The Department of Performance and Communication Arts at St. Lawrence University seeks a colleague for a two-year Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. We seek artist-scholars committed to inclusive teaching in the liberal arts to join and expand our transdisciplinary curriculum that emphasizes theatre, performance, rhetoric, and communication. We welcome colleagues committed to concerns of social justice, civic engagement, and systems of power, privilege, and oppression. We look forward to collaborating with colleagues who possess strong pedagogical skills with particular attunement toward equity-minded teaching practices. The teaching load is 3-3 or 2-3 with a directing release. The position begins August 17, 2026.
The successful candidate will teach at least one of the department’s two core performance courses (Introduction to Theatre or Beginning Acting). The successful candidate will also teach upper-level theatre and performance courses in their area of specialty and have an opportunity to develop special topics courses that expand the department’s current offerings. The area of specialization is open, but we are particularly interested in candidates whose teaching experience or interests include non-Western Theatre, Black, Latinx/e, or Asian/Pacific Islander theatre and performance traditions. In addition to teaching, the successful candidate will direct at least one theatrical production per academic year in our co-curricular production program.
Interested applicants must apply online at https://employment.stlawu.edu/postings/4307, uploading all required materials which are defined in the “special instructions to applicant” section. Applications received by September 29, 2025, will be given full consideration; applications received after that date will be reviewed as needed. Direct queries to search chair Angie Sweigart-Gallagher, at asweigart@stlawu.edu.
All offers of employment are contingent upon the finalist successfully passing a background (including criminal records) check.
Minimum Qualifications
MFA in Directing or Acting or Ph.D. by time of appointment; evidence of the ability to develop into an excellent teacher; evidence of ability to direct and mentor undergraduate artists and collaborate with a design team.