MA in Dance or a related field with professional performance
and/or choreographic experience in Latinx/e and/or Afro-Latinx/e
dance forms
Professional performance and/or choreographic experience in
Latinx/e and/or Afro-Latinx/e dance forms at a regional, national,
and/or international level
Demonstrated ability to teach one or more Latinx/e and/or
Afro-Latinx/e dance forms
Qualification(s) to teach one or more of the following
technical praxis courses: modern/contemporary, jazz, African,
street dance, and/or ballet
Demonstrated commitment to working successfully with a diverse
student population, including low socioeconomic and
first-generation students
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Sustained professional experience in commercial, concert dance,
and/or culturally embedded contexts with national or international
impact
- Demonstrated college teaching experience
- Demonstrated ability to teach traditional, contemporary,
commercial, and/or diasporic dance forms with a focus on Latinx/e
and/or Afro-Latinx/e social, political, cultural, and aesthetic
practices
- Demonstrated ability to teach and mentor college students from
a Latinx/e and/or Afro-Latinx/e culturally relevant and culturally
sustaining perspective in one or more of the following: technical
praxis courses, dancemaking and/or improvisation, dance studies,
dance pedagogy, dance conditioning and/or Pilates, and/or dance
technologies (such as screen dance)
- Demonstrated evidence of a body of choreographic work in
Latinx/e and/or Afro-Latinx/e traditional, contemporary, and/or
diasporic dance forms
- Fluency in Spanish and English
- Experience successfully working with populations
demographically and/or socioeconomically similar to the CSULB
student body
- Experience mentoring or supporting students using inclusive and
culturally relevant teaching strategies in a diverse classroom
DUTIES:
- Teach undergraduate and/or graduate courses in Latinx/e and/or
Afro-Latinx/e dance forms and other areas of
praxis/theory/production according to expertise. (Mode of
instruction may include in-person, hybrid, online, and/or any
combination thereof.) Technical praxis courses currently offered
include modern/contemporary, jazz, African, street dance, and
ballet
- May be assigned to teach other department courses appropriate
to training and expertise, including general education courses
- Assist with development of curriculum in area(s) of
expertise
- Advise/mentor part-time faculty within the area(s) of
expertise
- Choreograph for department concerts. Direct department concerts
and/or events
- Participate in student recruitment and mentor graduate
candidates and undergraduate dance majors or minors, including
engaging in thesis supervision and providing guidance to students
interested in further study or career opportunities in
performance/choreography and/or pedagogy
- Responsible for producing creative/scholarly work commensurate
with the requirements for tenure and expected to contribute to the
development and vitality of the department, college, and
university, through service and continued engagement in the
field
- Participate in service to the department, college, university,
and field/community
CSULB seeks to recruit faculty who enthusiastically support the
University's strong commitment to the academic success of all of
our students, including students with disabilities, students who
are first generation to college, veterans, students with diverse
socio-economic backgrounds, and students of diverse sexual
orientations and gender expressions. CSULB seeks to recruit and
retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to
serve the People of California, to maintain the excellence of the
University, and to offer our students a rich variety of expertise,
perspectives, and ways of knowing and learning.
ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF DANCE:
CSULB is the state's largest and most comprehensive publicly funded
school for the arts, with approximately 40,000 graduate and
undergraduate students. CSULB Dance is housed within the College of
the Arts (COTA), which includes five additional departments in art,
design, film, music, and theater, as well as the Carolyn Campagna
Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, and the Carpenter Performing Arts
Center (CPAC). Enrollments in the department are representative of
our state's demographics. Many of our majors transfer from
California's extensive high-quality community college system.
Our department takes a holistic, student-centered approach to
education that integrates dance-making and physical training with
coursework in dance history, ethnography, dance science, somatics,
pedagogy, design, production, and an array of immersive and
challenging creative and research opportunities. Through these
experiences, our faculty seeks to equip each of our graduates with
the skills, knowledge, and confidence to engage in the dynamic
field of dance, and its related studies, and to contribute to its
vitality as artists, scholars, educators, and advocates.
The Department of Dance offers the following degree pathways: MA,
MFA, BA, BS, BFA, and a dance minor. Additionally, the Department
offers a teaching credential in Dance through the College of
Education. Recent and ongoing revisions to the undergraduate
curriculum work to dismantle the hierarchy of Western dance forms
and acknowledge the artistic and cultural contributions and
relevance of diasporic dance forms to our communities and the
profession. Significant changes include the elevation of Street
dance to an area of concentration within the BA/BFA, and the
inclusion of contemporary African dance (
Umfundalai),
Latinx/e and/or Afro-Latinx/e dance forms."
Information on excellent benefits package available to CSULB
faculty is located here:
CSU Employee
Benefits
How to Apply - Required Documentation:
- A Student Success Statement about your teaching or other
experiences, successes, and challenges in working with a diverse
student population (maximum of two pages, single-spaced). For
further information and guidelines, please visit:
Student Success Statement
- Letter of application addressing the required and preferred
qualifications
- CV
- 2 examples of recent choreographic works. Choreographic works
should be in their entirety and posted on Vimeo or YouTube.
- Research statement (providing background on
choreographic/scholarly work)
- Candidates are also invited to submit evidence of scholarly
work (book chapter and/or articles) that pertains to their teaching
or research agenda, if applicable
- Copy of the unofficial transcript from institution awarding
highest degree
- Names and contact information for three references to be
contacted for verbal references at the finalist
stage. Please include name, title, institutional affiliation,
relation to candidate, phone, and e-mail
- Finalists should be prepared to submit an
official transcript (e-transcript preferred, if available)
How to Apply: Click Apply Now icon to complete the
CSULB online application
Requests for
information and process should be addressed
to:
Sylvia Rodriguez-Scholz, Administrative Support Coordinator
California State University, Long Beach
Department of Dance
Phone: 562-985-2024
Email:
sylvia.rodriguez@csulb.edu
Requests for
information about the position should be
addressed to:
Professor Rebecca Lemme, Search Committee Chair
Email:
rebecca.lemme@csulb.edu
EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS:
A background check (including a criminal records check and
telephone reference check with most recent employer) must be
completed satisfactorily before any candidate can be offered a
position with the CSU. Failure to satisfactorily complete the
background check may affect the application status of applicants or
continued employment of current CSU employees who apply for the
position.
Applicants will be required to disclose whether they have received
a final administrative decision or final judicial decision
determining that they have committed sexual harassment within the
last 7 years only after a determination is made that they meet the
minimum qualifications for the position, and before an offer of
employment is extended. Applicants who reach the final stages of
the application process must also sign a release form that
authorizes the release of information by the applicant's current
and/or former employers to the CSU concerning any substantiated
allegations of misconduct.
The person holding this position is considered a "mandated
reporter" under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting
Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in
CSU Executive Order 1083 Revised July 21, 2017 as a condition of
employment.
Pursuant to the CSU Out of State Employment Policy, hiring
employees to perform CSU-related work outside of California is
prohibited effective January 1, 2022. By prohibiting employment
outside of California, the CSU also prohibits hiring and retaining
employees working permanently from a business location outside of
the United States. Exceptions to the Policy are limited to approved
and documented purposes for conducting CSU business outside of
California.
All employees who assign and/or oversee work are responsible for
ensuring that compliant work controls and procedures consistent
with Federal, State and local regulations and University policies
are implemented and maintained to provide for the protection of
individuals and to safeguard the environment. Everyone is expected
to comply with applicable Environmental Health and Safety
regulations and University policies, programs and procedures. For
more information, the systemwide policy can be found at
https://calstate.policystat.com/policy/18172024/latest/
and questions may be sent to
Environmental_Health_Safety@csulb.edu.
All university program and activities are open and available to all
regardless of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin.
Consistent with CSU's Nondiscrimination Policy, as well as state
and federal law, CSULB provides equal opportunity in education and
employment without unlawful discrimination or preferential
treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin.
To access CSULB's full statement on Equal Opportunity and
Excellence in Education and Employment, please visit
Equity and Compliance.
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