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Assistant Professor of Lighting Design (Theater)
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Position Number: 5795831
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Position Type: Fine and Applied Arts - Theatre and Dance

Assistant Professor of Lighting Design (Theater)

Job ID: 29316

Location: Brooklyn College

Full/Part Time: Full-Time

Regular/Temporary: Regular

FACULTY VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

The Department of Theater at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (CUNY) seeks applications for a full-time tenure track Assistant Professor of Lighting Design to start in August 2025.

The ideal candidate will be a dedicated professional who will play an active role collaborating with current faculty in maintaining and advancing a pedagogy in Entertainment Design principles and techniques. The candidate would teach courses in Lighting Design and Lighting Technology on the graduate and undergraduate levels, mentor and advise design students on their projects and pre-professional agendas, build and connect students with professional internships and opportunities in the entertainment design industry, maintain a vibrant professional creative agenda in the field of entertainment lighting design, and provide ongoing service to the department, college and profession.

The Brooklyn College Department of Theater values the training of the next generation of theater artists and leaders. We are an anti-racist, equitable and inclusive program that reflects and responds to the diverse identities, cultures and experiences of our students. We offer comprehensive undergraduate and graduate degree programs which offer a transformative, affordable, rigorous educational experience. We develop and inspire each theater maker to embrace and express their unique artistic voice. There is a strong departmental focus on civic engagement, and creating work aimed at cultivating self-knowledge, intellectual rigor, and cultural awareness.

The Department of Theater strives to create a more equitable, diverse, inclusive, anti-racist, and socially just department through intentional pedagogy, recruitment, community culture, and activities reflected in the stories we tell, and the voices we amplify. We welcome applications from individuals who value working with a diverse student body, and will help us to sustain and expand departmental commitments to diversity, inclusion, equity, and anti-racism.

Brooklyn College serves students from as many as 150 countries who speak over 100 languages and dialects and thus constitutes a vibrant microcosm of the rich diversity and energy that characterizes the borough of Brooklyn and the greater New York City area itself. Its mission features special commitment to educate immigrant and first-generation college students from the diverse communities that make up our city and state. The college ethos is strongly invested in the educational and career success of a population that encompasses a multiplicity of nationalities, ethnicities, religions, cultures and languages. We are committed to fostering a spirit of camaraderie and shared ideals across the entire spectrum of our varied constituency. By accessing a first-class and affordable college education in an inclusive and nurturing intellectual milieu, our students acquire the skills, confidence, and global mindedness that allow them to thrive in a rapidly changing, unpredictable marketplace of ideas that is increasingly mindless of borders and spans the gamut of cultures and vernaculars.

To this end, the college seeks faculty who are eager to engage with the diversity of our student body and have a demonstrated commitment to inclusion and heterogeneity through teaching, research and/or service. We seek to recruit and retain faculty who reflect the mosaic of our student population. Successful candidates will bring their unique creativity, sensitivity, insights and perspectives to a community that welcomes innovation in scholarship and teaching. Together we will model the finest that a public urban liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies college can be for the present and future.

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Qualifications

Master of Fine Arts degree in Theater, and a minimum of five years professional experience in the field.

Prior college teaching experience.

Demonstrated commitments to diversity and inclusion.

Ability to teach/ attend rehearsals/ mentor students evenings, weekends, in person, and online.

Evidence of collaborative and collegial approach to work.

Ability to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Entertainment Lighting Design and Technology.

Preferred Qualifications

3-5 years of college teaching experience.

Connections and recognition in the field, particularly in the New York City region.

Established understanding of entertainment lighting technology processes and procedures.

Understanding of affiliated fields of entertainment design such as Projection Design and Scenic Design.

USA 829 Membership.

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Sponsorship will not be offered for this position.

COMPENSATION

$72,667 - $93,134; Salary commensurate with education and experience.

CUNY offers faculty a competitive compensation and benefits package covering health insurance, pension and retirement benefits, paid parental leave, and savings programs. We also provide mentoring and support for research, scholarship, and publication as part of our commitment to ongoing faculty professional development.