Tenure-track position available August 20, 2010.  Responsibilities:  teach all levels of theatre history courses in a highly competitive BA/BS/BFA undergraduate theatre program (courses may include Theatre Aesthetics I and II, Pre-Modern Theatre History, Modern Theatre History, Special Topics in Theatre History, Introduction to Theatre, and Musical Theatre History); mentor and advise all aspiring dramaturges and critics with the department's undergraduate Theatrical Studies Option. 

Minimum qualifications: Ph.D. in theatre (completed by August 19, 2010); one year of teaching experience; excellent communication and organizational skills; ability to work collegially within a liberal arts setting.   

Preferred qualifications:  three years of teaching experience at the university/college level; significant scholarship in the area of theatre history.  Excellent benefits, including retiree health care and 100% pension contribution for eligible employees. 

The department is a BA/BS/BFA undergraduate-only program with 335 theatre majors and 55 dance majors and a full-time faculty/professional staff of 16 theatre and 6 dance.  Theatre and Dance programs are NAST/NASD accredited. 

Send one-page letter of application, one-page philosophy of teaching theatre history in a BA/BS/BFA setting with pre-professional standards, vita, two examples of candidate's writing, names and contact information for three references, and a certified transcript of the highest degree earned to: 

Dr. Harold Mortimer, Chair
Theatre History and Teacher
Screening Committee
Department of Theatre and Dance
Ball State University
Muncie, IN  47306 

Review of applications will begin November 9, 2009, and will continue until the position is filled. www.bsu.edu/theatre

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