What are the responsibilities and job description for the Open Rank Faculty Position in Art and Design - Tenure Track position at Trinity Christian College?
Job Details
Description
Trinity Christian College invites applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty position in Art and Design, beginning August 2025.
Qualifications
Master’s degree in Studio Art or Design required. Experience in college-level teaching and scholarship is desired.
Trinity seeks faculty candidates who are professing Christians and are committed to excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service. Successful candidates will possess the ability to articulate the relationship between their academic discipline, the vocational preparation of their students, and a vision for human flourishing that emerges from the Christian faith. Successful candidates are also dedicated to personal involvement with students outside of the classroom through faculty-mentored research, advising, and other settings. Trinity particularly welcomes applications from candidates who have professional or personal narratives that reflect diverse perspectives, as well as those who have engaged with issues relevant to preparing students to work and live with intercultural competence and compassion.
Responsibilities
This is a 9-month tenure-track faculty role. Primary responsibilities include teaching six courses per year that serve the Art and Design Department and college needs and align with the area of expertise of the successful candidate. Desirable areas of expertise may include: painting, sculpture, drawing, graphic design, and foundations. Faculty members also advise and mentor students and contribute to the development of the department and the college.
All faculty participate at Trinity in faculty governance and are expected to pursue a healthy scholarly and research agenda. In their first year, new faculty participate in a year-long formation program that begins with a three-day institute in August.
About The Department
The Art & Design Department offers majors in Graphic Design (BA/BFA), Studio Art (BA/BFA), Art Education, Art Therapy, and Digital Design. In recent years, Trinity Art & Design graduates have been accepted into Masters programs at the following schools (among others): Pratt Institute (NY), Otis College of Art & Design (LA), School of the Art Institute of Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Colombia College (Chicago), and DePaul University.
The Art & Design Faculty are active and engaged in the field, having published and exhibited their work nationally and internationally. More information about the department can be found on the college website: http://www.trnty.edu.
Salary Range
For Assistant Professor, the range is $50,500 to $66,500, based on degree, experience, and qualifications. A higher rank will also mean additional compensation.
Timeline
The committee will begin reviewing applications April 7, 2025 and continue until the position is filled.
About
Desirable start date is August 15, 2025, with new faculty orientation preceding that date. For further information about the position contact:
Dr. John J. Fry, Dean of Faculty
Trinity Christian College
Phone: 708-239-4863
Email: john.fry@trnty.edu
Application
Applicants should upload the following during the application process:
Trinity Christian College is a liberal arts college located in Palos Heights, Illinois, a suburb twenty miles southwest of Chicago. Since its founding in 1959, Trinity has provided its students with an excellent Christian higher education in the Reformed tradition. We offer majors in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, as well as professional programs in business, nursing, education, social work, computing and data analytics, criminal justice, and exercise science. Trinity also offers adult degree completion programs and master’s programs. Trinity Christian College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
Description
Trinity Christian College invites applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty position in Art and Design, beginning August 2025.
Qualifications
Master’s degree in Studio Art or Design required. Experience in college-level teaching and scholarship is desired.
Trinity seeks faculty candidates who are professing Christians and are committed to excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service. Successful candidates will possess the ability to articulate the relationship between their academic discipline, the vocational preparation of their students, and a vision for human flourishing that emerges from the Christian faith. Successful candidates are also dedicated to personal involvement with students outside of the classroom through faculty-mentored research, advising, and other settings. Trinity particularly welcomes applications from candidates who have professional or personal narratives that reflect diverse perspectives, as well as those who have engaged with issues relevant to preparing students to work and live with intercultural competence and compassion.
Responsibilities
This is a 9-month tenure-track faculty role. Primary responsibilities include teaching six courses per year that serve the Art and Design Department and college needs and align with the area of expertise of the successful candidate. Desirable areas of expertise may include: painting, sculpture, drawing, graphic design, and foundations. Faculty members also advise and mentor students and contribute to the development of the department and the college.
All faculty participate at Trinity in faculty governance and are expected to pursue a healthy scholarly and research agenda. In their first year, new faculty participate in a year-long formation program that begins with a three-day institute in August.
About The Department
The Art & Design Department offers majors in Graphic Design (BA/BFA), Studio Art (BA/BFA), Art Education, Art Therapy, and Digital Design. In recent years, Trinity Art & Design graduates have been accepted into Masters programs at the following schools (among others): Pratt Institute (NY), Otis College of Art & Design (LA), School of the Art Institute of Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Colombia College (Chicago), and DePaul University.
The Art & Design Faculty are active and engaged in the field, having published and exhibited their work nationally and internationally. More information about the department can be found on the college website: http://www.trnty.edu.
Salary Range
For Assistant Professor, the range is $50,500 to $66,500, based on degree, experience, and qualifications. A higher rank will also mean additional compensation.
Timeline
The committee will begin reviewing applications April 7, 2025 and continue until the position is filled.
About
Desirable start date is August 15, 2025, with new faculty orientation preceding that date. For further information about the position contact:
Dr. John J. Fry, Dean of Faculty
Trinity Christian College
Phone: 708-239-4863
Email: john.fry@trnty.edu
Application
Applicants should upload the following during the application process:
- A cover letter describing your interest and qualifications
- Vita
- A faith statement briefly describing your beliefs, the church you are involved with, and your Christian practices
- A reflection on Trinity Christian College’s Mission Statement
- A reflection on experience working in, and with, diverse populations and environments
- Portfolio of personal work via website link or PDF
- Portfolio of student work if available
- Contact information for at least three references (you do not need to provide letters)
- Transcripts (unofficial transcripts are acceptable at the point of application)
Trinity Christian College is a liberal arts college located in Palos Heights, Illinois, a suburb twenty miles southwest of Chicago. Since its founding in 1959, Trinity has provided its students with an excellent Christian higher education in the Reformed tradition. We offer majors in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, as well as professional programs in business, nursing, education, social work, computing and data analytics, criminal justice, and exercise science. Trinity also offers adult degree completion programs and master’s programs. Trinity Christian College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
Salary : $50,500 - $66,500
