Stony Brook, NY

Required Qualifications

A master's degree in Theater or a related field.

Professional theater or improvisation training, minimum of 3 years of experience teaching theater or improvisation at the college level, minimum of 5 years performance experience, experience in curriculum development.

Preferred Qualifications

MFA in Acting, Directing, or Dramaturgy, demonstrated capacity for innovation; experience working with scientists in the STEM and/or medical fields; professional (AEA) acting experience.

Responsibilities & Requirements

The Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science is seeking a 10-month Lecturer.

The ideal candidate will have a special expertise in theater or improvisation training, experience working with scientists and medical students/professionals in improvisation, and an understanding of the cultures of science and medicine.

The successful candidate will be responsible for creation, development, implementation, and training of improvisation curriculum in the Alda Center; teaching graduate and undergraduate courses as needed; traveling 20 days/year to deliver national workshops; and participating as an instructor in relevant SBU conferences and activities.

Preferred candidates would have a background in professional theater training and practice, and significant teaching experience at the college level.

Special Notes

This is a non-tenure track position.

FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA.

Internal and external search to occur simultaneously. Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible.

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The selected candidate must successfully clear a background investigation.

Application Procedure

Those interested in this position should submit a State Employment Application, cover letter and resume/CV by clicking here.

Alternately, you may submit your application package to the departmental address or fax below. Please also fill out an online Applicant Information Survey. Do not submit this survey to the department.



Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science

Attn: Christina Anselmo

Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science

Stony Brook University

Melville Library, Room N4029

Stony Brook, NY 11794-3394

alda_center_recruitment@stonybrook.edu

Campus Description

Stony Brook University, home to many highly ranked graduate research programs, is located 60 miles from New York City on Long Island's scenic North Shore.

Our 1,100-acre campus is home to 24,000 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students and more than 13,500 faculty and staff. SBU is a comprehensive research-intensive university and a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU), which includes 34 public universities among its 62 members.

SBU consists of 12 schools and colleges and a teaching hospital that provides state-of-the-art healthcare in the Long Island region. SBU also manages and performs joint research with Brookhaven National Laboratory, the only Department of Energy Laboratory in the Northeast, and shares doctoral programs with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a world-renowned molecular biology institute. Home to the Emerson String Quartet, the Pollock-Krasner House in East Hampton, New York, the Humanities Institute, and the Southampton Arts Program, and with endeavors that extend to the Turkana Basin Institute in Kenya and the Ranomafana National Park in Madagascar, SBU sustains an international reputation that cuts across the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.

Official Job Title: Lecturer - 10 Months

REF#: F-9935-18-09

Campus: Stony Brook West Campus

Department: Center for Communicating Science

Salary: $65,000

Posting Start Date: 09/25/2018

Posting End Date: 10/25/2018

Applications for this position must be received, as specified in the Application Procedure Section, no later than 5:00 PM Eastern Time on 10/25/2018, unless specifically noted otherwise in the Special Notes Section.

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