Tenure Track Faculty - Department of Art + Film; Ceramics and Sculpture

Job no: 563659
Work type: Instructional Faculty – Tenured/Tenure-Track
Location: Humboldt
Categories: Unit 3 - CFA
- California Faculty Association, Faculty
- Fine/Performing Arts, Tenured/Tenure-Track, Full Time

Faculty Tenure-Track Position Starting Fall 2027

Department of Art + Film

Cal Poly Humboldt is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) that strives to foster an equitable and inclusive community that supports our students of diverse backgrounds. Cal Poly Humboldt is committed to achieving the goals of equal opportunity and endeavors to employ faculty of the highest quality committed promoting excellence for all students.

Cal Poly Humboldt and the Department of Art + Film invite applicants for a full-time, academic-year, tenure-track faculty position with an emphasis in Ceramics and Sculpture
. We seek an actively exhibiting artist and engaged educator whose creative practice is substantially grounded in ceramics and who also demonstrates the experience and ability necessary to teach sculpture. The successful candidate will contribute across the ceramics and sculpture curricula, with primary responsibility in ceramics, and help guide the future development of the department’s 3D Studio Art area. We welcome ceramic practices that incorporate sculpture, interdisciplinary methods, expanded media, or other three-dimensional approaches.

The Department of Art + Film at Cal Poly Humboldt offers accredited undergraduate degrees through the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. Programs include a Bachelor of Arts in Art, with concentrations in Studio Art and Art Education; a BA in Art History & Museum Studies; a Bachelor of Arts in Film; a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fine Arts;

and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Media Arts. The department currently enrolls over 300 majors and is supported by around 25 full- and part-time faculty members.

Candidates should be committed to teaching excellence and to building a strong research record. Instructional assignments may include:
Ceramics I–III, Sculpture I–III, 3D Foundations, and Special Topics; they will be consistent with the programmatic needs of the department and students.

The primary professional responsibilities of instructional faculty members are: teaching, research, scholarship, creative activity, and service to the University, profession and to the community. These responsibilities include: advising students, participation in campus and system-wide communities, maintaining office hours, working collaboratively and productively with colleagues, and participation in traditional academic functions. Probationary faculty are typically provided ongoing mentorship to be a successful member of the faculty.

During the first two years of the probationary period, teaching responsibilities will be reduced by approximately one course each semester. The reduced teaching load supports the establishment of research, scholarship and/or creative activities required for retention, tenure, and promotion.

Cal Poly Humboldt also continues to build unique and innovative learning opportunities for students, bridging multiple disciplines across the spectrum. Cal Poly Humboldt is a leader in “learning communities” that build relationships between students, faculty, staff, administrators, and the community. These communities incorporate environmental and social responsibility.

We seek to fill this position at the Assistant Professor rank; however, rank and salary are dependent on the appointee’s qualifications and experience. The Assistant Professor Classification annual salary range for this position is $74,652 - $158,688; the anticipated starting annual…