Senior Lecturer in Dance

The Standing Committee for Undergraduate Degrees in Theater, Dance, and Media seeks to appoint a Senior Lecturer in Dance.

The appointment is expected to begin on 1 July 2025.

The successful candidate will provide instruction in the art of dance, encompassing technique, theory, choreography, history, and improvisation. They will help to integrate dance into a broader undergraduate concentration in Theater, Dance, and Media, in pursuit of the ideals of a liberal arts education at Harvard College. In addition to teaching classes, they will share in undergraduate academic advising and mentoring responsibilities, lead curricular and program development in dance, contribute to the selection and hiring of term-limited faculty, and participate in strategic planning, and other responsibilities of the Standing Committee.
The position is for five years and renewable contingent upon review and approval of the divisional/SEAS dean.

Qualifications

Terminal Degree in Dance or equivalent experience in the field and at least ten years of professional experience.

Senior Lecturers must have demonstrated an exceptional teaching record and must meet one of the following sets of criteria. Ordinarily, they have either:

1. Demonstrated that they are exceptional teachers and have taught within the tenured associate or full professor ranks at a university or peer undergraduate institution, with a commensurate scholarly record. Or,
2. Demonstrated a record of national leadership in innovation in pedagogy, with outstanding promise of continuing contribution, and in addition are exceptional teachers. Or,
3. They may be well-established, practicing artists, with an artistic record equivalent to the scholarly achievement of a tenured associate or full professor, who have also demonstrated an exceptional teaching record.

Special Instructions

Please submit the following materials through the ARIeS portal:
https://academicpositions.harvard.edu

Candidates are encouraged to apply by 15 November 2024; applications will be reviewed until the position is filled.

1. Cover letter.
2. Curriculum Vitae.
3. Teaching/advising statement (describing the candidate’s teaching philosophy and practices as well as their approach to creating a learning environment in which every student is encouraged to ask questions and share their ideas).
4. Teaching and advising materials (e.g., teaching chart listing courses taught in reverse chronological order [please indicate which, if any, courses were taught remotely, whether partially or in full, due to the COVID-19 pandemic]; representative syllabi; teaching evaluations; list of undergraduate students for whom the candidate has primary advising responsibility).
5. One of the following statements: Research statement, or statement expanding on demonstrated record of national leadership in innovation in pedagogy, or statement describing artistic achievement.
6. Service statement describing efforts to strengthen academic communities (e.g., the candidate’s department, institution, and/or professional societies).
7. Names and contact information of 3 referees, who will be asked by a system-generated email to upload a letter of recommendation once the candidate’s application has been submitted. Three letters of recommendation are required, and the application is considered complete only when at least three letters have been received.

Contact Information

For candidate inquiries, please contact Fanni Horváth, Faculty Administrative Coordinator for Theater, Dance, and Media at fannihorvath@fas.harvard.edu.
Please include SL Dance in the subject line of the email.

Application Link

https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14262