Position Summary
Roosevelt University invites applications for an Assistant Professor of Music History with specific expertise in the field of American popular music and experience in teaching undergraduate music history. The teaching load will include on an annual basis MUHL 210 Music of America a required course focusing on American popular song musical theater ragtime jazz blues gospel country bluegrass folk Latino Cajun and rock as well as the roots of American folk and popular music in African AngloCeltic and other musical cultures. The course also introduces students to world music studies and perspectives and methods of ethnomusicology. The remainder of the instructional assignment is flexible and may include other courses in the undergraduate music history core undergraduate literature surveys (piano vocal orchestral chamber) and/or graduate seminars.
Minimum Qualifications
ABD in Musicology.
Preferred Qualifications
Teaching interest in music since 1900 is desirable.