Associate Professor of Western American Art History and Director of the Charles M. Russell Center

Associate Professor of Western American Art History and
Director of the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of the
American West
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus: College of Fine
Arts: OU School of Visual Arts

Location
Norman, OK

Open Date
October 18, 2021

Description
The School of Visual Arts at the University of Oklahoma invites
dynamic candidates to apply for a position in Western American Art
History at the rank of Associate Professor, joining the faculty of
the first and still only Ph.D. program to specialize in this area
of study. The successful candidate will serve, in addition, as
Director of the University's Charles M. Russell Center for the
Study of Art of the American West. In both capacities they will
play a defining role in OU's undergraduate, M.A., and Ph.D.
programs in Art History, offering courses at all levels of
instruction including regular participation in our innovative,
team-taught, thematically organized Introduction to Art History and
the opportunity to offer seminars in Undergraduate and Graduate
Methods, responsibility for which rotates among the faculty.

Through its resource center, national symposia, course offerings
and related outreach programs, the Russell Center actively engages
students and the public in developing a better understanding of
artistic traditions of the American West.

The position, starting on 15 August 2022, comes with a
competitive salary, generous start-up funding, and research
support.

OU's School of Visual Arts is dedicated to inclusivity, seeking
excellent applicants from a diversity of backgrounds in methodology
and scholarly interests as well as in gender and ethnicity.

OU's Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art (with which we share a
building) is home to the Eugene B. Adkins Collection of Art of the
American Southwest, a world-class resource for teaching and
research.
Other campus resources of relevance include OU's
Western History Collection and Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural
History. Important research collections in reasonable proximity
include the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Bentonville),
the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City), the Amon Carter
Museum of American Art (Fort Worth), and the Gilcrease Museum
(Tulsa).

The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Carnegie-R1 comprehensive
public research university known for excellence in teaching,
research, and community engagement, serving the educational,
cultural, economic and healthcare needs of the state, region, and
nation from three campuses: Norman, Health Sciences Center in
Oklahoma City and the Schusterman Center in Tulsa.
OU enrolls
over 30,000 students and has more than 2,700 full-time faculty
members in 21 colleges.

Qualifications

Ph.D.
university-level teaching experience
record of innovative research

Application Instructions
Review of completed applications will begin on
December 1,
2021 and continue until the position is filled.
A complete
application must include: a curriculum vitae; a letter of
application (cover letter); a statement of teaching experience and
philosophy; one or more writing samples (books and exhibition
catalogues will be returned at the conclusion of the search); and
the names of three references with current contact information.

All materials should be addressed to the chair of the search
committee, Kenneth Haltman, H. Russell Pitman Professor of Art
History, submitted electronically through this website: https://apply.interfolio.com/97258

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