Visiting Instructor or Assistant Professor in Costume Design

Position Details:
Theater and Dance


Faculty


Salary


Faculty

FTE:

0.1668

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Job Description:

The Department of Theater and Dance at Carleton College invites applications for a temporary one-term, one-course visiting position to teach Costume Design for the Performing Arts in the 2024-25 academic year.

We seek an MFA in costume design, or commensurate experience in the field with a background in teaching at a college level and an active design resume.  The candidate will be prepared to teach THEA 238 Costume Design for The Performing Arts with a demonstrated ability to teach a course that covers the basic concepts and principles of costume design and how they apply to the performing arts, especially theater and dance. The course will explore how the principles of costume design can be used to enhance productions. It will cover the collaborative process, in depth analysis of script, characters and choreography as well as various rendering techniques. This is a course for theater majors and non-majors  and fulfills an Arts Practice requirement.

To apply, please visit the Carleton College web site at go.carleton.edu/carletonjobs to complete the online application by submitting a letter of application, c.v., a sample syllabus, and a teaching statement that includes comments on working with a diverse student body. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. In your letter of application please describe your preparation for teaching THEA 238  Costume Design. After passing through an initial screening process, applicants may receive a request for the contact information for references, including at least one who is able to specifically address teaching experience.

We are particularly interested in candidates committed to teaching a diverse student body. Carleton is committed to developing its faculty to better reflect the diversity of our student body and American society. Women and members of underrepresented minority groups are strongly encouraged to apply. Carleton College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, marital status, veteran status, actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, status with regard to public assistance, disability, or age in providing employment or access to its educational facilities and activities.

Carleton is a highly selective liberal arts college with a student body of approximately 2,000. Located in the thriving two-college town of Northfield, Minnesota, it is forty-five miles from the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, in easy reach of a vibrant metropolitan area that is home to three million people and rich cultural resources.