Job: Visiting Assistant Professor in Musicology (Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, USA) Deadline: 12.03.2025
The Wake Forest University Department of Music seeks a dynamic teacher and scholar for a one-year position in Musicology, to begin July 1, 2025. The department has recently adopted a substantially revised curriculum that is designed to engage students with a greater diversity of musical thought and practice; transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries; increase student and community access to music courses and programming; and allow students in the music major to pursue a course of study whose breadth and depth supports their needs as pre-professionals and as people. We particularly welcome applications from candidates interested in contributing to this vision.
Job Description:
The successful candidate will be expected to teach undergraduate courses in American music and/or modern popular music, as well as a selection of the following areas relevant to their experience and interests: music of Africa or the African diaspora, musical theater, Western classical music (antiquity to Classical), and introductory music theory. The teaching load is three courses per semester.
The ideal applicant would demonstrate commitments to interdisciplinary work and diversity and inclusion by way of teaching, publishing, performance, and/or service; the ability to do so should be addressed in the candidate’s cover letter. Evidence of successful teaching as instructor of record at the undergraduate level is required. Applicants must be ABD in musicology or a related field by the time of appointment. More information about the Department of Music at Wake Forest University may be found on the department’s website, https://music.wfu.edu/.
Interested applicants should apply via the University’s career website at: http://www.wfu.careers/.
The application should be submitted as ONE PDF file that includes all the following:
(1) a current CV
(2) a cover letter detailing qualifications and addressing the candidate’s preparedness as a teacher, academic, and professional
(3) current contact information for three references. Please do not include letters of recommendation.
Additional Job Description
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled, but to guarantee full consideration they should be received by March 12, 2025.
Inquiries regarding the position or department can be sent to Elizabeth Clendinning, the chair of the search committee, at clendiea[at]wfu[dot]edu. Questions about the submission process should be directed to AskHR[at]wfu[dot]edu.
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