Position overview Position title: Assistant Professor Salary range: The current salary range for this position is $84,100-$132,900. (9-month academic year salary). However, off-scale salary and other components of pay, which would yield compensation than is higher than this range, are offered to meet competitive conditions. Anticipated start: July 1, 2027 Application Window Open date: July 21, 2026 Next review date:
Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee. Final date: Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Applications will continue to be accepted until this date. Position description The Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies at the University of California, Berkeley seeks applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant
Professor in the area of theatrical design, specifically one or more of the following areas: costume design, lighting design, scenic design, sound design, and or video/projection design for live performance. Areas of practice may include designing with new media (e.g., augmented reality, virtual reality, sensors, livestreaming) for performance. The Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS) teaches
performance as a mode of critical inquiry, innovation, creativity, knowledge production, and public engagement. Within our active experiential learning spaces, our students develop strong analytical and technical capacities. Our graduates are uniquely equipped to bring a just, creative, interconnected, and relational approach to the pressing challenges of our time. We believe that the making and sharing of public
performance plays an essential role in a healthy and just society. We embrace our mission and foreground social justice by striving to: foster a climate of trust and belonging in all of our spaces and activities; embrace collaboration and experimentation as core methodologies for our work; investigate and honor a diversity of historical and cultural perspectives; develop generative, ethical, and reciprocal
relationships with surrounding communities by sharing resources, knowledge, and creative opportunities; offer productions that are relevant, meaningful, and accessible to members of the UC Berkeley community and beyond, and engage the arts to build more just and equitable futures. Duties: Responsibilities will include pursuing a professional creative/research agenda; designing for the department’s performances;
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