Assistant Professor in Aesthetics

Assistant Professor in Aesthetics

Job no: 542738
Work type: Instructional Faculty – Tenured/Tenure-Track
Location: San José, California, USA

Compensation: Commensurate with qualifications, experience, and rank as established by the CSU Salary Schedule. Anticipated hiring academic year annual salary range: $88,000 - $90,000.
Faculty employee benefits are very competitive for the higher education sector. See the CSU Employee Benefits Summary for details about the CSU’s excellent benefits package.

Target Start Date: August 18, 2025

Application Deadline: December 1, 2024 (Applications accepted until filled or closed)

The Department of Philosophy at San José State University is pleased to announce a search for a full-time assistant professor (tenure-track) position in Aesthetics beginning in August 2025. The department especially welcomes candidates whose research and teaching engage with questions about how new technologies like “generative AI” impact the creation, consumption, and appreciation of works of art.

The College of Humanities & the Arts, and the University more broadly, actively pursues the theme of the intersection of arts with technology; given our location in Silicon Valley and our commitment to developing ethical technologies through our new Institute of Ethical Technology there are significant collaborative opportunities for a faculty member exploring these issues through aesthetics. The Institute, in the process of being formed, pursues the need for human-centered technology that values privacy and ethical decision-making. The department also welcomes candidates with expertise in non-western aesthetics and/or whose research puts western and non-western approaches to aesthetics in conversation with each other.

The Department of Philosophy is one of ten departments and schools in the College of Humanities and the Arts and offers Philosophy BA and MA programs. We value and engage with a plurality of philosophical traditions and styles, as well as the perspectives of our diverse community of faculty and students. We are committed to creating learning environments, a departmental culture, and a larger philosophical community that welcomes all who want to explore philosophy.

For a complete job description and to apply: https://jobs.sjsu.edu/en-us/job/542738/assistant-professor-in-aesthetics

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