Assistant Professor, Sculpture and 3D Practices

ABOUT WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY:
Willamette University, founded in 1842, is a nationally‑renowned private university enrolling 2800 students across five colleges. Our historic campus, adjacent to the Oregon State Capitol, hosts a distinguished undergraduate liberal arts college in Salem, Oregon. Our downtown Portland campus is home to the Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA). We offer a wide range of professional graduate programs, including Oregon’s top‑ranked MBA program, the Northwest’s oldest law school, as well as MA/MFA programs at PNCA and master’s degrees in data science and computer science.

Willamette University provides a high‑value and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our Benefits Summary includes options for health, dental, life insurance, retirement, substantial paid time off, tuition and more.

Pacific Northwest College of Art is the oldest professional art & design college in Oregon. It began as the Portland Art Museum school in 1909 and operated independently until its merger with Willamette University in 2021. PNCA is now the second largest college within the University. Willamette University provides rigorous education in the liberal arts, arts & design, law and management through its undergraduate and graduate programs and lifelong learning programs.

PNCA has approximately 550 students in 10 undergraduate and 5 graduate programs. PNCA sparks curiosity and sharpens skills so students can build resilient creative careers anchored in innovation, justice and civic imagination. In addition to our academic programs we serve as a cultural “front porch” bringing artists, designers, scholars and community partners together through the Center for Contemporary Art + Culture where we showcase lectures, talks, exhibits and events that connect Portlanders to art, design and creative exploration.

PNCA’s campus model is centered on a framework of wellness. We believe artists, designers, writers, scholars must be connected, healthy and collaborative in order to thrive. Our Academic Wellness, Student Affairs, Office of International Education, Maker Spaces and Career Design Center weave together with our teaching faculty to support the whole student, fueling a campus that sparks fierce collaborators, bold makers, and citizen artist/designers.

The primary professional responsibilities of instructional faculty members are: teaching, research, scholarship and/or creative activity, and service to the College and larger University, profession and to the community. These responsibilities generally include: developing and enhancing curriculum, advising students, participation in campus and University‑wide committees, maintaining office hours, working collaboratively and productively with colleagues, building external partnerships and industry relationships, and maintaining a vibrant creative practice and engagement with faculty and university governance.

PNCA faculty are engaged and active in the classroom, community and in governance.

We strive to create a safe and supportive environment that is enriched by variety in voices, work, and perspectives. We know that we are a better community of learners and educators when we have space for a multiplicity of identities, worldviews and experiences. Thus, broad inclusion at PNCA is crucial to our intellectual and aesthetic inquiry. We nurture better, more informed, more critically engaged citizens while it educates emerging artists and designers.

Pacific Northwest College of Art at Willamette University (PNCA) is seeking an energetic, inclusive, and committed educator. This faculty member will teach courses, provide leadership in the…