FACULTY/HEAD POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT in the Department of Art, Music & Technology

FACULTY/HEAD POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT in the Department of Art, Music & Technology

Art/Music/Technology: Head, Department of Art, Music, and Technology — Imperatore School of Sciences & Arts — Applications and nominations are requested for the position of Head of the Department of Art, Music & Technology at Stevens Institute of Technology, in Hoboken, New Jersey.

In 2004, a new Department of Art, Music & Technology (DAMT) was created at Stevens Institute. We offer Individualized B.A. degrees in Art & Technology and Music & Technology, and hope to develop a graduate program as well as innovative crossover programs. Stevens is seeking a motivated candidate (either in music or in art) with a vision towards the future, conversant with the practices and discourses in his or her field, and the ability to attract students and high-quality faculty to the Institute. He or she must have academic experience and a substantial international or national presence in the art or music community.

What sets DAMT apart from other art/music & tech schools (aside from its location on a residential, park-like campus overlooking the Hudson River and the entire New York City skyline) is Stevens’ emphasis in research and what has been termed, Technogenesis, where students, faculty and industry jointly nurture new arts & technologies from concept to realization. In addition to "low-tech" fields, like solar, wind-power, and mechanized sculpture, and the more “traditional” digital fields, we have potential access to highly specialized labs in areas such as robotics, biotechnology, nanotechnology, virtual reality, aerodynamics, artificial intelligence, lasers, highly-filled materials, among others, available to artists and students who build upon a tradition of joint cooperation across technical and conceptual divides. Stevens’s engineering and business schools, as well as science and the humanities, are poised and ready for a collaborative effort.

Working with the Department Head will be the Directors of the Music & Technology and Art & Technology programs. Responsibilities will include developing a unique and competitive department, including curriculum development, policy-making, fundraising and teaching in her or his chosen field. Rank is open.

Deadline to apply is December 15, 2005, but applicants will be considered sooner. For further information about the current department, see http://www.hum.stevens.edu/ArtMusicTechnology/.

Nominations and letters of application should be sent to: Dean Erich Kunhardt, Imperatore School of Sciences & Arts, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030. Equal Opportunity Employer.