Tenure-Track: Assistant Professor of Theatrical Production Management and Research

Full Time • 75000

Texas A&M University, College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts - College Station, TX
https://pvfa.tamu.edu

Description

The Texas A&M University College of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts (PVFA) invites applications for a full-time, 9-month tenure-track position in Theatrical Production Management and Research at the rank of Assistant Professor in the Dance, Music, and Theatre Performance section. The anticipated start date is August 1, 2027. 

Candidates should demonstrate strong potential for scholarly achievement and an ability to establish a nationally and internationally recognized agenda for research and creative work focused on producing and researching structures that make interdisciplinary, virtual/hybrid, media-integrated, and devised performance possible. Areas of expertise may include, but are not limited to: 

•  Digital Transformation and Technology 

• producing and scheduling systems for media-integrated and technology-driven performance 

• live streaming, virtual and hybrid producing models 

• data analytics for production planning, budgeting, and audience/venue operations 

• Collaborative and Non-hierarchical Producing Models 

• producing structures for devised and collectively created work, where authorship and decision-making are distributed rather than script-first 

• Sound and Media Design as Producing Practice 

• sound design, projection/media design, and live media integration as both creative and infrastructural components of production  

• Interdisciplinary Partnerships 

• producing collaborations across the theatre, dance, music, and visualization programs 

• engaging with emerging technology across PVFA 

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This position supports the College's Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre, a practice-based, devised-theatre program established in Fall 2024, and complements the program's existing technical design faculty. Successful candidates will teach Stage Management and Producing Theatre and other courses as assigned that fall within their expertise. Preference will be given to candidates who also have experience in sound and/or new media design and an interest in advancing those design dimensions of the program.   

The successful candidate will be expected to: 

• Establish an active, nationally and internationally visible program of research and/or creative practice investigating production management as a discipline of its own — including its digital, collaborative, and technological dimensions 

• Pursue external funding to support this agenda (e.g., NEA, NEH, foundation, or industry-partnered support for producing technology, digital infrastructure, or interdisciplinary production research) 

• Disseminate work through exhibitions, performances, publications, presentations, software systems, patents, or other recognized scholarly outcomes 

• Contribute production-management expertise to PVFA's theatre curriculum and season, and possibly sound and/or new media design expertise, as a site for applied research and graduate/undergraduate mentorship 

• Build interdisciplinary partnerships that extend production-management research into visualization, data science, or technology domains represented elsewhere in the College 

• Contribute to section, college, and university service 

About the College  

The College of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts was formed in 2022 at Texas A&M University, bringing together the Department of Visualization, the Department of Performance Studies, and the Dance Science Program. PVFA is built without departments. Faculty sections and academic programs sit at the college level, which places musicians, composers, actors, directors, choreographers, dancers, painters, cinematographers, technical artists, level designers, spatial audio engineers, tools programmers, ethnomusicologists, art historians, UI/UX designers, and virtual set designers in one structure rather than in separate units. The College places a heavy emphasis on collaboration and interdisciplinary work in both scholarly and creative research. 

The College offers the BS, MS, and MFA in Visualization, a PhD in Visual Computing and Interactive Media, and degree programs in music, dance, and theatre. It operates at the main campus in Bryan-College Station and as part of Texas A&M – Fort Worth, with facilities equipped for work at the intersection of the arts and emerging technology. Applicants should consult the college's website (https://pvfa.tamu.edu/) to review our academic and research programs. 

Qualifications

Required Qualifications 

• MFA or PhD in Production Management, Stage Management, Sound Design, Projection/Media Design, or a closely related field. Candidates who are ABD will be considered, provided they demonstrate clear progress forward completion.  

• Demonstrated potential to establish a nationally and internationally recognized research and/or creative practice in production management 

• Demonstrated experience in traditional theatrical production, in addition to collaboratively created work 

• Evidence of engagement with digital/technological, collaborative, or interdisciplinary approaches to producing 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Research or creative work engaging virtual/hybrid producing, live streaming, data analytics, or other digital production infrastructure 

• Experience with collaborative or non-hierarchical producing models, including devised or collectively created work 

• Expertise in sound design and/or projection/media design as an extension of production-management practice 

• A record of, or clear trajectory toward, external funding for production-technology or interdisciplinary production research 

• Experience building interdisciplinary partnerships across theatre, dance, music, visualization, or technology fields 

Application Instructions

Interested individuals must apply through Interfolio: apply.interfolio.com/195049 and submit the following materials (embed links to your work, student work, etc. where appropriate): 

• Cover Letter  

• Curriculum vitae 

• Portfolio of creative work 

• Personal Statement: Your statement should include your philosophy and plans for research, teaching, and service 

• Names and contact information of five (5) professional references 

 Questions regarding this position may be directed at the Chair of the committee. (George McConnell at gmcconnell@tamu.edu)

To apply for this job

Apply online at https://apply.interfolio.com/195049