Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor: Drama Department at Rhodes University

Main Objectives

• All academics are responsible for the dissemination of knowledge (teaching and learning), creation of knowledge (research) and community engagement, recognising that there are differences in the execution of these responsibilities within the various departments and Faculties.  Academics are also expected to assume some administrative, management and/or leadership duties at the departmental, Faculty and/or University level.
• In addition, a Professor and Associate Professor are to provide academic leadership in the following areas: teaching and learning; research and community engagement as well as to contribute towards the governance of the institution.

The Requirements

Senior Lecturer:

• A PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies.
• Teaching experience at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels is required.
• Experience teaching in the following disciplinary areas: Acting (practice and theory), Contemporary Performance (practice and theory), Writing for Theatre and Performance (practice and theory).
• Evidence of research supervision of at least Master’s degrees to completion required.
• Evidence of practice-based research.
• Evidence of community engagement.
• Emerging national profile in the discipline and credible publication record in peer-reviewed publications.
• Track record of administration, management, and/or leadership roles (leadership roles may be informal).

Associate Professor:

• A PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies.
• Considerable teaching experience at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
• Experience teaching in the following disciplinary areas: Acting (practice and theory), Contemporary Performance (practice and theory), Writing for Theatre and Performance (practice and theory).
• Evidence of supervision of Masters degrees to completion is required. Supervising PhD degrees to completion is an advantage.
• Considerable evidence of practice-based research.
• Evidence of community engagement.
• National and emerging international profile in the discipline and substantial publication record in peer-reviewed publications.