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Institution: Temple University

Position: Assistant Professor of Music Theory

General Information:

Tenure track

Qualifications:

A completed doctoral degree is required.
The ideal candidate will have a record of publications with a strong
promise for a national reputation. The candidate must be capable of
creating innovative courses for both music majors and non-majors. Ability
to take a leadership role in Boyer?s Ph.D. in Music program is required.
The successful candidate must be able to engage highly talented musicians
and dancers who major in a variety of performance and academic areas (jazz,
performance, musicology, music theory, composition, music therapy, music
education, and dance). A record of strong teaching is required.

Job Description/Responsibilities:

The Boyer College of Music and Dance seeks
a music theorist with a strong background in critical theory and a research
agenda that focuses broadly on music and culture. The successful candidate
will have expertise in an array of musical repertories and a familiarity
with developments in music theory, analysis, and musicology. Possible
research areas include but are not limited to: hermeneutics, performance
and analysis, affect studies, music and race, music and politics, music and
subjectivity, music and anthropology (ethnomusicology), music and the
media, music and disability studies. Teaching duties will include but not
be limited to undergraduate courses in the music-theory sequence,
undergraduate writing courses in the candidate?s area of expertise,
graduate seminars, courses for non-music majors. An ability to advise
research at the graduate level is required.

Salary Range: unspecified

Items to Send:

REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS: Begins November 1, 2014; continues until position
is filled. Please e-mail a letter of application and current curriculum
vitae (pdf only) to Florence Brown-Palmore at palmore@temple.edu



PLEASE DO NOT SEND ADDITIONAL MATERIALS UNTIL REQUESTED. Prepare to send
the following additional materials if requested at a later date:



? 3 confidential letters of recommendation directly from the referee

? 3 additional names of references with phone numbers and e-mail addresses

? additional materials upon request



SUBMIT APPLICATION TO: Professor Michael Klein

Committee Chair

Temple University ? Boyer College of Music and Dance

(ATTN: Florence Brown-Palmore)

Temple University/Tyler School of Art

Dean?s Office Suite 210

2001 North 13 Street

Philadelphia, PA l9l22

e-mail: palmore@temple.edu

Phone: 215-204-8097; Fax 215-204-5528

Deadline: November 1, 2014

Contact:

Professor Michael Klein

Committee Chair

Temple University ? Boyer College of Music and Dance

(ATTN: Florence Brown-Palmore)

Temple University/Tyler School of Art

Dean?s Office Suite 210

2001 North 13 Street

Philadelphia, PA l9l22

e-mail: palmore@temple.edu

Phone: 215-204-8097; Fax 215-204-5528

Date Listed: 10/06/2014


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