Assistant Professor of Film and Media Arts

Regent University•Virginia Beach, VA

10d•$70,000 - $80,000•Onsite

About The Position

Regent University’s School of Communication and the Arts invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Film and Media Arts. This faculty member will teach across the film curriculum, with a special focus on screenwriting and fiction film production. The successful candidate will hold an MFA in film production or a closely related filmmaking discipline by the start date and maintain an active and ongoing creative practice. That practice must show an established or emerging record of creative scholarship peer-reviewed through festivals and other juried or curated forums. Candidates must have strengths in fiction filmmaking, including screenwriting, as well as a craft specialization in one or more of the following: sound design, producing, or post-production. We are especially interested in candidates conversant in one or more contemporary areas of practice: writing for episodic and streaming platforms and the contemporary writers’ room; independent and micro-budget feature development; and the craft implications of generative AI and virtual production for how stories are written and made. We welcome strong artists working in any active area of the field. Regent University is one of the nation’s leading academic centers for Christian thought and action, offering over 150 associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees and enrolling more than 13,000 students worldwide. Regent offers high-quality, in-demand, and affordable degree programs while remaining committed to its foundational mission to educate Christian leaders to change the world.

Requirements

MFA in film production or a closely related filmmaking discipline by the start date.
Active and ongoing creative practice with an established or emerging record of creative scholarship peer-reviewed through festivals and other juried or curated forums.
Strengths in fiction filmmaking, including screenwriting.
Craft specialization in one or more of the following: sound design, producing, or post-production.
Facility with online instructional technology and demonstrated success teaching in both online and residential formats.
Completion of faculty application, current CV, cover letter, and portfolio of creative work.
Portfolio must provide links to complete works rather than reels or excerpts, and must state for each work your specific creative role and contribution together with the work’s festival, exhibition, or distribution history and dates.
Cover letter should describe: your current creative practice and the direction of your work over the next several years; your preparation to teach screenwriting at every level alongside your craft specialization; your teaching philosophy, including professional mentoring and experience directing capstone and thesis projects; and the relationship between your Christian faith and your scholarly and teaching vocation.
Official transcripts will be required at the time of employment.

Nice To Haves

Conversant in one or more contemporary areas of practice: writing for episodic and streaming platforms and the contemporary writers’ room; independent and micro-budget feature development; and the craft implications of generative AI and virtual production for how stories are written and made.

Responsibilities

Teach across the film curriculum, with a special focus on screenwriting and fiction film production.
Maintain an active and ongoing creative practice.
Teach graduate and undergraduate-level courses.
Embrace the School and University Identity and Mission statements and subscribe to a statement of Christian faith.
Provide professional mentoring and experience directing capstone and thesis projects.