Assistant Professor of Dance

California State University, Long Beach; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 6,200 - 13,000; Full time

Job summary

California State University, Long Beach is recruiting for an Assistant Professor of Dance in the Department of Dance. This tenure-track, instructional faculty role focuses on Latinx/e and Afro-Latinx/e dance forms, with teaching responsibilities across undergraduate and graduate levels and active engagement in choreography and scholarly work.

The appointment supports CSULB's commitment to diverse student success and community engagement, with emphasis on teaching, mentorship, and service within

Qualifications

• MFA or PhD in Dance, Performance Studies, or related field by Aug 1, 2027.
• MA in Dance with professional performance/choreographic experience in Latinx/e and/or Afro-Latinx/e.
• Professional performance and/or choreographic experience in Latinx/e and/or Afro-Latinx/e forms at various levels.
• Demonstrated ability to teach Latinx/e and/or Afro-Latinx/e dance forms.
• Ability to teach technical praxis courses: modern/contemporary, jazz, African, street, ballet.
• Commitment to working with a diverse student population.

Responsibilities

• Teach undergraduate/graduate courses in Latinx/e and Afro-Latinx/e forms and praxis/theory as appropriate.
• May teach other department courses including general education.
• Assist with curriculum development in areas of expertise.
• Advise/mentor part-time faculty within the area of expertise.
• Choreograph for department concerts and direct events.
• Recruit students and mentor graduate candidates; supervise theses when needed.
• Produce scholarly/creative work for tenure and contribute to the department and university.
• Participate in service to department, college, university, and field.

Skills

Latinx/e dance forms

Afro-Latinx/e dance forms

Teaching diverse student populations

Diversity in pedagogy

Flexibility to teach/practice various舞

Education

MFA or PhD in Dance/related field

MA in Dance with professional experience

Professional performance/choreography in Latinx/e or Afro-Latinx/e

Job description

Assistant Professor of Dance

Job No: 561867

Work Type: Instructional Faculty -Tenured/Tenure-Track

Location: Southern California: Long Beach

Categories: Bargaining Unit: Unit 3 - CFA - CaliforniaFaculty Association, Job Search Category/Discipline: Faculty -Fine/Performing Arts, Appointment Type: Tenured/Tenure-Track, TimeBasis: Full Time

Position

Assistant Professor of Dance

Effective Date

August 17, 2027 (FallSemester)

Salary Range

The Assistant Professor (2027-28) classification salary range is $6,221 to $13,224/per month (12monthly payments per academic year). The anticipated hiring rangeis $85,000 to $95,000/per year. Salary offered is commensurate withqualifications and experience.

Application Deadline

Review of applications isset to begin on or about October 22, 2026. Position open untilfilled (or recruitment canceled).

California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) is a Hispanic Serving Institution(HSI) and an Asian American and Native American PacificIslander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI). CSULB earned theprestigious Seal of Excelencia in 2023, joining a distinctive groupof colleges and universities who have been recognized for itscommitment to Latine/x student success. CSULB is committed toserving diverse students and has established and actively supportsthe Black Excellence Collegium, dedicated to promoting Blackexcellence and advancing Black Student Success, and El Concilio forLatinx Success at the Beach, whose mission is to build capacity andpromote inclusive servingness across initiatives and efforts forthe benefit of all students. The President's Equity and ChangeCommission is dedicated to achieving inclusive excellence in ourcommunity and culture and throughout the university. CSULB's Beach 2030 University ActionPlans prioritize engaging all students; expanding access to highereducation; promoting intellectual achievement; building community;and cultivating resilience.

College of the Arts

Department of Dance

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Professional preparation demonstrated through at least one ofthe following:
  • MFA or PhD in Dance, Performance Studies, or a related field,with a Dance-based creative/research profile (Transcript orofficial notification of completion of the master's or doctoraldegree by August 1, 2027, if applicable).
  • MA in Dance or a related field with professional performanceand/or choreographic experience in Latinx/e and/or Afro-Latinx/edance forms
  • Professional performance and/or choreographic experience inLatinx/e and/or Afro-Latinx/e dance forms at a regional, national,and/or international level
• Demonstrated ability to teach one or more Latinx/e and/orAfro-Latinx/e dance forms
• Qualification(s) to teach one or more of the followingtechnical praxis courses: modern/contemporary, jazz, African,street dance, and/or ballet
• Demonstrated commitment to working successfully with a diversestudent population, including low socioeconomic andfirst-generation students

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Sustained professional experience in commercial, concert dance,and/or culturally embedded contexts with national or internationalimpact
• Demonstrated college teaching experience
• Demonstrated ability to teach traditional, contemporary,commercial, and/or diasporic dance forms with a focus on Latinx/eand/or Afro-Latinx/e social, political, cultural, and aestheticpractices
• Demonstrated ability to teach and mentor college students froma Latinx/e and/or Afro-Latinx/e culturally relevant and culturallysustaining perspective in one or more of the following: technicalpraxis courses, dancemaking and/or improvisation, dance studies,dance pedagogy, dance conditioning and/or Pilates, and/or dancetechnologies (such as screen dance)
• Demonstrated evidence of a body of choreographic work inLatinx/e and/or Afro-Latinx/e traditional, contemporary, and/ordiasporic dance forms
• Fluency in Spanish and English
• Experience successfully working with populationsdemographically and/or socioeconomically similar to the CSULBstudent body
• Experience mentoring or supporting students using inclusive andculturally relevant teaching strategies in a diverse classroom

DUTIES

• Teach undergraduate and/or graduate courses in Latinx/e and/orAfro-Latinx/e dance forms and other areas ofpraxis/theory/production according to expertise. (Mode ofinstruction may include in-person, hybrid, online, and/or anycombination thereof.) Technical praxis courses currently offeredinclude modern/contemporary, jazz, African, street dance, andballet
• May be assigned to teach other department courses appropriateto training and expertise, including general education courses
• Assist with development of curriculum in area(s) ofexpertise
• Advise/mentor part-time faculty within the area(s) ofexpertise
• Choreograph for department concerts. Direct department concertsand/or events
• Participate in student recruitment and mentor graduatecandidates and undergraduate dance majors or minors, includingengaging in thesis supervision and providing guidance to studentsinterested in further study or career opportunities inperformance/choreography and/or pedagogy
• Responsible for producing creative/scholarly work commensuratewith the requirements for tenure and expected to contribute to thedevelopment and vitality of the department, college, anduniversity, through service and continued engagement in thefield
• Participate in service to the department, college, university,and field/community

CSULB seeks to recruit faculty who enthusiastically support theUniversity's strong commitment to the academic success of all ofour students, including students with disabilities, students whoare first generation to college, veterans, students with diversesocio-economic backgrounds, and students of diverse sexualorientations and gender expressions. CSULB seeks to recruit andretain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment toserve the People of California, to maintain the excellence of theUniversity, and to offer our students a rich variety of expertise,perspectives, and ways of knowing and learning.

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF DANCE

CSULB is the state's largest and most comprehensive publicly fundedschool for the arts, with approximately 40,000 graduate andundergraduate students. CSULB Dance is housed within the College of the Arts (COTA), which includes five additional departments in art,design, film, music, and theater, as well as the Carolyn CampagnaKleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, and the Carpenter Performing ArtsCenter (CPAC). Enrollments in the department are representative ofour state's demographics. Many of our majors transfer fromCalifornia's extensive high-quality community college system.

Our department takes a holistic, student-centered approach toeducation that integrates dance-making and physical training withcoursework in dance history, ethnography, dance science, somatics,pedagogy, design, production, and an array of immersive andchallenging creative and research opportunities. Through theseexperiences, our faculty seeks to equip each of our graduates withthe skills, knowledge, and confidence to engage in the dynamicfield of dance, and its related studies, and to contribute to itsvitality as artists, scholars, educators, and advocates.

The Department of Dance offers the following degree pathways: MA,MFA, BA, BS, BFA, and a dance minor. Additionally, the Departmentoffers a teaching credential in Dance through the College ofEducation. Recent and ongoing revisions to the undergraduatecurriculum work to dismantle the hierarchy of Western dance formsand acknowledge the artistic and cultural contributions andrelevance of diasporic dance forms to our communities and theprofession. Significant changes include the elevation of Streetdance to an area of concentration within the BA/BFA, and theinclusion of contemporary African dance (Umfundalai),Latinx/e and/or Afro-Latinx/e dance forms.

Information on excellent benefits package available to CSULB faculty is located here:

EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS

A background check (including a criminal records check andtelephone reference check with most recent employer) must becompleted satisfactorily before any candidate can be offered aposition with the CSU. Failure to satisfactorily complete thebackground check may affect the application status of applicants orcontinued employment of current CSU employees who apply for theposition.

Applicants will be required to disclose whether they have receiveda final administrative decision or final judicial decisiondetermining that they have committed sexual harassment within thelast 7 years only after a determination is made that they meet theminimum qualifications for the position, and before an offer ofemployment is extended. Applicants who reach the final stages ofthe application process must also sign a release form thatauthorizes the release of information by the applicant's currentand/or former employers to the CSU concerning any substantiatedallegations of misconduct.

The person holding this position is considered a "mandatedreporter" under the California Child Abuse and Neglect ReportingAct and is required to comply with the requirements set forth inCSU Executive Order 1083 Revised July 21, 2017 as a condition ofemployment.

Pursuant to the CSU Out of State Employment Policy, hiringemployees to perform CSU-related work outside of California isprohibited effective January 1, 2022. By prohibiting employmentoutside of California, the CSU also prohibits hiring and retainingemployees working permanently from a business location outside ofthe United States. Exceptions to the Policy are limited to approvedand documented purposes for conducting CSU business outside ofCalifornia.

All employees who assign and/or oversee work are responsible forensuring that compliant work controls and procedures consistentwith Federal, State and local regulations and University policiesare implemented and maintained to provide for the protection ofindividuals and to safeguard the environment. Everyone is expectedto comply with applicable Environmental Health and Safetyregulations and University policies, programs and procedures. Formore information, the systemwide policy can be found at https://calstate.policystat.com/policy/18172024/latest/and questions may be sent to [e-mail].

All university program and activities are open and available to allregardless of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin.Consistent with CSU's Nondiscrimination Policy, as well as stateand federal law, CSULB provides equal opportunity in education andemployment without unlawful discrimination or preferentialtreatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin.To access CSULB's full statement on Equal Opportunity andExcellence in Education and Employment, please visit Equity and Compliance.