Four-Year Term Limited, Assistant Professor of Music, Non Tenure-Track Faculty Position, Department of Musicology

Description

ABOUT THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC, THEATRE & DANCE. As a comprehensive performing arts school set in one of the world’s finest public institutions of higher education, the School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD) is deeply engaged in the creation, practice,
scholarship, and pedagogy of music, theatre, and dance. We aim to provide leadership, nationally and internationally, in all three fields. We assert and celebrate the value of the arts to the mission of the University of Michigan. SMTD is strongly committed to access, diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-oppression as a means of enacting justice and achieving and sustaining excellence.
The Musicology Department of the School of Music, Theatre, & Dance, at the University of Michigan, invites applications to fill a full-time, four-year term limited position at the rank of Assistant Professor, starting in August 2025. We seek a dynamic teacher and promising scholar
who is dedicated to original, compelling, and intellectually probing research centered on US American art and popular music and whose interests complement and expand existing departmental strengths. Our ideal candidate will be a specialist in US American music, broadly defined to encompass the historical and contemporary study of music, including vernacular and popular genres. We encourage applicants whose areas of expertise span the history of US music to the present day as well as those whose work centers on film and other media to apply. We seek a teacher with a proven ability to empower, advocate for, and value a diverse range of students with different identities and experiences who are pursuing varied careers in music and musicology. Collaboration is a fundamental pillar of our department’s culture, and we wish to
welcome a new colleague who is enthusiastic about contributing, through their research, teaching and service, to the diversity and excellence of our academic community.
Duties: Teach musicology courses at the undergraduate, master's, and doctoral levels, with a focus on US American music, which includes a large enrollment course on popular music. The successful candidate will teach two courses per semester and pursue significant scholarly research and musicological publications centered on US American music. Responsibilities also include advising and mentoring musicology students and participating in departmental service as required. The appointee must demonstrate a strong commitment to teaching excellence across all levels of the curriculum and be able to teach a diverse range of students from various backgrounds, who are exploring a variety of educational opportunities and career paths. Additionally, the successful candidate will be expected to develop and maintain a visible national and international profile as a music scholar. Involvement in departmental committees and contributions to initiatives at the department that promote diversity, inclusion, and equity in higher education are also expected.

Qualifications

Qualifications: Required: Ph.D. in musicology in hand; specialization in any aspect of US American Music and the ability to teach popular music; evidence of scholarly promise; demonstrated experience as an innovative classroom teacher; demonstrated ability to empower, advocate for, and value a broad range of students of diverse identities and experiences, as shown through pedagogy, mentoring, and related activities.

Preferred: Applicants engaged in innovative projects centered on US American music history, popular music, and/or film music and music and media are encouraged to apply.

Rank: Four-Year Term Limited Assistant Professor, Non Tenure-Track.

Application Instructions

To Apply: Materials are only being accepted via Interfolio. Please apply at (link to be provided). Required documents to be uploaded are: letter of interest, curriculum vitae, evidence of professional and teaching activity, teaching statement and three letters of recommendation. Please ensure you upload documents to the position for which you are applying and not to your personal Interfolio account. Samples of scholarly work and publications may be requested at a subsequent stage of this search.

Deadline: Review of materials will begin February 2, 2025. Materials will be accepted until February 1, 2025.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.