Assistant Professor of Dance

Job no: 561867
Work type: Instructional Faculty – Tenured/Tenure-Track
Location: Long Beach
Categories: Unit 3 - CFA
- California Faculty Association, Faculty
- Fine/Performing Arts, Tenured/Tenure-Track, Full Time

California State University, Long Beach ( CSULB ) is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI). CSULB earned the prestigious Seal of Excelencia in 2023, joining a distinctive group of colleges and universities who have been recognized for its commitment to Latine/x student success. CSULB is committed to serving diverse students and has established and actively supports the Black Excellence Collegium, dedicated to promoting Black excellence and advancing Black Student Success, and El Concilio for Latinx Success at the Beach, whose mission is to build capacity and promote inclusive servingness across initiatives and efforts for the benefit of all students.

The President’s Equity and Change Commission is dedicated to achieving inclusive excellence in our community and culture and throughout the university. CSULB’s Beach 2030 University Action Plans prioritize engaging all students; expanding access to higher education; promoting intellectual achievement; building community; and cultivating resilience.

• Professional preparation demonstrated through at least one of the following:
  • MFA or PhD in Dance, Performance Studies, or a related field, with a Dance-based creative/research profile (Transcript or official notification of completion of the master's or doctoral degree by August 1, 2027, if applicable).
  • MA in Dance or a related field with professional performance and/or choreographic experience in Latinx/e and/or Afro-Latinx/e dance forms
  • Professional performance and/or choreographic experience in Latinx/e and/or Afro-Latinx/e dance forms at a regional, national, and/or international level
• Demonstrated ability to teach one or more Latinx/e and/or Afro-Latinx/e dance forms
• Qualification(s) to teach one or more of the following technical praxis courses: modern/contemporary, jazz, African, street dance, and/or ballet
• Demonstrated commitment to working successfully with a diverse student population, including low socioeconomic and first-generation students

• Sustained professional experience in commercial, concert dance, and/or culturally embedded contexts with national or international impact
• Demonstrated college teaching experience
• Demonstrated ability to teach traditional, contemporary, commercial, and/or diasporic dance forms with a focus on Latinx/e and/or Afro-Latinx/e social, political, cultural, and aesthetic practices
• Demonstrated ability to teach and mentor college students from a Latinx/e and/or Afro-Latinx/e culturally relevant and culturally sustaining perspective in one or more of the following: technical praxis courses, dancemaking and/or improvisation, dance studies, dance pedagogy, dance conditioning and/or Pilates, and/or dance technologies (such as screen dance)
• Demonstrated evidence of a body of choreographic work in Latinx/e and/or Afro-Latinx/e traditional, contemporary, and/or diasporic dance forms
• Fluency in Spanish and English
• Experience successfully working with populations demographically and/or socioeconomically similar to the CSULB student body
• Experience mentoring or supporting students using inclusive and culturally relevant teaching strategies in a diverse classroom

• Teach undergraduate and/or graduate courses in Latinx/e and/or Afro-Latinx/e dance forms and other areas of praxis/theory/production according to expertise. (Mode of instruction may include in-person, hybrid, online, and/or any combination thereof.) Technical praxis courses currently offered include modern/contemporary, jazz, African, street dance, and ballet
• May be assigned to teach other department courses appropriate to training and expertise, including general education courses
• Assist with development of curriculum in area(s) of expertise
• Advise/mentor part-time faculty within the area(s) of expertise
• Choreograph for department concerts. Direct department concerts and/or events
• Participate in student recruitment and mentor graduate candidates and undergraduate dance majors or minors, including engaging in thesis supervision and providing guidance to students interested in further study or career opportunities in performance/choreography and/or pedagogy
• Responsible for producing creative/scholarly work commensurate with the…