The Department of Interdisciplinary Arts offers a B.A. in Arts Media and Technology, and a Ph.D. in Fine Arts, with five tracks: Art, Arts Administration, Music, Theatre, and Transdisciplinary. Founded in 2024, the Department of Interdisciplinary Arts is the newest unit in the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual and Performing Arts, created to better support the unique and longstanding Fine Art Ph.D. (created in 1973) and the new Arts Media and Technology B.A. (created in 2023). With an Interdisciplinary Arts faculty of four full-time professors, it serves a growing student population of 44 undergraduate and 60 graduate majors, as well as over 400 non-majors. It is also amply supported by technical and administrative support staff. The Department of Interdisciplinary Arts houses the Performing Arts Research Lab (PeARL), and fosters a wide range of innovative cross- and interdisciplinary creative and scholarly projects. For more information, visit www.depts.ttu.edu/interdisciplinary-arts/.
As a faculty member in the Department of Interdisciplinary Arts, the qualified candidate will teach and develop graduate courses in support of the Ph.D.-Fine Arts, the B.A.-Arts Media Technology, and School of Music programs. The successful candidate will also be expected to contribute and collaborate on matters pertaining to curriculum, policy, and practice, as well as remain active in their field through adjacent scholarly/creative and service activities. The successful candidate will effectively mentor students across areas of research, process, and pedagogy, and participate in the department’s formal advising process for graduate students and undergraduate students. The position also entails development and refinement of programs, curricula, and degree plans. Expectations also include significant service on dissertation and thesis committees across arts disciplines, service activities at the department, college, and university levels, and in embracing collegiality within and outside the department.
Required Qualifications
- A Ph.D. in a scholarly music discipline such as music theory, musicology, music cognition/psychology, or other closely related field, completed by August 31, 2026.
- A minimum of one year of experience teaching undergraduate courses in music or related discipline.
- Experience working across the boundaries between Fine Arts disciplines, in terms of teaching, methodologies, and artworks of focus.
Preferred Qualifications
In addition to the required qualifications, individuals with the following preferred qualifications are strongly encouraged to apply:
- Record of scholarly publications in peer-reviewed journals, books or book chapters, or other demonstrable body of published work.
- Experience in a collaborative lab environment, including equipment and personnel management, Human Subjects approval procedures, and behavioral experimental methods.
- Experience with group and interdisciplinary research projects and publications that cross faculty/student boundaries.
- Experience teaching topics relevant across the arts to majors and non-majors populations.
- Clear plans for impactful future research and/or creative activity goals towards professional development, with proposal ideas for scholarship supported by extramural funding, as appropriate to research specialization.
Please visit the link below for a full position description and application instructions.
Questions about this position should be directed to Dr. Peter Martens, Department Chair, at peter.martens@ttu.edu. If you need assistance with the application process, contact Human Resources, Talent Acquisition at hrs.recruiting@ttu.edu or 806-742-3851.