Job Description
The University of Virginia’s Department of Drama and its Dance Program invite applications for an Assistant Professor of Drama on the academic general faculty. This is a three-year, tenure-ineligible appointment with the possibility of renewal, expected to begin August 10, 2026. The teaching load is three courses per semester (six per academic year , typically including two first-year seminars in UVA’s Engagements Program and one course in the Dance Program.
We seek an active dance artist-scholar and educator with a strong commitment to undergraduate teaching whose creative practice and research address curricular needs and expand current offerings in the Dance Program.
The department welcomes applicants whose work engages dance forms and cultural practices, including, but not limited to, Hip Hop, Jazz, West African, House, Capoeira, North American percussive traditions, Latin American social dance, and movement practices rooted in the Indian diaspora. The succes...
We seek an active dance artist-scholar and educator with a strong commitment to undergraduate teaching whose creative practice and research address curricular needs and expand current offerings in the Dance Program.
The department welcomes applicants whose work engages dance forms and cultural practices, including, but not limited to, Hip Hop, Jazz, West African, House, Capoeira, North American percussive traditions, Latin American social dance, and movement practices rooted in the Indian diaspora. The succes...