Assistant Professor - Photography

Employment will begin in January 2027.

About the role

The Department of Art and Design at Queensborough Community College seeks an active artist and educator with strong, current expertise in both digital and darkroom-based photography and a creative practice centered in photography or lens-based media.

The successful candidate will teach introductory and advanced darkroom and digital photography, digital imaging, and other courses across the Art and Design curriculum appropriate to their expertise and departmental needs. They should bring an understanding of the distinctive technical, material, and conceptual qualities of photography, the ways analog and digital processes can inform one another, and the ways photography can connect meaningfully with other artistic media, disciplines, and forms of inquiry.

The successful candidate will contribute collaboratively to the renewal and continued development of the photography curriculum, while also building connections across the broader Art and Design program. This work includes helping to shape flexible, contemporary instructional environments that support digital practice while maintaining meaningful access to darkroom-based processes and adapting to evolving curricular and artistic practices.

Responsibilities also include rigorous, inclusive, and accessible teaching responsive to contemporary undergraduate students with varied levels of preparation; advising and mentoring students; contributing to curriculum development, assessment, accreditation, and committee service; and maintaining an active creative and/or scholarly practice appropriate to tenure and promotion. Evening/weekend schedule may be required.

Responsibilities

• Teach introductory and advanced darkroom and digital photography, digital imaging, and other courses across the Art and Design curriculum.
• Develop and renew the photography curriculum collaboratively.
• Build connections across the broader Art and Design program.
• Shape flexible, contemporary instructional environments supporting both digital and darkroom-based processes.
• Provide rigorous, inclusive, and accessible teaching responsive to diverse student needs.
• Advise and mentor students.
• Contribute to curriculum development, assessment, accreditation, and committee service.
• Maintain an active creative and/or scholarly practice appropriate to tenure and promotion.

Qualifications

Required:

• MFA or equivalent terminal degree in photography, studio art, design, or a closely related field.

Preferred:

• Expertise in digital and darkroom-based photography, color management, image editing, printing, and contemporary photographic practice, with an understanding of how analog and digital processes can inform one another.
• A sustained creative practice and record of exhibition, publication, presentation, or other public-facing work centered in photography or lens-based media.
• Experience developing or revising curriculum and contributing collaboratively to the evolution of shared instructional spaces and resources in response to changing curricular needs and forms of artistic practice.
• An interdisciplinary creative practice or teaching record that meaningfully connects photography with other artistic media, disciplines, or forms of inquiry, with demonstrated experience or capacity to contribute to teaching across a broader art and design curriculum.
• Evidence of at least five years of inclusive, accessible, and equitable pedagogy.
• Experience with student mentoring, program assessment, collaborative service, and the administrative work of an academic department.

Benefits

CUNY offers faculty a competitive compensation and benefits package covering health insurance, pension and retirement benefits, paid parental leave, and savings programs. We also provide mentoring and support for research, scholarship, and publication as part of our commitment to ongoing faculty professional development.

Pay

Salary range: $89,777 - $98,231 (in accordance with the applicable PSC-CUNY contractual salary schedule effective September 1, 2026).