Assistant Professor of the Practice for Costume Design

The Boston College Theatre Department invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure-track position in Costume Design for Theatre beginning August 2025.  Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university that strives to integrate research excellence with a foundational commitment to formative liberal arts education.

This person in this position is expected to teach 5 courses, oversee wardrobe labs, and design costumes for 4 departmental productions each academic year. The courses include Costume Design; Make-up Design; Wardrobe and design production labs; and co-teach Elements of Stagecraft; Elements of Design; and Fashion and Decor: A Cultural History.  Additionally, this individual will  perform academic advising to undergraduates.

The minimum qualifications required include:

• A Master of Fine Arts in Costume Design and/or Production
• Teaching experience at the college/university level
• Costume design and production experience
• Experience managing a costume shop
• Excellent collaborative and communication skills

Preferred qualifications include:

• Evidence of scholarship in costume/fashion history
• Proficiency in sewing, pattern drafting and draping
• Ability to contribute to other academic study such as movement or dance

The Theatre Department offers a B.A. in Theatre as well as a Theatre minor and Educational Theatre minor. With eight full-time faculty and a technical theatre staff, the department produces a co-curricular season of five full productions (four faculty/guest-directed, one student-directed) in two theaters (a 500-seat proscenium and a black box studio). We have a strong commitment to teaching theatre as both a liberal art and a performing art and to advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion in what we teach, who we teach, and the theatre we make. We seek to understand theatre not only as a means of artistic expression and a form of entertainment but as a window onto history, a vehicle for social change, and a method of inquiry into all things human.