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Arts in Health Endowed Chair, Rutgers University

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey – MicefaArts in Health Endowed Chair, Tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor, Rutgers University

Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University invites applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty member to serve as the school’s inaugural Arts in Health Endowed Chair. We seek an interdisciplinary, collaborative, and divergent thinker to serve in this faculty role and guide the school in developing a strategic vision for its arts in health initiative. The successful candidate will be an accomplished artist and educator in dance, filmmaking, music, theater, or visual art/design, with demonstrated research and/or artistic excellence in arts in health, a field that improves health and well-being through direct arts engagement in diverse institutional and community contexts.

The ideal candidate will possess strengths in cross-disciplinary collaboration and have substantial experience addressing inclusive audiences. They will have demonstrated the ability to build interdisciplinary teams as well as the interpersonal skills to serve as a facilitator and ambassador for arts in health throughout MGSA, the university, and the community.

The Rutgers Arts in Health Endowed Chair will:
  • Engage and excel in creative and professional activities relevant to the artistic focus of one of the MGSA departments
  • Foster interdisciplinary collaborations within the school and university to advance arts in health
  • Maintain an active line of inquiry related to the role of the arts in wellness
  • Lead the Arts in Health initiative at MGSA which includes Scarlet Arts Rx, a program of arts and wellbeing activities and events widely accessible to Rutgers students
  • Collaborate with the School of Public Health and New Jersey Performing Arts Center to run the Arts in Health Research Lab, a partnership that initiates, guides, and supports arts in health research
  • Supervise the Arts in Health Research Lab manager who facilitates the lab’s diverse projects
  • Teach courses in the department of specialization
  • Develop an arts in health curriculum
  • Advise and mentor undergraduate and graduate students
  • Engage in service activities within their department, the university, and the arts in health field at large
  • Participate in committees and other departmental/school responsibilities
Appointment will be at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, depending on the candidate’s experience.

Apply
This position is a full-time, ten-month academic appointment with an anticipated start date of September 1, 2025. Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications by February 10, 2025. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

The application requires:
  • cover letter summarizing qualifications and vision for Arts in Health at Rutgers
  • curriculum vitae
  • personal statement addressing artistic identity; teaching philosophy; and commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion
  • Work sample relevant to arts in health inquiry
For questions, email cpw48@mgsa.rutgers.edu

This is an exciting opportunity to lead the Arts in Health initiative at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers through teaching, curriculum development, research, and artistic achievement. See the job description and the application link here: https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/241668

Posting Close Date: September 1, 2025