Assistant Professor of Screenwriting and Media Arts Production
- Employer
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Salary
- Salary Commensurate with experience
- Date posted
- Jan 14, 2021
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Arts, Art, Communications, Media Studies
- Employment Level
- Tenured/Tenured Track
- Employment Type
- Full Time
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Assistant Professor of
Screenwriting and Media Arts Production
Position
Summary:
The Department of Cinema and
Photography at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
(https://mcma.siu.edu/cp/)
is seeking an outstanding teacher and creative practitioner to join
our multidisciplinary faculty, as a tenure-track Assistant
Professor of Media Arts Screenwriting and Production. The
selected individual will have the opportunity to develop new
courses and curricula at both the undergraduate level in the
Cinema specialization and at the graduate level.
The position start date is August 16, 2021.
Duties and
Responsibilities:
Principal responsibilities include
teaching, supporting student projects, and participating in service
to departmental, college and university-wide committees in addition
to serving on graduate committees. Undergraduate classes
could include writing for narrative cinema, TV, documentary, etc,
as well as multiple areas of production. Graduate
classes would be taught within an interdisciplinary
environment that includes a variety of artistic practices.
The development of new courses and curricula at both the
undergraduate level and at the graduate level is encouraged.
The successful candidate is expected to continue an active
creative/research agenda.
Minimum
Qualifications:
Candidates must have terminal degree
(MFA or PhD) in writing, media production, or a
closely-related fields, required at the time of the
appointment, with a proven record of exhibition/creative
research in the discipline. Applicants must have the ability
to teach introductory, intermediate, and advanced level courses
in writing for narrative cinema, as well as experience
in multiple areas of production. Candidates also must be
able to teach writing in one or more of the following
areas: documentary, experimental film/video, podcasting,
installation, and creative writing.
Preferred
Qualifications:
Preference wil be given to applicants
who engage with storytelling in innovative ways, across platforms,
and who show an evolving vision for the future of
storytelling. The ideal candidate will be a media artist with
experience in writing for all media, with emphasis on screenwriting
and film/video production, and will have a record of effective
teaching and an active research/creative practice in media
production, including screenwriting and film/video.
Applications must be submitted
online at https://jobs.siu.edu/.
Please
submit:
Letter of interest addressing your creative-research activity,
teaching, and commitment to diversity and inclusion;
CV;
Creative-Research statement, uploaded as document type
"other";
Teaching statement, uploaded as document type
"other";
Evidence of creative-research activity in the form of a link to
an online portfolio (can be contained in the letter or
CV).
Examples of scholarly-research may be included in the form of a
link to URLs (within the letter or CV) and/or PDFs.
Required
Documents:
Cover Letter, Curriculum Vitae, Other,
Transcripts
Deadline to Apply:
02/12/2021
Job Category: Faculty
Department: Cinema and
Photography-SIUC
College: College of Mass Communication
and Media Arts-SIUC
Months of Appointment: 9
Apply
at: https://jobs.siu.edu/
Contact:
Stephanie Ritter
Contact Phone #:
618-536-7555
Contact Email:
steph.ritter@siu.edu
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