Assistant Professor

Employment based visa sponsorship will be considered for this position.

Position Number:105770

Classification

Title:

Assistant Professor

Working Title: Assistant Professor of Museum Studies

Department: Dept of Art and Design

FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary Range: Commensurate with education and experience

Pay Basis: Annually

The University of West Florida Department of Art & Design invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor of Museum Studies. This position will play a central role in developing the new interdisciplinary Minor in Museum Studies and expanding the Art History Major into Museum Studies, both designed to provide students with foundational knowledge and hands-on experience in museums, galleries, collections management, exhibition production, interpretation, preparatorship, and public-facing cultural work.

The salary for this position will be commensurate with education and experience.

This initiative supports the university’s area of expertise in Public Archaeology and Community Heritage and is intended to serve undergraduate and graduate students in Art, Art History, History, Archaeology, Anthropology, Public History, Graphic Design, Arts Administration, and related disciplines. The program will leverage the University’s unique partnerships and resources, including TAG, The Art Gallery at UWF, the Pensacola Museum of Art, the Pensacola Museum of History, the Pensacola Children’s Museum, the UWF Historic Trust, the UWF Archaeology Institute, and the Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN).

The successful candidate will contribute to the development and growth of the Museum Studies Minor and Art History and Museum Studies Major while also helping to guide The Art Gallery at UWF (TAG) as a teaching gallery, exhibition space, and experiential learning site. The position emphasizes interdisciplinary learning, applied museum practice, and student-centered professional development through coursework, internships, exhibitions, collections work, public programming, and collaborative cultural projects.

The faculty member will be housed in the Department of Art & Design in the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of West Florida. The Department is strongly committed to fostering a welcoming, collaborative, and student-centered learning environment grounded in interdisciplinary practice, experiential learning, and community engagement.

This is a full-time, tenure-earning position with benefits. The successful candidate will contribute to developing an interdisciplinary Museum Studies Minor and an Art History and Museum Studies Major, teaching courses across museum studies, curatorial practice, gallery operations, collections management, museum education, public history, and audience engagement.

Teaching responsibilities may include undergraduate courses within the Department of Art & Design, as well as courses that support interdisciplinary connections with History, Public History, Archaeology, Anthropology, Art Administration and related majors and programs. Depending on the candidate’s expertise, courses may address topics such as:

• Museum Studies
• Exhibition Practices
• Curatorial Methods
• Collections Management
• Museum Education and Interpretation
• Gallery Operations
• Preparatorship and Exhibition Installation
• Public History and Community Heritage
• Museum Writing and Audience Engagement
• Digital Interpretation and Public-Facing Cultural Work
• Art History
• Architectural History

The successful candidate should demonstrate the ability to curate exhibitions and develop exhibition-related learning opportunities in collaboration with TAG, the Pensacola Museum of Art, the UWF Historic Trust, the UWF…