Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor of Music Full Time Job NEW

JOB TITLE

Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor of Music

LOCATION

Worcester

DEPARTMENT NAME

Humanities & Arts

DIVISION NAME

Worcester Polytechnic Institute – WPI

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

The Department of Humanities and Arts (HUA) at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor in Music beginning August 2026.

We seek a music scholar–practitioner whose work engages the diversity of American musical cultures through interdisciplinary perspectives such as musicology, ethnomusicology, history, sociology, cultural studies, and performance practice. The successful candidate will help students examine not only the mechanics of music, but also music as a site of social, racial, gendered, and political meaning. We welcome applicants who can connect scholarship and creative practice, and who are eager to explore musical traditions through courses, research projects, performance, and other innovative pedagogical approaches.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate excellence in teaching, intellectual versatility, and active engagement in art-making or scholarly practice, which may include musicology, historical research, composition, production, or performance.

Job responsibilities:

To teach eight 7-week courses (two courses per term), including offerings such as:

• MU 1000: Music and Its Makers

• MU 2020: History of American Popular Music

• MU 3202: Music, Gender, and Power

• HU 3900: Inquiry Seminar (Writing About Music / Music and Society)

Participate in initiatives conducted by the Humanities and Arts Department and the University

To apply, visit https://apptrkr.com/6970468