Title:                                    Variable-time Visiting
Assistant Professor (Ceramics), School of Art and Design, SIU   Carbondale.

Rank:                                   Visiting Assistant
Professor (non-tenure track).

Start Date:            January 1, 2013.
This is a 4.5 month appointment with the possibility of renewal contingent on
performance and curricular need.

Qualifications:            MFA degree in
ceramics required at time of application. Applicants must demonstrate a strong
commitment to teaching. University teaching experience beyond graduate teaching
assistantship level is preferred. Applicants must have good communication and
organizational skills and have the ability to work closely and productively
with another faculty member as well as undergraduate and graduate students in a
successful BFA/MFA program. Knowledge and skill of traditional and contemporary
ceramic techniques and methodologies is required. Applicants must also be able
to teach courses in one or more of the School’s program areas in addition to teaching
ceramics, such as  2-D, 3-D
foundations, and or drawing.  Applicants
must have an ongoing program of creative activity that promises continued
professional achievement and recognition. 
Computer skills are desirable.

Duties                                      The
assignment will include teaching courses in ceramics at various levels and/or
teaching a course in another area within the School of Art and Design.  The assignment will include
coordination and maintenance of the ceramics studio, including ordering of shop
supplies and supervision of student workers and graduate assistants. This
position requires the faculty member to have a regular and accessible presence
in the ceramics studio.  A work
space will be provided. 

Application Deadline:              November
15, 2012 or until filled.

Application
Procedure:            Send letter of
application, resume, three current (within the past 12 months) letters of
recommendation, 20 slides of own work, 20 slides of students’ work, if
available, and official
transcript.  Further portfolio or
dossier material may be requested. 
Submit to:  Pattie Chalmers,
School of Art and Design, Mail Code 4301, 1100 S. Normal Ave., SIU Carbondale,
Carbondale, IL 62901.

The School:            The School offers a BFA degree with
specializations in Art Education, Industrial Design, Communication Design,
Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, Ceramics, Glass, and Metals/Blacksmithing;
a BA degree in Art with specializations in General Studio, Art
Education, and Art History, a BA in Design with specializations in General
Design and Industrial Design; an MFA degree with specializations in Painting,
Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, Ceramics, Glass, Metals/Blacksmithing; and a
graduate certificate in Art History. 
The ceramics program at Southern
Illinois University Carbondale is part of the School of Art and Design. The
program has seven full time graduate students with individual studio spaces and
offers BFA and MFA degrees. Facilities include a soda kiln and wood firing
kiln.