Director and Associate​/Full Professor, School of Art, College of DAAP

Job Title:

Director and Associate/Full Professor, School of Art, College of DAAP Posting

Start Date:

8/26/26 Work Arrangement:
Onsite

Faculty rank and compensation will be based on experience and academic credentials.

Next Lives at the University of Cincinnati

Founded in 1819, the University of Cincinnati ranks among the nation’s best urban public research universities. Home to more than 53,600 students, 12,000 faculty and staff, and over 360,000 living alumni, UC, a Carnegie 1 institution, combines research prowess with a physical setting The New York Times has called “the most ambitious campus design program in the country." UC's momentum has never been stronger as the anchor of the Cincinnati Innovation District, the oldest cooperative education (co-op) program in the country with students earning $94 million annually through paid experiences, an academic health system, and as a member of the Big 12 Conference.

The university contributes $10.6 billion in economic impact to the city and $22.7 billion to the state of Ohio. At UC, next is all of us. Learn more  .

UC is a mission-driven organization where we are committed to student success and positively transforming the community through scholarship and service. We thrive on innovation, making an impact, and fostering an environment where staff and faculty are key contributors to UC’s success.

The College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) at the University of Cincinnati invites applications for the position of Director of the School of Art (SOA) for appointment at the Associate or Full Professor level. The position is intended to commence on August 15, 2027.

The College of DAAP has as its primary mission the improvement of visual and design environments. Led by Dean Stephanie Pilat, DAAP includes the Myron

E. Ullman Jr. School of Design, the School of Architecture and Interior Design, the School of Art, and the School of Planning. DAAP is a dynamic hub for research and creative practice addressing some of the most pressing issues of our time, from artificial intelligence, technological change, and design in the public interest to human well-being and the building of a sustainable planetary future.

The college serves 2,300 students in over 40 undergraduate, masters, and doctoral programs, with numerous opportunities for research, community engagement, and study abroad.

The School of Art’s (SOA) role in advancing the college mission is to prepare undergraduate and graduate students to be responsible art practitioners, historians, and educators in a complex and evolving world. SOA achieves this through a distinctive, rigorous, carefully sequenced curriculum that includes a substantial cooperative education program (co-op) program established by the university more than a century ago. SOA continually strives to innovate and transform the scholarship, practice, and teaching of art in a globalizing age.

Our passionate faculty and rigorous curriculum prepare students for careers in the fine arts, art history, art education, games and animation, creative industries, and engagement with education institutions, museums, galleries, auction houses, libraries, and civic placemaking. This curricular model, conveyed in classrooms, research labs, and professional spaces across the U.S. and abroad, integrates practice and theory. It inspires interdisciplinary projects, builds solid community partnerships, and underpins our strength as a leading art institution.

SOA contributes to international dialogue on the core issues affecting the evolution of its constituent fields, and it is at the forefront of campus-wide programs such as the Urban Futures initiative.

Cincinnati is an excellent city for research, teaching, and creative practice in the arts, especially in an urban context. In addition to one of the largest ensembles of outdoor public murals in the country, it features renowned institutions such as the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Contemporary Arts Center, the Taft Museum of Art, the Aronoff Center for the Arts, the Cincinnati Music Hall, the Tony…