Department Summary

Considered one of the leading visual arts and design schools in the nation, UNT’s College of Visual Arts and Design is home to more than 2,650 undergraduate and graduate students in NASAD and CIDA accredited programs including the BA, BFA, MA, and MFA in art education, art history, ceramics, communication design, drawing and painting, fashion design, interaction design, interdisciplinary art and design studies, interior design, metalsmithing and jewelry, new media art, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and user-experience design, with certification offered in art museum education, and a PhD offered in art education. It includes the Department of Art Education, Department of Art History, Department of Design, Foundations Program, Interdisciplinary Art and Design Studies Program, and Department of Studio Art.

College faculty enjoy active collaborations with specialized subject matter librarians, opportunities for teaching and research through UNT library special collections, and partnerships with the university’s resources dedicated to faculty success in teaching. The newly established Learning Ecosystem for Empowering Futures (LEEF) provides support to faculty in the design, approval, delivery, assessment, and revision of large online courses and their associated discussion sections.

Offering instruction in Frisco and Dallas as well as at the main Denton campus, the College of Visual Arts and Design also comprises the Curiosity Lab, CVAD Galleries, Texas Fashion Collection, Onstead Institute for Education in the Visual Arts and Design, Gough Design Research Space, and textile and digital fabrication lab facilities that support student work, faculty research, as well as college, university, and broader constituents in recently built and renovated, state-of-the-art facilities.

A nationally and internationally recognized community of faculty provides students with excellent mentors and role models upon which to pattern their careers. The College of Visual Arts and Design is dedicated to creating a climate and curriculum that supports student, faculty and staff success through its programs and practices. Additional information about the college and university can be found online: cvad.unt.edu and www.unt.edu.


Position Overview

The College of Visual Arts and Design (CVAD) at the University of North Texas (UNT) invites applications for a full-time Professional Faculty Lecturer of Art History to join in a new university-wide initiative in the creation and development of hybrid courses (≥51% online and ≤49% in-person). The successful candidate will develop online content for two courses: Art Appreciation for non-art majors and our Art History Survey 1. In addition to being the faculty lead who authors and implements the online content, the successful candidate will teach two smaller in-person discussion sections of each course on the UNT Denton campus. In this position, the faculty lead will also supervise a team of adjuncts, teaching fellows, and/or teaching assistants responsible for additional discussion sections.

Additional responsibilities include service to the department, college and university, and continued enhancement of the art history department. Art History faculty may receive funding to attend academic conferences/workshops in support of enriching and/or developing course content and pedagogy.

Minimum Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in art history or relevant discipline conferred by time of appointment.
• At least one year of online college-level teaching experience as instructor of record.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in online content creation and course development.
• Record of online content creation, development, and implementation for college-level Art Appreciation and Survey 1 courses specifically.