Assistant Professor of Filmmaking

Job Description: The New School seeks to hire a renewable term Assistant Professor in Filmmaking jointly with the Department of Media Studies and Film and the University’s signature Bachelor’s Program in the liberal arts. Media Studies and Film and the Bachelor’s Program provide a progressive undergraduate education for approximately 700 students, adults, and transfer students who pursue self-designed degrees. Our classes include both degree and non-degree students, including a large number of students with interest and prior experience in media and film.

The Assistant Professor will be expected to teach a broad spectrum of undergraduate and graduate courses.  He or she will advise students completing the liberal arts degree and contribute to the ongoing restructuring to the undergraduate curriculum, including the development of an undergraduate curriculum in Media Studies and Film.  Candidates must be qualified to teach the core film curriculum, which includes historical, theoretical and production aspects of cinema.

The New School is committed to maintaining a diverse educational and creative community, a policy of equal opportunity in all its activities and programs, including employment and promotion.  The New School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran or marital status. Individuals from groups historically under-represented in higher education are encouraged to apply, as are international candidates.

The decision to hire is subject to budget approval. 

Qualifications: An MA/MFA degree and significant professional and teaching experience is required.

Special instructions to applicants:  All applications must be completed online at The New School’s Human Resource’s website [http://careers.newschool.edu}.  Please attach a cover letter, C.V., and the names of three referees who will be submitting letters of recommendation.  {Note: only three attachments are accepted on the online site}.  Please mail all additional materials to:

Professor Michelle Materre

Chair of the Search Committee

The New School

66 West 12^th Street, New York, NY 10011

Review of applications will begin Dec. 1, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled.  The starting date for the position is July 1, 2011.

Quicklink for Posting: https://careers.newschool.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=52505