Theatre Program NTT Faculty Vacancy Pool

Position Title Theatre Program NTT Faculty Vacancy Pool About the University

Western Washington University, with over 15,000 students in seven colleges and the graduate school, is nationally recognized for its educational programs, students and faculty. The campus is located in Bellingham, Washington, a coastal community of 90,000 overlooking Bellingham Bay, the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades Mountain range. The city lies 90 miles north of Seattle and 60 miles south of Vancouver, British Columbia. Western has additional sites in Anacortes, Bremerton, Everett, Port Angeles, and Poulsbo. Western is recognized nationally for its successes, such as being named one of the top public master's-granting institutions in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report.

Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success, increasing our Washington impact, and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship, research, and creative activity. Western's greatest strength is the outstanding students, faculty, staff, and alumni/ae who make up its community. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and provides a learning and working environment in which everyone can thrive. In pursuit of this excellence, individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive and effective inclusive working relationships amongst diverse populations including staff, faculty, administration, student, and external constituents. Further, individual employees are expected to have the ability to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic, societal, environmental) into all aspects of performing their job duties.

About the Department

The College of Fine and Performing Arts and the Theatre and Dance Department support Western's mission, which states that together with our students, staff, and faculty, we are committed to making a positive impact in the state and the world with a shared focus on academic excellence and inclusive achievement. We encourage applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, veterans, and other candidates from underrepresented backgrounds and with diverse experiences interested in this opportunity.

The Department of Theatre and Dance serves approximately 200 undergraduate majors annually and offers a BA in Theatre, a BA and BFA in Dance, as well as minors in both majors. The Department is comprised of 10 full-time faculty and approximately 10 part-time faculty. Our department strives to graduate theatre artists with the knowledge, pre-professional skills and experience to succeed in top graduate programs and professional theaters, who possess the writing, devising, and entrepreneurial skills to express their own artistic voice in the creation of inclusive and innovative theater.  In addition, we commission and premiere new works from a diverse range of artists annually, as well as producing works from a wide range of historical periods, genres, and forms. To learn more about the Department, visit our website.  

About the Position

The Theatre program maintains a vacancy pool of qualified persons interested in temporary teaching positions. In anticipation of possible openings throughout the academic year and summer sessions, applications are accepted continuously for temporary, full, and part-time, non-tenure track positions at the lecturer level. Although most limited-term faculty receives their course assignments for the upcoming academic year by June 30, positions may become available at any time and are filled on a quarterly basis.

Position Responsibilities:

The Department, the College, and the University value teaching and we expect you to be an exemplary teacher; to be current in your discipline; to engage students actively in their own learning, including discussion, writing, and analysis; and to maintain high standards regarding course content. We expect you to provide students with feedback on their course work and examinations, and to be available to students through regularly scheduled office hours. You will be expected to have your students evaluate your courses using the standard University evaluation forms.

Required Qualifications

• MA/MFA (or equivalent experience)
• University level teaching experience
• Experience working with a diverse student body, including a commitment to cultivating learning environments that are equitable and inclusive of students with diverse social identities and backgrounds

Conditions of Employment All employees must comply with our Immunization policies, including Proof of Rubeola Measles Immunity within 60-days of hire. Please reach out t