Associate Professor of Dance (Tenured)

Organization: Howard University

Deadline: Open until filled

Salary: $90,000-$110,000

Qualifications: MFA or Ph.D. in Dance or a related field and demonstrate a record of accomplishment as a performing artist, scholar, and dance pedagogue.

Description: Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard University invites applications for a full-time, tenured appointment at the rank of Associate Professor of Dance with an anticipated start date at the beginning of the 2026-27 academic year.

Highlights: Seeking scholar-practicioner specialising in Critical Dance Studies with a particular focus on the historical, anthropological, and/or enthnographic study of African diasporic dance cultures and traditions.

Candidates should demonstrate the ability to teach the Dance Program’s core Dance History curriculum, while also offering courses that reflect their areas of specialization. A secondary capacity to teach in one or more of the following areas is highly desirable: dance technique, creative process, pedagogy, somatics, dance science, wellness, dance and technology, or theatre curation.

We are especially interested in candidates whose teaching and scholarship engage Afro-diasporic aesthetics alongside popular, vernacular, and concert dance forms including contemporary dance, West African dance, ballet, and Hip-Hop, and whose approaches are informed by Black queer and feminist theoretical frameworks, critical race theory, culturally responsive pedagogy, and social justice practices.