WUDPAC Searching for New Director

The Director of WUDPAC is responsible for leadership of the Master’s-level graduate program in art conservation and teaching in his or her specialty (conservation treatment, conservation science, or related fields such as technical art history or archaeology). The Director reports to the Chairperson of Art Conservation and responsibilities include but are not limited to mentoring and advising students, supervising placements for internships and summer work projects, managing the teaching schedule and the WUDPAC budget, and coordination of faculty appointments, admissions, orientation, and final oral presentations, portfolios, and exams. The position also involves donor cultivation, tours and public outreach.

The WUDPAC Director chairs the Executive Committee and serves on the Curriculum and Admissions Committees. It is anticipated that the WUDPAC Director will be assisted by an Associate Director. The WUDPAC program, which began in 1974 and is one of five graduate-level conservation programs in the United States, accepts up to 10 students a year. The WUDPAC director will be expected to work closely with the Director of the Winterthur Conservation Department, the faculty at Winterthur and the University of Delaware, faculty at other North American and international graduate conservation programs, and graduates of the WUDPAC program. He or she will be expected to teach and to carry out research as is expected of all University of Delaware tenure-track and tenured faculty members.