Assistant Professor in 3D + Extended Media - University of Florida

Assistant Professor in 3D + Extended Media

Position: Full-time, nine-month, tenure-accruing faculty position

Date of Expected Hire: August 16, 2025

Salary: $71,500, with a comprehensive and highly competitive leave and benefits package

The School of Art + Art History in the College of the Arts seeks an Assistant Professor in 3D + extended media to join our forward-looking interdisciplinary program at a top-ranked public university. The ideal candidate has an active creative practice and innovative pedagogy informed by contemporary art theory and practice. We seek an artist-educator with strong collaborative, communication and leadership skills. This position will entail teaching 3D + extended media courses at all levels, from foundations to graduate seminars. We especially welcome applicants with demonstrated skill with metalwork. Approximately half the teaching load will be dedicated to WARP (Workshop in Art Research and Practice), a team-taught intensive studio + lecture course at the forefront of our foundations curriculum. WARP is required of all studio art and graphic design majors and introduces students to the multi-dimensional and diverse world of art, art making, and contemporary theory through a dynamic curriculum that reflects faculty research. WARP is taught in a dedicated off-campus facility.

The University of Florida College of the Arts intends to be a transformative community, responding to and generating paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond. As artists and scholars, we embrace the complexity of our evolving human experience and seek to empower our students and faculty to shape that experience fearlessly through critical study, creative practice, and provocation. We seek a colleague who identifies as a change-maker. We seek a colleague who will prepare students to access and unsettle centers of power of any ideology in a radically changing world. We seek a colleague who will position emerging artists and researchers as catalysts for justice on local and global levels.

The University of Florida is an equal opportunity institution dedicated to building a broadly diverse and inclusive faculty, staff and student body. 

This position is covered by the United Faculty of Florida Contract.  You can view this employment union contract here https://hr.ufl.edu/manager-resources/employee-relations/union-contracts/united-faculty-of-florida-contract/.  

Responsibilities: 

• Teach a 2/2 course load at the undergraduate and graduate levels
  • Courses will include studio art foundations, upper-level undergraduate electives, and graduate seminars. Courses may eventually include a course in the university’s General Education curriculum.
  • A typical load will be two 3D courses in the Fall and one section of Workshop for Art Research and Practice (WARP) in the Spring. WARP is a 6 credit-hour course that counts as two courses.
• Mentor and advise graduate students, supervise graduate committees, and supervise graduate teaching assistants.
• Conduct creative research appropriate to discipline of Studio Art.
• Collaborate with faculty and staff in shared supervision of the 3D and WARP facilities.
• Actively participate in shared governance and our learning community.

SCHOOL OF ART + ART HISTORY: Organized within the College of the Arts, the School of Art + Art History nurtures a culture of critical inquiry in our scholarly and creative work. Our educational mission is to empower each student with knowledge, skills, and insight to engage thoughtfully with our changing world. The SA+AH believes that art, design, and scholarship are critical to our local, university, regional, national, and international communities. We pursue positive transformation and impact through socially engaged, local and global education, research, and creative works. Our community asks challenging questions, takes risks, and strives for excellence through an interdisciplinary, inclusive, and often collaborative practice. School of Art + Art History faculty publish, curate, and exhibit widely and internationally. They bring their scholarship and production into their teaching, offering innovative, engaged learning experiences to their students. We foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community through mutual respect and acceptance, assuming the best in others to enable a culture where everyone can flourish. Degree programs include the BA, BFA, MA, MFA, and PhD. Areas of study include art education, art history, design, museum studies, and studio art. The school has 360 undergraduate students enrolled in our majors and 170 graduate students in our residential programs and online art education MA. Also a part of the School of Art + Art History are the 4Most Gallery and the University Galleries, which provide exhibition space for contemporary art, including student work. The University of Florida is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. The art education program is accredited by NCATE. For more information, visit www.arts.ufl.edu/art.

THE COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: The mission of the College of the Arts is to be a transformative community, responding to and generating paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond.  We achieve the university’s mission by training professionals and educating students as artists and scholars, while developing their capacities for critical study, creative practice, and provocation.  The College offers baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral degrees. Approximately 1,700 students are pursuing majors in degrees offered by the College of the Arts under the direction of 135 faculty members in its three accredited schools— the School of Art + Art History, the School of Music, and the School of Theatre + Dance, and in the Center for Arts in Medicine, the Digital Worlds Institute, and the Center for Arts, Migration, and Entrepreneurship. In addition, the college comprises the University Galleries, and the University level of the New World School of the Arts in Miami. 

The University of Florida: The University of Florida is a comprehensive learning institution built on a land grant foundation, ranked one of the top five best public universities in the nation in U.S. News & World Report. We are The Gator Nation, a diverse community dedicated to excellence in education and research and shaping a better future for Florida, the nation and the world. Our mission is to enable our students to lead and influence the next generation and beyond for economic, cultural and societal benefit. UF is a graduate research institution with more than 50,000 students and membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities. Gainesville, which is consistently ranked as one of the nation’s most livable cities, is located midway between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Together, the University and the community comprise the educational, medical and cultural center of North Central Florida, with outstanding resources such as the University of Florida Performing Arts (Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, the Squitieri Studio Theatre, the Baughman Center, University Auditorium), the Harn Museum of Art, the Florida Museum of Natural History and in the community, the Hippodrome State Theatre and Dance Alive National Ballet.

In addition to salary, the University of Florida (UF) offers low cost State Health plans, a number of Dental plans to fit you and your family’s needs, and Vision. Domestic partner coverage through GatorCare is also available. Optional plans such as life, disability, legal and accident insurance are also available.

UF provides a variety of leave programs including vacation, sick leave, 11 paid holidays, personal leave days, and family medical leave. 9 month faculty employees accrue approximately 13 sick days annually, and 4 personal leave days, typically used during the holiday closing period (accruals based on full-time employment). UF also provides you the flexibility to deal with life’s challenges by offering paid family leave which is eight full weeks of leave over a 24-month period.

Build a retirement roadmap with competitive pension plans, investment accounts and a host of voluntary add-ons, such as 457 deferred compensation and 403(b) plans.

UF Employees are also eligible for the GatorPerks discount program, which provides big savings at various business and retailers!

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$71,500, with a comprehensive and highly competitive leave and benefits package

The successful candidate must meet all of the following:

• MFA or PhD in Studio Art Practice
• Relevant teaching or instructional experience beyond graduate teaching assistantships
• Knowledge of contemporary art theory and practice
• Active studio practice and record of creative research with evidence of emerging recognition in the field
• Evidence of successful collaboration and collegiality with faculty, students, and staff
• Evidence of skill in designing and facilitating academic work that advances curiosity, inclusion, open intellectual discourse, and the well-being of all in an environment of complex diversities

The successful candidate will meet some of the following:

• Critical approach to the legacies, histories, and theories of art and art practices
• Full-time college and/or graduate-level teaching experience beyond graduate assistantship 
• Success in teaching at the undergraduate level, including foundations courses 
• Success in recruitment and mentoring for undergraduate and graduate students 
• Ability to teach courses or course modules working with metals: casting and welding.
• Ability to teach courses or course modules working with digital fabrication
• Innovative pedagogy and/or curricula
• Capacity to advance interdisciplinary collaborations in teaching and research 
• Strong organizational, management, and communication skills 

Application Deadline: Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until an applicant pool is established. To ensure full consideration, all application documents must be submitted by January 13, 2025.  Applications received after this date may be considered at the discretion of the committee and/or hiring authority. 

Application Process: Applications must be submitted via the University of Florida’s online application system.  Online applications must include the following:

1. a detailed letter of application that explains how you match the qualifications of this position and how your work and perspective will contribute to and enhance our transformative community
2. curriculum vitae
3. links to an online portfolio or single PDF of 15-20 each of personal and student work
4. statement of teaching philosophy
5. names and contact information for three professional references, a fourth administrative or technical staff member reference is welcome but not required. The search committee will notify the applicant before contacting references.

The UF system will give you the option to upload letters of reference. We are not requiring letters of reference with initial application materials. Please ignore that option. The Search Committee may request additional materials at a later time at a later time.

Inquiries may be sent to:
Sean Miller, Associate Professor
Chair, Assistant Professor in 3D + Extended Media Search
Email: swarp@ufl.edu

The selected candidate will be required to provide an official transcript to the hiring department upon hire. A transcript will not be considered “official” if a designation of “Issued to Student” is visible. Degrees earned from an educational institution outside of the United States are required to be evaluated by a professional credentialing service provider approved by National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES).

If an accommodation due to a disability is needed to apply for this position, please call +1 (352) 392- 2477or the Florida Relay System at +1 (800) 955-8771 (TDD). Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the US. Searches are conducted in accordance with Florida's Sunshine Law.