Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Dance

The Department of Dance at St. Olaf College invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position in Dance at the Assistant Professor level to begin August 2025.

To support the current needs and future curricular changes and growth of the dance department, we are looking for an experienced, versatile, and innovative teacher and artist scholar with both a breadth and depth of experience and knowledge in a broad range of dance theory and practice areas and evidence of integrating these into their teaching and research.

The candidate should have experience in contemporary, inclusive teaching and artistic practices, and the interest and ability to work collaboratively to further decolonize and contextualize all departmental program offerings and systems of operation. The successful candidate will also share responsibilities in directing/choreographing dance productions; mentoring dance major projects for all class years; creating original choreography for students; participating, coordinating, and accompanying students to regional and national conferences such as ACDA, CORD, and NDEO; and advising students academically.

Additionally, this candidate will share in leadership responsibilities for the dance department. The candidate will be expected to maintain robust artistic practice and scholarship.

Qualifications 

M.F.A. in Dance or Ph.D. in Dance or a related field in hand or near completion by the start of fall semester. The preferred candidate has at least 2 years of higher education teaching experience.

Contact Info

Heather Klopchin
tt2025dance@stolaf.edu
507-786-3070