Assistant Professor of Drama, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track

About this position

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 successful candidate will teach introductory and upper-level movement practice classes; develop courses that integrate theory and practice in their areas of specialization; and may create work with students for the Dance Program’s semesterly concerts. We invite candidates committed to situating their practice in inventive, inter- and transdisciplinary courses that support experiential learning and expand the curriculum. We are particularly interested in candidates whose work and teaching might intersect with dance and technology/digital media, critical dance studies, somatic and contemplative practices, inclusive pedagogy, arts advocacy, and community engagement. As part of their course load, the successful candidate will teach first-year student seminars in UVA’s Engagements Program, a defining component of the College of Arts & Sciences’ general education curriculum. Engagements courses are two-credit, half-semester seminars organized around four pillars—Engaging Aesthetics, Empirical & Scientific Engagement, Engaging Differences, and Ethical Engagement—and introduce students to essential ways of thinking across the arts, sciences, and humanities. Faculty in these hybrid roles are anchored in a home department while also serving as College Fellows, joining a cross-disciplinary cohort that shapes the first-year academic experience. Fellows design and teach a repeating 7-week course in the Engagements curriculum and participate in regular program meetings and professional development. The successful candidate will also advise approximately 35 undergraduate students. Every other fall semester, the teaching load includes a one-course reduction in recognition of these advising responsibilities. More information about the Engagements Program can be found at: https://gened.as.virginia.edu/engagements . The ideal candidate will demonstrate excellence in undergraduate teaching and advising within a collaborative liberal arts environment; enthusiasm for working with students from beginner to adva

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