The Berea College Health and Human Performance Department announces athree-year appointment in Dance beginning August 2027. The Department offers B.A. degrees in Health and Human Performance, HHP P-12 TeachingCertification, Health Studies, and minors in Health Studies and Dance, providing a wide range of exercise science, health, and wellnesscourses that serve the entire student body. We seek an enthusiastic dance educator with a strong commitment to undergraduate liberalarts education who demonstrates a commitment to carrying out the mission of Berea College. The ideal candidate displays professionalismacross the campus community and thrives when working with students who possess significant artistic potential with limited dance experience. Following long-standing tradition and practice at Berea College, this position includes responsibility for supervising, mentoring,and developing students in the College's integrated Work College Program. This supports student learning, career readiness, and theprogram's learning goals and outcomes. The Work College Program provides a developmental framework that guides student learning whilecreating a structured mentorship opportunity, with role-specific training that equips faculty and staff mentors to support studentdevelopment. Faculty and staff mentors play an essential part in helping students connect their work-learning-service experiences withbroader academic, professional, and personal development. For faculty, this aligns with Berea's tenure and promotion criteria.
Teaching and Responsibilities:
Teach core courses within the Dance Minor and General Education perspectives in theArts. Potential coursework includes World Dance, Dance History, Dance Appreciation, and/or Dance Movement as a TherapeuticPractice. Instruct dance technique courses aligned with the candidate's area of expertise and departmental need (e.g., jazz,tap/percussive, ballet, improvisation, traditional, ballroom, musical theatre, social, folk, hip hop, street dance, or other popular dancegenres). Direct a dance ensemble and mentor student dance groups. Maintain active creative engagement in composition and/orperformance through participation in annual departmental dance concerts and/or external opportunities. The ability to teach generaleducation Wellness is beneficial but not required.
Qualifications:
Required:
Terminal degree (MFA orPh. D.) in Dance. Faculty rank and salary will be commensurate with education, experience, and creative/scholarly record.
Application Process and Materials:
Candidates should submit a cover letter, a current curriculum vitae, graduatetranscripts (unofficial transcripts are acceptable for initial review), a teaching philosophy, a research/creative project plan or artisticstatement, and contact information for three references to: https://tinyurl.com/6vsu47a2 . Reviewof applications will begin October 23, 2026, and continue until the position is filled.
About Berea College:
Foundedin 1855, Berea College is nationally recognized as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South. Berea has a longstandingcommitment to interracial education and is one of the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. With anemphasis on service to Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls more than 1,500 students from 44 states and U.S. territories and more than 60countries. Berea College admits students who are unable to afford tuition and provides every enrolled student with a fully funded degreethat covers 100% of tuition, housing, food, supplies, and fees without loans, for all four years. Berea's students excel in the College'ssupportive yet demanding academic environment, and most are the first in their families to attend college. As one of only 10 federallyrecognized Work Colleges, all Berea students work 10-12 hours weekly in various positions across campus, building professional skills in areal-world learning environment. Washington Monthly ranked Berea College the #1 Best College for your Tuition and Tax Dollars, 2025. Bereaalso ranks #1 in educational access by The New York Times, 2023 and #1 for lowest educational debt by U.S. News and World Report, 2025 and2026. Berea College is also the only institution in Kentucky to receive the 5-Star Rating from Money Magazine, 2026. Located wherethe Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 17,000) lies 40 miles south of Lexington and is approximatelytwo hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea College is available at www.berea.edu .
