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Assistant Professor of Digital Music

The School of Music at the University of Texas at San Antonio seeks qualified applicants for a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Digital Music. This candidate will have a leadership role in managing our music technology curriculum and lab, leading the other music technology faculty in curriculum design, collaborating with faculty to launch a new “Media Studies” degree, and proposing and teaching new interdisciplinary courses.

QUALIFICATIONS: Required Qualifications are a doctorate degree in Music or a related Creative Arts field, a record of successful college-level teaching experience, evidence of successful creative activity in digital music/sound design and/or music and digital media, and demonstrated history of collaboration across media or departments. Candidates should demonstrate a high level of artistic excellence and the potential to bring interdisciplinary and/or cross-cultural approaches to their research, teaching, and creative activity. The successful candidate must also demonstrate their ability to work with and be sensitive to the educational needs of diverse urban populations and support the University’s commitment as a Hispanic Thriving Institution and a model for student success. Applicants who are selected for interviews must be able to show proof that they will be eligible and qualified to work in the United States by the time of hire. The appointment will be effective Fall 2023; therefore, candidates who will complete a doctorate by August 2023 will be considered.

Preferred Qualifications are relevant experience in new media, film, video game, or commercial music, experience running and maintaining a technology lab, experience mentoring students, and demonstrated excellence that will make a substantial contribution to multidisciplinary “New Media Studies” program in COLFA.

UTSA is an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

SCHOOL OF MUSIC: The UTSA School of Music is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music and offers degree programs leading to the Bachelor of Music in music education, performance, composition, and music marketing, a Bachelor of Arts in Music, and the Master of Music in music education, conducting, performance, and performance/pedagogy. The faculty comprises more than 60 full- and part-time members who serve a student body of approximately 300 undergraduate and graduate students. The School of Music occupies a facility that includes a 500-seat Recital Hall, two large rehearsal halls, practice rooms, classrooms, piano and music technology labs, and faculty studios and offices.

THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL AND FINE ARTS: The UTSA School of Music is housed within the College of Liberal and Fine Arts (COLFA). COLFA is on an accelerated trajectory of transformation and growth fueled by three major drivers: reimagining the humanities, recommitting to arts education, and bolstering social science research. In addition to the School of Art, COLFA has established a new School of Music and is moving forward with the establishment of a new interdisciplinary School designed to further collaborative engagement and discovery around the intersections of grand challenges facing society and the human experience. The successful candidate will play a leading role in the process of remaking COLFA, and is expected to hold a substantial appointment and effort in one of its schools.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO: UTSA is an R1, urban-serving, Hispanic thriving discovery enterprise deeply committed to student success and academic excellence including growing doctoral education. UTSA focuses on transformational student experiences, impactful research, and enriched community service. UTSA received the Community Engagement Classification from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in 2015, and in 2017, the Times Higher Education named UTSA one of the top 4 universities in the nation younger than 50 years old. Almost 35,000 students are currently enrolled at The University of Texas at San Antonio at three campus locations. UTSA offers over 170 undergraduate and graduate degrees through its nine colleges and The Office of Graduate Studies. UTSA serves a diverse population of students in terms of minority, gender, and sexual orientation, as well as first-generation college students, military personnel, and people with disabilities. The School of Music is part of the College of Liberal and Fine Arts, which includes nine departments/schools.