Position Openings

Assistant Professor of Theatre

The Alma College Department of Theatre and Dance seeks applicants for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position incorporating student instruction, scene and lighting design, and technical direction, beginning August 2013.  Production responsibilities include designing scenery and lights or supervising student designers for four theatre productions each year in addition to supervising the scene shop.  Teaching responsibilities include production related lab courses and design courses, as well as courses within the successful candidate's areas of expertise.

Minimum qualifications are an M.F.A. in design/technology with professional and/or academic experience.  Candidates must demonstrate experience and skills in scene and lighting design as well as technical abilities.  Experience in classroom instruction is preferred.

Review of applications will begin October 15, 2012.  Send cover letter, resume/vita, 8 to 10 digital images on CD (or posted on a website portfolio) of design work, teaching philosophy, and names and contact information for three professional references to: Joe Jezewski, Department of Theatre and Dance, Alma College, 614 W. Superior St., Alma, MI  48801.

A Phi Beta Kappa institution, Alma is a selective, baccalaureate liberal arts college committed to academic excellence and an equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse faculty, staff and student body.  For more information about the College and available positions, visit www.alma.edu.

 

 

Since 2010, Alma College has added new majors in anthropology, new media studies, biotechnology, health care administration and environmental studies. The College also has completed several campus enhancements, including the Hogan Center, Art Smith Arena, Eddy Music Center and College Corner Coffee and Books.

 

Graduate Profile

Sarah Ellsworth

Sarah Ellsworth
Graduation: 2007
Major: History and Political Science

What would be the point of college without professors? Sarah Ellsworth ’07 quickly learned the value of a good professor when she took a course with history professor Patrick Furlong.

“I’ll be forever grateful to him for caring enough about me to call me into his office for a very stern ‘talking to’ a few weeks into my freshman year,” she says, smiling. “Let’s just say I was having a little too much fun and not quite living up to my academic potential.”