Path 1 Kawader Research Assistant Research Assistant Live Performance Creative Practice and Research
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Path 1 Kawader Research Assistant Research Assistant Live Performance Creative Practice and Research
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Job Description
Faculty name and title: Joanna Settle Associate Dean Arts and Creative Practices Arts Professor of Theater
The Division
The Arts and Humanities at NYU Abu Dhabi encompass fields of central importance to human culture and creativity. Research and scholarly activity in the Arts and Humanities is creative and collaborative spanning the disciplines to better understand the human experience through works of art and literature.
The Role
Arts Professor Joanna Settle seeks a research assistant for 3 years to coordinate and contribute to her ongoing research projects and laboratories for performance visual arts and curation. This job is an opportunity to be involved in the development of both creative projects and the infrastructure required to support and advance artistic work. Additionally this kawader fellow will be involved in supporting/developing Professor Settles classes and will gain perspective on arts pedagogy.
Professor Settle has several new collaborative projects in the US Europe Asia and UAE in development. As her research assistant the successful candidate will intersect with these projects and may attend biennials and other creative convenings with Professor Settle as appropriate.
The candidate will also work on individualized research projects under the supervision/mentorship of the supervisor.
BA or BFA in an arts practice field or equivalent experience
Demonstration of advanced abilities as a visual or performance artist
Ability to calmly and consistently advance collaborative work
A close listener
Mac computer fluency Microsoft excel and word fluency
Prefered Experience:
Participation in highly selective fellowships a plus
Experience in live performance a plus
Deliverables:
Artist Talk 45 minutes presentation 15 minutes Q&A)
Artistic body(s) of work developed independently / in collaboration with / in parallel to Professor Settle
Responsibilities:
Creative projects as assigned
Assess feasibility of potential new directions for research as they come up
Writing projects as assigned
Participation in annual research planning interface with NYUAD to action research plan
Support submissions of research applications and grants
Weekly management of projects in development
Scheduling Coordination
Correspondence
Research: topical (library/online)
Research: material (in locations/travel/rehearsal/online)
Budget and reimbursements
Event attendance
Maintaining Professor Settles interproject/institution Google calendar
Oversight of undergraduate and graduate research assistants
Reflect and exchange on new ideas independent and ongoing research processes and discoveries and observations
Employment Type
Full Time
