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Santa Monica College is seeking a full-time, tenure track faculty member in the Art Department. Santa Monica College is a multi-campus institution with vibrant campuses located in sunny Santa Monica and Los Angeles California. The ideal candidate should share SMC’s commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse population.  We currently enroll about 27,500 students, the majority of whom are from racial minority populations as follows:  40% of SMC’s students are Latino, 8% are African-American, 9% are Asian-American, 1% are Native American, 27% are White and 4% are multiracial.  SMC has transferred more students to the University of California campuses than any other college in the country - for 26 years straight.  SMC also is the top feeder college west of the Mississippi to the Ivy League Universities.

Santa Monica College provides a safe, inclusive, and dynamic learning environment that encourages personal and intellectual exploration - one that challenges and supports students in achieving their educational goals. Students learn to contribute to the local and global community as they develop an understanding of their relationship to diverse social, cultural, political, economic, technological, and natural environments. The College recognizes that each individual makes a critical contribution to the achievement of this mission.

Job Duties 

The SMC Art Department is committed to advance equity and inclusivity through research, pedagogy, and reshaping the curriculum. We seek a candidate who will provide outstanding, equity-minded instruction that propels our students to success in whatever they endeavor.  We embrace the global community and the study of art and its creation as a central aspect of all human experience that is essential in today’s global environment.  

The successful candidate will teach courses in Art History and maintain office hours; participate in Art Department activities including, but not limited to department meetings, advisory committee meetings, curriculum development, Online Educational Resources (OER) & Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) initiatives, faculty evaluation, academic and career advisement for students. Faculty regularly mentor students and adopt a concern for their wellness and wellbeing.  Additionally, the successful candidate will develop and assess student learning outcomes, participate in departmental program review, and staff development programs. Candidate will be actively involved in college, department and faculty organizational activities, including its missions, goals, outcomes, curriculum and programming to directly integrate with the Institutional Learning Outcomes, Supporting Goals and Strategic Initiatives of the college.

Minimum Qualifications

Applicant must meet the minimum qualifications of a Art History faculty discipline at the college.  To review the minimum qualifications for faculty disciplines, refer to Minimum Qualifications for Faculty and Administrators in California Community Colleges, which can be found on the California Chancellor’s Office website at https://www.cccco.edu/-/media/CCCCO-Website/About-Us/Divisions/Educational-Services-and-Support/Academic-Affairs/What-we-do/Curriculum-and-Instruction-Unit/Minimum-Qualifications/updated_cccco_2020_report_min_qualifications-a11y.pdf?la=en&hash=976FF09D36A5141E9710046EFF9CEC13F5AC80E7

Master’s in art history, history of art and architecture or visual culture/visual studies OR Bachelor’s in art history and master’s in history OR Master’s in art with a recorded emphasis or concentration in art history OR the equivalent.

Must have evidence of sensitivity to and understanding of the socio-economic, academic, cultural and ethnic diversity within the community college student population, including students for whom English is not their first language, first generation college students, and students with physical and/or learning disabilities as these factors relate to differences in learning styles.  

*The Santa Monica Community College District, in its desire to select outstanding faculty members from the largest possible pool of qualified applicants, recognizes the fact that candidates may attain expertise in a discipline through a variety of means. Certain combinations of education, experience and other accomplishments in the field may be judged by the District as equal to the stated minimum qualifications for this position. Candidates who feel they possess such equivalent qualifications are encouraged to apply and provide appropriate documentation of their qualifications.

Preferred Qualifications

• A focus on interhemispheric and global connections.
• Evidence of a commitment to advancing equity and inclusion through pedagogy, teaching, and service. 
• Interest in updating curriculum to reflect equitable practices. 
• Experience teaching undergraduate lower division transfer curriculum.

The Santa Monica Community College District is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity.