evacuation information,
crime prevention and Sexual Assault prevention information, and
information about drug and alcohol prevention programming. The ASR
also contains statistics of Clery crimes for San Jose State
University locations for the three most recent calendar years. A
paper copy of the ASR is available upon request by contacting the
Office of the Clery Director by phone at (see application details)
or by email at (see application details) .Pursuant to the Higher
Education Opportunity Act, the Annual Fire Safety Report (AFSR) is
available at
https://www.sjsu.edu/clery/docs/SJSU-Annual-Fire-Safety-Report.pdf
. The purpose of this report is to disclose statistics for fires
that occurred within SJSU on-campus housing facilities for the
three most recent calendar years, and to distribute fire safety
policies and procedures intended to promote safety on Campus. A
paper copy of the AFSR is available upon request by contacting the
Housing Office by phone at (see application details) or by email at
(see application details) .Advertised: October 04, 2022 (9:00 AM)
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