Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance and Movement Studies
Company: Hobart William Smith Colleges
Location: Geneva
Posted on: April 2, 2026
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Job Description:
The Department of Dance and Movement Studies at Hobart and
William Smith Colleges invites applications for a Visiting
Assistant Professor to begin August 1, 2026. This is a full-time,
one-year position with a teaching load of five or six courses over
two semesters. The appointment has the possibility for renewal
contingent on successful annual review and ongoing curricular
needs. We seek a dynamic dance artist, scholar, and educator to
join our department who will both address curricular needs and
expand our current offerings. The successful candidate will be able
to contribute studio courses in introductory and upper-level dance
technique representing any dance/movement practice, dance theory
courses from among dance education, dance history and culture,
dance composition and/or dance research methods, and choreograph
for the annual faculty dance concert. We are especially interested
in expanding our current dance technique offerings to include
street, social, or contemporary dance forms with non-Western roots.
We welcome new courses that would both complement our current
curriculum and offer interdisciplinary opportunities for
collaboration across other departments, for example courses in
dance and technology/digital media, eco-somatics, social movements
and/or hybrid performance forms. For more information on the
department, please visit
https://www.hws.edu/academics/dance/default.aspx . Collaboration in
department concert production, student recruitment and mentorship,
and participation in department leadership activities is required.
Geneva is a socio-economically diverse community, an hour from
Rochester and Syracuse, centered in the heart of the Finger Lakes.
This Upstate NY environment provides robust opportunities for
community engaged scholarship and community partnerships.
Candidates with an MFA or Ph.D. by August 2026 are preferred but
ABD will be considered. Successful candidates will have a record of
effective undergraduate teaching and evidence of choreographic
expertise. About HWS A liberal arts and sciences institution,
Hobart and William Smith is known for consistent success in
preparing students for meaningful lives and fulfilling careers
through an outcomes-based focus on their futures. Our nationally
ranked faculty are accessible teachers and scholars known for the
impact of their research and distinguished by the depth of their
mentorship. World challenges are studied in the classroom where
critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills are
honed. In the field, knowledge turns into discovery. In office
hours, plans are carefully crafted to tie interests and talents to
an academic path that motivates beyond graduation. Our location in
the heart of the Finger Lakes allows faculty, staff and students to
live and work collaboratively on the banks of a resource-rich lake.
Student-athletes play for 30 varsity teams boasting 24 national
titles, including the 2023 and 2024 NCAA DIII Men’s Ice Hockey
Championships. With three graduate programs, students can build on
their undergraduate degree with a Master of Arts in Higher
Education Leadership, Master of Arts in Teaching, or a Master of
Science in Management. Together, the experiences and mentorship at
HWS prepare students to lead lives of consequence.
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