Visiting Assistant Professor Dance

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GENERAL UWMINFORMATION:

UWM is one of two doctoral-granting institutions in the University of Wisconsin System and offers184 degreeprograms including 96 undergraduate degrees 55 masters degrees 1 specialist program and 32 doctoral programs through 14 schools and colleges. The 93-acre main campus just blocks from Lake Michiganis located ina residential neighborhood on Milwaukees east side offering faculty staff and students a wide range of cultural athletic and entertainment opportunities. The Peck School is Wisconsins leading comprehensive arts education institution. The schools alumni in the fields of art and design dance film music and theatre have played influential roles in arts organizations schools and businesses particularly in Milwaukee and Wisconsin but also across the country and throughout the world fornearly 50years. The school also offers more than 350dance music and theatre performances film screenings and art exhibitions each year and has extensive partnerships throughout its community and region. This year about 1870 studentsundergraduate graduate and certificatestudied and worked with 70 faculty and 170 instructional staff membersinthe Peck School.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:

Our faculty engage in dance practice scholarship and mentorship that is committed to interdisciplinary research community engagement and social justice. Our innovative curriculum integrates multiple dance disciplines and somatic practices creating a learning environment that prioritizes a balance of body and mind knowledge with informed creative practice and expression. The faculty strive tolocateour research and curricular material in socio-cultural and historical contexts. The Department of Dance produces four dance concerts peryearand mentors approximately 55 undergraduate dance majors 12 graduate students and41dance minors. We offer the following programs of study: BA in Dance BFA in Performance and Choreography MFA in Dance Dance Performance Minor SomaticsCertificate and African and Diaspora Dance FormsMicrocredential. to $65000. Final salary offer will be determined based on qualifications and experience.

Required Qualifications:

• Candidates must have aterminaldegree (MFAorPhDin Dance or relevant field)by the start of the appointment
• At least 1-year (2 semesters of course delivery) of teaching in higher education
• Ample experienceand evidence ofteachingContemporary Ballet and/or Hip Hop/Urbandanceforms
• Knowledgeand expertise to teach undergraduate and graduatecourses indance theory dance history and/or dancestudiesthrough a 21st-century lens.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience teachingContemporary Ballet and/or Hip Hop/Urbandance forms in higher educationforat leastone year
• Aprofessional portfolio thatdemonstratesrecent and ongoing innovations in choreographic scholarly and/or creative research in area(s) of expertise.
• Experience teachingand/orapplyingsomatic movement practices.

Education:

Candidates must have aterminaldegree (MFAorPhDin Dance or relevant field)by the start of the appointment

How to Apply:

Interested applicants are required to apply online and must submit all of the following documents at the time of applying to be fully considered:

• Letter of application addressing the job requirements
• Curriculum vitae
• Two letters of recommendation
• One-page teaching philosophy
• One sample syllabi from a course taught
• One-page work sample description with online links toresearch and/orchoreographic samples

Note: Applicants must complete all required fields and attach all required documents prior to submitting the online application to ensure full consideration. Additional documents submitted aside from the documents listed above will not be considered.

This is a continuous recruitment with an initial review date of Sunday 4/26/2026. To ensure consideration applications must be submitted by Sunday 4/26/2026. Applications submitted after Sunday 4/26/2026 may not be reviewed.

In instances where the Search and Screen is unable to ascertain from the candidates application materials whether they meet any of the qualifications they may be evaluated as not meeting such qualifications.

Finalist candidate(s) being considered for hire will be required to provide three professional/supervisor references through an external reference checking tool. References will not be contacted prior to candidates being notified.

Contact Information:

Questions about this position should be directed to Coua Xiong at

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Confidentiality of Applicant Materials
UWMis a State agency and subject to Wisconsins Open Records not however reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing except as may be required by Wisconsins Open Records certain circumstances the identities of final candidates and/or the identity of the appointed applicant must be revealed upon request.

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Employment Authorization
In compliance with federal law all persons at the time of their start date will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

UW is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age pregnancy disability status as a protected veteran or any other bases protected by applicable federal or State law and UW System policies. We are committed to building a workforce that represents a variety of backgrounds perspectives and skills and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.