Assistant Professor Position; Coordinator of Music Industry Program) Department of Music, Theatre and Dance

Job no: 562779
Work type: Instructional Faculty – Tenured/Tenure-Track
Location: Chico
Categories: Unit 3 - CFA
- California Faculty Association, Faculty
- Fine/Performing Arts, Tenured/Tenure-Track, Full Time

California State University (CSU), Chico is a comprehensive and residential public university, holding Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) designation. Chico State operates as part of the 22-campus CSU system, which educates the most ethnically, economically, and academically diverse student body in the nation. The University enrolls over 14,000 students, with over half identifying as first-generation college students.

Chico State is committed to recruiting outstanding candidates. The ideal candidate will embrace our values predicated on the primacy of student success and the elimination of equity gaps, have demonstrated experience working with diverse populations, and will contribute to policies, programs, and practices that support an inclusive, accessible, and equitable learning and working environment.

Assistant Tenure-Track Professor

Fall 2027

Humanities and Fine Arts

Music, Theatre and Dance

Salary commensurate with education and experience. (Anticipated hiring range: $75,000 - $ 85,000 per year).

11/13/26. complete applications received after that date may be considered.

A master’s degree or substantial and continued excellence in the field will be considered. The candidate should have demonstrated excellence or potential excellence in teaching and in scholarship or creative activity in the field. Candidates should have expert knowledge of the structure, evolution, developments, and present practices of the music industry. Evidence of or strong potential for activity in national and international professional associations related to the field of music industry is required.

Candidates should have demonstrated a commitment to working with diverse communities reflective of the Chico State student population.

This tenure-track position carries responsibilities in the areas of teaching, curriculum development, recruitment, mentoring, and administration of the Music Industry program at the undergraduate level. Classes in the department include, but are not limited to, Music Industry Studies and Analysis, Music Industry Forum, School of the Arts Productions, and Legal Issues in Music. This position may include teaching in other related music areas, such as classes serving the recording arts program, classes in the core of the music major, applied music classes, general educations classes offered by the department, or advising and supervision and/or development of student internships.

Teaching load is four courses per semester. Advising and supervision and/or development of student internships may be part of the teaching load. Teaching assignments are based upon qualifications of the individual and the needs of the department.

The Department of Music, Theatre and Dance offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music with options in Music Education and Applied Music, a Bachelor of Arts in Music Industry and Technology with options in Music Industry and Recording Arts; a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre and a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre, as well as minors in Music, Dance, and Theatre Arts.

Department faculty comprising 10 full-time faculty and 20 part-time faculty have a wide range of teaching and research interests, including cross-disciplinary work. In addition to the coursework offered to majors and minors, the department also participates fully in the…