Working Title: Assistant Professor of Music, Musicology

State Role Title: N/A

Position Type: Instructional / Teaching Faculty

Position Status: Full-Time

College/Division: College of Visual and Performing Arts

Department: 100028 - School of Music

Pay Rate: Commensurate with Experience

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Is this a JMU only position? No

Is this a grant-funded position? No

Is this a Conflict of Interest designated position? No

Beginning Review Date: 11/23/2024

About JMU:

Mission
We are a community committed to preparing students to be educated and enlightened citizens who lead productive and meaningful lives.

Vision
To be the national model for the engaged university: engaged with ideas and the world.

Who We Are
Located in the heart of Virginia’s beautiful Shenandoah Valley, the city of Harrisonburg is approximately 120 miles from Washington, D.C. and Richmond, VA. With a population of just over 53,000, Harrisonburg is one of the most diverse communities in the Commonwealth of Virginia. JMU is a selective, public institution with a growing national reputation for offering experiences that lead to an outstanding education and inclusive environment for students, faculty and staff. The student body includes approximately 20,000 undergraduate and 1,900 graduate students, with over 1,000 full-time instructional faculty.

JMU offers thriving programs in the liberal arts, science and technology, and professional disciplines at the undergraduate, master’s and doctoral levels. The university is committed to expanding diversity, fostering equity and inclusion, and supporting superlative teaching and scholarship. JMU has achieved national recognition for the high quality of its academic programs, focus on maintaining strong student/faculty interaction, and innovative faculty research.

General Information:

The James Madison University School of Music seeks an outstanding teacher-scholar for our full-time, tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Musicology. We seek a candidate passionate about teaching a wide variety of courses both within and across traditional curricular boundaries. The successful candidate will demonstrate and maintain an active research agenda appropriate to JMU’s R2 institutional designation. All research specializations will be considered, particularly those that complement those of our current musicology and ethnomusicology faculty.

The School of Music is an active program with about 360 undergraduate majors, 75 graduate students (DMA and MM), and 200 music minors. Musicology faculty teach alongside 45 full-time faculty and 25 part-time faculty in a School that produces more than 250 performances and presentations annually, promoting a vibrant culture of research, scholarship, and creative activity. Housed within the College of Visual and Performing Arts, the School of Music offers the Bachelor of Music in music performance, music education, composition, music theatre, and music industry; the Bachelor of Arts in Music with concentrations in Music Studies and Music Industry; Master’s degrees in composition, conducting, music education, and music performance; and Doctoral degrees in Performance, Pedagogy and Literature and Conducting, Pedagogy and Literature.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Teaching responsibilities include: courses in our innovative undergraduate musicology/ethnomusicology core curriculum; topical musicology seminars at the undergraduate and graduate level; doctoral-level courses in music history pedagogy; general education courses; advising undergraduate and doctoral research; and other possibilities according to the faculty member’s interests and expertise.

Qualifications:

Position Qualifications:
● PhD in Musicology. ABD candidates will be considered with the requirement that the degree must be completed before March 1, 2026
● Evidence of effective, creative, dynamic teaching
● Evidence of a clear research agenda with a growing record of peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations
● Experience teaching in musicology or related areas at the collegiate level
● Facility and interest in teaching across traditional curricular boundaries (e.g. musicology and ethnomusicology; popular music, jazz, art music, film music, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications:
● At least three years teaching experience at the collegiate level
● Evidence of effective teaching at the graduate level
● Scholarly engagement with the pedagogy of music history, musicology, and ethnomusicology

Additional Posting Information:

We promote inclusive excellence for all students, faculty, staff, constituents, and programs, believing this is a foundational component of an outstanding education in keeping with our mission. The University is interested in candidates whose experience and qualifications support an ongoing commitment to this core quality. The College of Visual and Performing Arts and the University strive to create an educational environment that inspires responsible citizenship in a diverse world.

A complete application will include:
-a cover letter that outlines the candidate’s teaching expertise, program of research, and how these align with the position requirements, as well as how these activities contribute or potentially contribute to the inclusive excellence of the classroom, program, and university;
-a curriculum vitae;
-and names and contact information for three references.

Additional materials may be requested later in the search process. Review of applications will begin November 23, 2024.

JMU’s Dual Career and Community Resources Program is available for candidates that will be relocating to the area. For more information, please visit https://bit.ly/2OTF1NG.

Conditions of Employment:  

Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a criminal background check.

E-Verify Notice: After accepting employment, new hires are required to complete an I-9 form and present documentation of their identity and eligibility to work in the United States. James Madison University uses the E-Verify system to confirm identity and work authorization.

EEO Statement:

James Madison University is committed to creating and supporting a diverse and inclusive work and educational community that is free of all forms of discrimination. This institution does not tolerate discrimination or harassment on the basis of age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, parental status, political affiliation, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or veteran status.

We promote access, inclusion and diversity for all students, faculty, staff, constituents and programs, believing that these qualities are foundational components of an outstanding education in keeping with our mission. The university is interested in candidates whose experience and qualifications support an ongoing commitment to this core quality.

Anyone having questions concerning discrimination should contact the Office for Equal Opportunity: (540) 568-6991.

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