"School of Art - Assistant Professor in Printmaking and Drawing"

Job Details

School of Art - Assistant Professor in Printmaking and Drawing

Job Class Code: 10031
FLSA: Exempt
Posting Number: FRGV1887
Location: Rio Grande Valley, Texas
Division/Organization: Provost - Academic Affairs
Appointment Period for Non-Tenure Position:
Tenure Status: Tenure Track
FTE: 1.0

Scope of Job:
We seek applicants who are dedicated to serving The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley's student body as an Assistant Professor (tenure track) at the School of Art & Design beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year.
This tenure-track position is scheduled to begin September 1, 2025, as an art education educator and researcher to help lead our large (increasing enrollments) and already successful art education area into an even more promising future. This position requires close collaboration with art education, art history, and studio art/design faculty.
Responsibilities (Assistant Professor):

• An ability to teach art education coursework from introductory to advanced classes and engage productively with students at all skill levels, including art foundation courses as needed.
• Demonstrate outstanding verbal, written, interpersonal communication skills, by being conversant in the historical and contemporary movements within the field of art education.
• Candidate should be conversant in the historical and contemporary movements within the field of art education and museums.
• A commitment to quality, student-centered education and working as a team member.
• A demonstrated and ongoing commitment to serve and mentor diverse student populations.
• The successful applicant will be able to build relationships with colleagues and K-12 educators in the Rio Grande Valley.
• Teach at the BFA and/or MFA level as assigned by the Director of the School of Art and Design on two campuses 65 miles apart in distance.
• Engage in service to the school, college, university, community (including community outreach), and profession.
• Willing to create partnerships through community projects outside of university and function as a bridge between students and community.
• Actively participate in departmental, college, and university service and leadership, including committee work and academic support services such as portfolio reviews, student advising, and recruitment activities.
• Participate in maintaining and building interdisciplinary collaborations.

Minimum Qualifications:
The successful candidate must possess:

• A terminal degree MFA (or equivalent) with an emphasis in printmaking/drawing or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated commitment to excellence in teaching and scholarship and/or creative practice as appropriate for the discipline.
• Demonstrated potential to develop and sustain a research agenda capable of achieving national or international recognition in printmaking/drawing and/or emergent practices of design.

Discipline Specific Required Qualifications:

• Robust knowledge of technique, theory, and history of printmaking.
• Familiarity with expanded printmaking processes.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully adjust teaching and mentoring methods in response to the learning needs of students from varying backgrounds.
• Demonstrated interest, ability, and potential for leadership of the printmaking/drawing area.
• Interest and experience in facilitating student projects or coursework that cut across or use more than one of the traditional areas of the studio arts.

Preferred Qualification:

• Two years of experience teaching printmaking, drawing, or related courses at the university level.
• A record of professional activity and/or scholarly/creative research that demonstrates an emerging national representation in the field of printmaking/drawing. Candidates will continue their professional research, which is relevant to the current and future practice of printmaking/drawing.

Salary: Commensurate with Qualifications and Experience
License or Certification Required?: No
Number of Vacancies: 1
Desired Start Date: 09/01/2026

EEO Statement:
It is the policy of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to promote and ensure equal employment opportunities for all individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information or protected veteran status. In accordance with the requirements of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, our University is committed to comply with all government requirements and ensures non-discrimination in its education programs and activities, including employment. We encourage women, minorities and differently abled persons to apply for employment positions of interest.

Open Date: 10/08/2025

Special Instructions to Applicants:
Complete all sections on the application. If you are applying for the first time please complete all biographical information including address, email and phone. You may update this at any time by selecting to edit your profile in the application. Security sensitive; All UTRGV employees are required to have a criminal background check (CBC). CBCs will be conducted for all candidates invited for an on-campus interview.

For a complete advertisement: www.utrgv.edu/careers

Required Documents

• Curriculum Vitae
• List of 3 References - This list should include the name, title, and contact information, such as email address and/or phone number.
• Letter of Interest - (addressing your ability to meet the above responsibilities).
• Unofficial Transcripts (graduate and undergraduate - Once hired, official transcripts are required).
• Teaching Philosophy - (one-page maximum - Statement of teaching philosophy as related to design pedagogy and practice).
• Research Statement - (one-page maximum - Statement of Research goals and practice/interests.
• Other Document - Include the applicant's artist website address & provide URLs to online video files where necessary.
• Additional Documents: A PDF of up to 20 images of personal work representing 10 of your creative works.
• Evidence of Teaching: A PDF of 20 images of student work with accompanying image lists, if applicable - Where possible, student work should reflect the content of the courses this individual could be teaching at UTRGV.

Additional Information:
UTRGV is a distributed institution. As such and as assigned, the position may require presence at multiple locations throughout the Rio Grande Valley. Work is performed primarily in a general office environment. This position is security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of the Texas Education Code §51.215. The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length. This position has the option to elect the Optional Retirement Program (ORP) instead of TRS, subject to the position being 40 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

Please Note:
Texas law requires faculty members whose primary language is not English to demonstrate proficiency in English as determined by a satisfactory paper-based test score of 500 (computer-based of 173 or internet-based of 61) on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or a satisfactory test score of 6.0 on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).
Incomplete applications will not be considered. All positions are subject to budget approval.

To apply, visit https://careers.utrgv.edu/postings/48904