OVERVIEW:
Lincoln University (LU), a historically Black, regional, comprehensive, liberal arts university is
one of the 17 state-related institutions within the Pennsylvania Higher Education System. The
university enrolls over 2,000 students, employs more than 100 full-time faculty members, and
offers more than 30 undergraduate programs, and selected graduate programs.
Diversity is at the core of LU's history, mission, and values. We understand the value of
diversifying our faculty and pursue that standard of excellence by focusing our recruitment efforts
to attract candidates with rich and varied backgrounds, scholarship, and experience.
JOB SUMMARY:
Lincoln University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in Music with an
emphasis in Black/Africana Music Studies and/or African American music. The successful
candidate will be a dynamic teacher of undergraduate students as well as a scholar with an
ambitious research and publication agenda. The ideal candidate will show evidence of thoughtful
intellectual engagement with Black/Africana/African American music. Candidates will be
expected to teach four courses a semester and be expected to teach in-person courses ranging from
enslavement to the present.
The successful candidate will have a record of teaching at the University level, with an earned
terminal degree as an ethnomusicologist with expertise in Black/Africana/African American
Music Studies and with interests that align with social action and justice. The successful candidate
will have the abilities and passion to teach Black American music and trace, as appropriate, its
roots from cultures world-wide to the United States. The successful candidate will propose and
teach music courses underneath the Black Studies concentration "Black Freedom Studies."
The successful candidate will typically teach three undergraduate four credit courses per
academic year. The candidate will have the opportunity to develop new courses and initiatives
based on their academic expertise that benefit this institution leading to greater development of the
Music Department and the newly proposed Africana Music major.
All Full Time Faculty are expected to hold office hours and participate in departmental and
University activities and Service.
The successful candidate must possess a Ph.D./Terminal Degree by the hire date.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
The successful candidate will:
. Offer dynamic, engaging, and student-centered pedagogy utilizing up-to-date expertise
in Music and the best pedagogical practices in Music.
. Will have expertise in Black/Africana/African American Music. . Will teach a normal load, typically four courses in-person a semester, including general
education classes and African American music from and actively mentor and advise
students. . Will be a contributing member of departmental and university required meetings and
initiatives including departmental meetings events, course and curriculum development,
and university-wide initiatives.
. Maintain active professional engagement and research, which are required for promotion
and tenure consideration.
. Will share the University's commitment to diversity, inclusion, and anti-racist pedagogy
and be prepared to join an active cohort of faculty who teach undergraduate courses and
advise/mentor students.
EDUCATION:
. A Ph.D./Terminal degree in Ethnomusicology or other closely related field.
EXPERIENCE:
. Evidence of 1+ years of teaching at undergraduate level
. Proven agenda of research and professional engagement
. Communication skills consistent with effective teaching, mentoring and
motivating Music majors from a broad range of cultural, ethnic, and
economic backgrounds and actively participating in the department and
broader university.
. Experience in course design, development, and assessment of student
learning out comes.
. Experience utilizing LMS such as canvas and other software
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Moderate lifting up to 20 pounds as frequently as needed to move objects; dexterity to write and
manipulate computer keyboard and mouse; ability to hear and speak clearly; and body mobility to
stoop, kneel, bend and reach.
