COFAC-3802, Assistant Professor | Towson University - Military Veterans

Assistant Professor

Department of Art + Design, Art History, and Art Education

College of Fine Arts and Communication

COFAC-3802

Position:

The Department of Art + Design, Art History, Art Education invites applications for a tenure-track 9-month, Assistant Professor position in Ceramics beginning August 2025.

Qualifications:

MFA in Studio Art required. Qualified applicants will demonstrate expertise in ceramics with a broad knowledge of traditional and contemporary materials and processes and technologies.  Preference will be given to candidates with expertise in functional pottery, professional practices in ceramics, and contemporary craft. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to coordinate course content that includes hand building, throwing, mold making, human figure, clay and glaze formulation, equipment use and maintenance, and digital process. Candidates must be interested and conversant in interdisciplinary work and collaborate within the department, college, and university.  Applicants must show evidence of community outreach, a strong commitment to creative activity, teaching excellence, and service to the discipline and institution. The successful candidate will embrace and foster the educational needs of a diverse urban population. Teaching beyond the graduate teaching assistant level is preferred, while an active record of professional development is essential.  

Responsibilities:

Teach five three-credit classes (7-8 course units) per academic year at undergraduate and graduate levels as assigned. Coordinate the ceramics area regarding budget, procurement, and scheduling. Advise majors and student organizations, plus identify, hire, and oversee adjunct faculty in the area.  Maintain and oversee operation and use of manual gas kilns, automatic electric kilns, manual electric kilns, soda kilns, electric wheels, clay formulation and mixing, and glaze formulation.  Management and promotion of semiannual pottery sale. Participate actively in shared governance and service to the department, college and university.

The Department:

The Fine Arts facilities consist of well-equipped studios and labs for metals, jewelry, ceramics, sculpture, illustration, painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, digital and graphic arts. Other departmental resources include a comprehensive digital fabrication and rapid technologies lab, and two galleries.  

Towson University:

Towson University ( www.towson.edu) was founded in 1866, is recognized by U.S. News and World Reports as one of the top public universities in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, is Baltimore’s largest university, and is the largest public, comprehensive institution in the University of Maryland System. TU enrolls over 19,000 undergraduates and more than 3,000 graduate students across six academic colleges (business, education, fine arts, health professions, liberal arts, science & mathematics), has of 900 full-time faculty, and offers 65 bachelor’s 42

master’s, and 4 doctoral programs. Our centrally located campus sits on 330 rolling green acres and is 10 miles north of Baltimore, 45 miles north of Washington D.C., and 95 miles south of Philadelphia.

Application Process:

Review of applications will start on December 1, 2024. Completed applications received by that date are guaranteed full consideration, and review of applications will continue until the position is filled. Applications must include CV, cover letter, artist statement, teaching philosophy, 20 images of professional work and 20 images of student work with image list.  For questions regarding the position, please email the Sculpture Area Coordinator, Jon Lundak at jlundak@towson.edu

Click here to apply. Please note that the search number for which you are applying is COFAC-3802.

Official copies of undergraduate and graduate transcripts and a criminal background investigation are required for the hired candidate and the results may impact employment.

A Criminal Background Investigation is required for the hired candidate and the results may impact employment.

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Towson University is an equal opportunity employer and has a strong institutional commitment to diversity, as detailed in “A More Inclusive TU: Advancing Equity and Diversity (2020 – 25).” TU is a national leader in inclusive excellence, the only institution in Maryland with zero achievement gap, and 68% growth in minority enrollment over the past 5 years. We encourage applications from a variety of (dis)abilities, cultural, ethnic, race, sex, gender identity/expressions, national origins, ages, veteran status, color, religious, socio-economic, sexual orientations and belief background.