Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History

The Department of Art and Art History at Cornell College invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History beginning fall 2025.

 Ph.D.

in art history and college-level teaching experience preferred; ABD considered.  A candidate with a completed doctorate would be considered for an anticipated future tenure-track hire.

Candidates with a masters degree will be considered for a renewable appointment as a lecturer.

The Department seeks a generalist who is committed to excellence and innovation in undergraduate education.

The candidate should be a broadly trained art historian who can provide courses focusing on global contemporary art, modern art, and courses that can serve other majors in addition to studio art and art history, such as Classical Studies, Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Latin American Studies, Social Justice and Ethnic Studies, and Gender and Sexuality Studies.  The candidate's area of specialization is open; of particular interest are the arts of Africa or Latin America, and digital humanities/media studies.   

The department offers courses focused on specific themes or periods, which adapt more readily to the One Course At A Time calendar employed at Cornell College, rather than general survey courses.

The teaching load includes six courses per academic year.

The successful candidate will also direct independent studies and senior thesis projects, serve as an academic advisor, and serve on a department or college committee. 

Because Cornell College values diversity and strives to create a welcoming community in which all individuals are respected and included, the entire campus community engages in dialogue around issues of difference, identity, and ideology.

The college is committed to fostering a faculty and staff community that reflects our diverse student body.

We encourage applications from candidates who share our vision for a campus that embraces differing backgrounds, viewpoints, and identities, and who will excel at teaching and mentoring a student body that is broadly diverse.  (See our diversity statement.)

Cornell’s One Course At A Time academic calendar is divided into eight- 3½ week blocks in which students take and faculty teach a single course.  Full-time faculty teaching load is 6 block courses during the academic year with the other 2 blocks reserved for professional development, course preparations, or travel to academic meetings; further opportunities for summer teaching and research supervision may also be available.

The college encourages interdisciplinary interests among its faculty and the development of teaching strategies that capitalize on our unique academic calendar.

Our academic calendar allows us the freedom to take students off-campus without impinging on other course commitments.

In addition, class size is limited to 25 students, and upper-level courses are often smaller.   

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