Director, Assistant​/Associate Professor of Arts Administration

Winthrop University, a highly ranked, public, comprehensive university, announces a national search for a program director and Assistant/ Associate Professor of Arts Administration. The qualified candidate will teach courses within their area of expertise in the master’s degree and/ or undergraduate minor in Arts Administration. The ideal candidate has a record of effective administrative leadership, excellent teaching, scholarship, and meaningful professional stewardship.

The program director serves as a member of the college administrative leadership team, reporting to the dean and works collaboratively with faculty, staff, and the department chairs of design, theatre and dance, music, and fine arts to develop and implement strategic initiatives, curricula, and policies.

This is a full-time, 12-month, non-tenure track, 3-year teaching appointment with reassigned time granted for administrative responsibilities and the possibility of renewalbased on performance, programmatic need, and availability of funding.The program director will have daily contact with students, faculty, and staff on campus and be available to work evenings and some weekends. Candidates should have the desire to teach in an interdisciplinary, diverse, and highly collaborative environment.

Rank and salary are dependent on qualifications.

The Master of Arts Administration (MAAA) is offered as a fully online graduate program. There is also an online graduate certificate, and an undergraduate in seat minor offered in Arts Administration. The graduate program combines current theory, academic research and applied practice to help students become effective leaders and work with professional skill, creative initiative, and humane integrity in diverse arts environments.

Winthrop University is a member of the Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE), the international professional organization that promotes standards of education in arts administration. The MAAA program is also accredited by the National Association of School of Art and Design (NASAD).

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About Winthrop University

Founded in 1886, Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina, offers its 6,000-plus undergraduate and graduate students an educational experience that blends liberal arts, professional programs, global awareness, and civic engagement. In its colleges of Arts and Sciences;
Business and Technology;
Education, Sport, and Human Sciences; and Visual and Performing Arts, Winthrop embraces only those programs and activities that can be delivered at an exemplary level. Winthrop University is achieving national stature as a competitive and distinctive co-educational, public, residential, comprehensive,values-oriented institution. The values of service, excellence, community, and leadership provide the foundation for Winthrop’s continuing development and shape Winthrop’s continuing success.

Numerous national accolades reflect the sustained high quality and value of the Winthrop Experience, including the most recent

U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of Winthrop as one of thetop-10public comprehensive universities in the South. Winthrop is an active member of the Rock Hill community and recognized as a keycomponentof the region’s economic resurgence. Approximately 20 minutes from Charlotte, North Carolina, Winthrop has direct access to and is engaged in a broad and expansive regional business community. Winthrop’s beautiful campus encompasses a rich architectural blend of neo-Georgian buildings and is included in the National Register of Historic Places.

The attractive recreational and research complexarea that surrounds Winthrop Lake is home to Winthrop’s 18 Division I men’s and women’s sports.

Benefits

At Winthrop University, we are proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package that significantly enhances the total compensation for our employees. In partnership with the State of South Carolina and the Public Employee Benefit Authority (PEBA), our benefits include health and life insurance, generous paid leave, parental leave, and…