Tenure-Track faculty position of Acting - Voice & Speech with the rank of Assistant Professor

Posting Summary

The Department of Theater at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University New Brunswick, invites applications for tenure-track faculty Assistant Professor of Acting-Voice & Speech with an anticipated start of September 1, 2024.

Uniquely located between New York City and Philadelphia, the Theater Department has an established history as a premiere theater training program in the United States.

Notable alumni include Brandon Flynn, Roger Bart, Midori Francis, Tom Pelphrey, Sebastian Stan, Kevin Chamberlin, Calista Flockhart, Mike Colter, and Kristin Davis.

For the department’s BFA Acting program, the successful candidate will primarily teach classes in voice & speech, and in accents, as well as advising & mentoring students, providing voice / speech / text support for productions and projects.

The Assistant Professor of Acting -Voice & Speech must also maintain a vibrant professional career in creative practice and / or scholarly research while also providing ongoing service to the department and the university.

In this position, applicants are expected to uphold the Mason Gross core values of inclusive excellence, collaboration, and community engagement.

To successfully fulfill this role, the applicant should have significant experience and certifications in an approach to voice training (e.

g., Linklater, Roy Hart, Fitzmaurice, Rodenburg), as well as in speech-training methods; candidates should have experience in descriptive (non-prescriptive) and / or embodied, exploratory approaches to speech and phonetics (e.

g., Knight-Thompson Speechwork, Colaianni Speech).

The ability to engage with identity-conscious, culturally sensitive, and inclusive accent dialect teaching strategies is a must, as is an understanding of the changing linguistic needs of the 21st-century actor in an evolving professional and global landscape.

Teaching proficiency as a text coach, with range and versatility in engaging with diverse worldviews and textual forms in a variety of styles is important.

As a contributing part of the community, this faculty member should be committed to the artistic process as fundamentally collaborative in nature, engaging in flexible and creative partnerships with students and colleagues, sharing in the program’s commitment to supporting new work and the exploration of new ways of working.

Position Status Full Time Posting Number 23FA1222 Posting Open Date 11 / 09 / 2023 Posting Close Date Qualifications Minimum Education and Experience Required Qualifications

• Terminal degree MA, MS, MFA, DFA, or PhD or an equivalent record of professional accomplishments in the industry.
• Minimum 3 years of experience teaching Voice & Speech to actors.
• Certification in voice approaches and training (e.g., Linklater, Roy Hart, Fitzmaurice, Rodenburg) or certification in speech-training methods (e.

g., Knight-Thompson Speechwork, Colaianni Speech).

Demonstrated ability to engage with identity-conscious, culturally sensitive, and inclusive accent dialect teaching strategies are a must, as is an understanding of the changing linguistic needs of the 21st-century actor in an evolving professional world.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in curriculum development.
• Experience teaching at the undergraduate level.
• Experience in participating in innovative and cross-disciplinary programs.
• A demonstrated commitment to both new and classical work.

Certifications / Licenses Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Equipment Utilized Physical Demands and Work Environment Overview Housed in one of the leading public research universities on the East Coast, The Department of Theater at Mason Gross School of the Arts provides students with a well-rounded, rigorous, and inspiring program for those serious about pursuing a career as a theater professional.

We are committed to developing theater artists of the highest caliber who are prepared to join the profession as the next generation of practitioners and innovators.

Our department includes approximately 175 undergraduate students and 4 graduate students with a total faculty of 50 (16 fulltime) and production and administrative staff of 17.

The Theater Department offers eight concentrations in the BFA programs of Acting, Design, Dramaturgy and Production, a BA in Theater Arts (major and minor), and an MFA in Playwriting.

Mason Gross School of the Arts, a vibrant community of artists and scholars with academic programs in music, theater, dance, filmmaking, and art & design, is committed to pursuing excellence, innovation, and inclusivity.

Its roughly 1100 students, of whom slightly more than half are students of color, reflect the diversity of New Jersey, the fourth most diverse state in the nation.

The school is housed within Rutgers New Brunswick, a premier Big Ten research university that serves some 50,000 students and is the flagship campus of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.

The nation’s eighth oldest institution of higher learning, Rutgers is less than an hour by train or car to New York City and the beautiful beaches of the Jersey Shore and just over an hour to Philadelphia.

Additional information is available at the school website : . Statement Mason Gross School of the Arts is deeply committed to the pursuit of equity, diversity, inclusion, and access and especially encourages applications from women, underrepresented minorities, and other individuals who belong to groups that have been historically underrepresented or marginalized within higher education and the arts.

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