Associate or Full Professor, Tenured or Tenure Track, Photography, Video and Imaging

The University of Arizona School of Art invites applications for a tenured or tenure-track faculty appointment at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor in Photography, Video and Imaging (PVI). We seek an accomplished artist, scholar and educator with a significant and growing national and/or international profile, whose practice is centered in photography and demonstrates sustained engagement with analog, darkroom-based and alternative photographic processes. This position carries a 2/2 teaching load which may include undergraduate studio courses, co-convened undergraduate/graduate studio courses and stand alone graduate studio and seminar courses. In addition to teaching and maintaining an active creative practice the successful candidate will join PVI faculty in sharing significant responsibilities in program coordination, curriculum development, student recruitment, graduate mentorship, and shared governance. The School seeks a faculty member prepared to share leadership with PVI faculty in shaping the future direction of the Photography, Video and Imaging area while contributing to the broader mission of the School of Art and the University.

The Photography, Video and Imaging area is a rigorous, research-driven BA, BFA, MFA program that supports critically engaged artistic practice through conceptual inquiry, material experimentation, and interdisciplinary research. Situated within a major, public land-grant research university and supported by outstanding resources, including the Center for Creative Photography, the program encourages students to engage deeply with the histories, materialites and evolving possibilities of photographic practice. The School of Art is part of the College of Fine Arts and Arizona Arts, which serves as a unified gateway to visual and performing arts experiences, programs, and assets at the University of Arizona (U of A). CFA/Arizona Arts offers the opportunity to work with people of many different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We foster opportunity and excellence in the arts with a commitment to success for every student, research that shapes the future, and community engagement. Learn more by visiting cfa.arizona.edu/about/arizona-arts. The U of A is a Hispanic-Serving Institution and among the nation’s strongest public universities, offering more than 150 majors. We live our Purpose, Mission, and Values as a land-grant university.

Review of candidates begins Nov. 30th, 2026. Priority consideration will be given to candidates who submit materials by this date, but the position will remain open until filled.

Outstanding U of A benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; sick leave and holidays; U of A/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; retirement plans; access to U of A recreation and cultural activities; and more!

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Duties & Responsibilities

The School of Art seeks an accomplished artist whose work demonstrates a sustained engagement with the material, historical, and experimental possibilities of photography. We are particularly interested in candidates who can maintain and expand the program's strengths in analog and alternative process photography while contributing to contemporary conversations surrounding image-making, lens based visual culture and interdisciplinary artistic research. The successful candidate will help steward and advance a culture of making that values technical expertise, conceptual rigor, experimentation and critical inquiry.

• Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Photography, Video and Imaging, with primary expertise in analog photography, darkroom practice and alternative/historic photographic processes.
• Develop and implement curriculum that meaningfully integrates experiential learning and engagement with material that prepares students for future professional challenges.
• Mentor undergraduate and graduate students through critiques, reviews, independent studies and thesis supervision in a manner that creates a sense of community and belonging.
• Maintain an active, nationally and/or internationally recognized creative research profile.
• Share leadership with the PVI faculty in the coordination and administration of the Photography, Video and Imaging area.
• Lead and participate in curriculum development and program coordination at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
• Contribute to strategic planning, undergraduate recruitment, graduate recruitment and program visibility.
• Collaborate with the PVI Facilities Manager who is responsible for oversight and maintenance of darkroom, alternative process and related photographic facilities as needed.
• Participate actively in departmental, college, and university governance, including committee service and faculty leadership responsibilities.
• Support visiting artist programming, public engagement initiatives and professional outreach activities.
• Collaborate with colleagues across artistic disciplines and contribute to the School's research and educational mission.

The Photography, Video and Imaging area is a highly collaborative unit in which faculty work closely together to support students, manage shared resources, and shape the curriculum. The successful candidate will play an active role in the continued development of the area, the School of Art and the University. We welcome candidates who value mentorship, shared governance, and thoughtful engagement with the work of the program.

Minimum Qualifications

• MFA in Photography, Visual Art or a closely related field.
• Significant record of creative accomplishment and professional recognition appropriate for appointment at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor.
• Demonstrated expertise in analog photography, darkroom practice and/or alternative/historic photographic processes.
• Evidence of excellence in university-level teaching.
• Experience mentoring undergraduate and graduate students.
• Record of service and professional engagement appropriate to rank.

Preferred Qualifications

• Significant expertise in multiple analog and alternative photographic processes, which may include platinum/palladium, wet plate collodion, cyanotype, photogravure, photo-based printmaking, cameraless photography, historical printing methods, contemporary experimental darkroom practices, and intersections between digital and alternative processes.
• Proven record of teaching students at all levels in a manner that creates a sense of belonging and prepares students to meet the expectations of their future careers. This includes course design that integrates experiential learning and curriculum that emphasizes knowing how to think critically.
• Record of mentorship of BA, BFA and MFA students who work in traditional photography and interdisciplinary and expanded practices such as installation, book arts, moving image, sculpture, sound, performance or related fields.
• A proven record of an artistic practice and research agenda that connects historical and material photographic processes to contemporary conceptual and theoretical discourse
• Record of exhibitions, publications, grants, residencies and other indicators of sustained creative achievement.

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