Assistant Professor of Film and ...

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Teach graduate and undergraduate-level courses in screenwriting and fiction film production
• Demonstrate facility with online instructional technology and teach effectively in both online and residential formats
• Direct capstone and thesis projects
• Engage in professional mentoring of students

Requirements

• MFA in film production or a closely related filmmaking discipline by the start date
• 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
• Dedication to Christ-centered teaching and learning
• Willingness to embrace the School and University Identity and Mission statements and subscribe to a statement of Christian faith

Preferred qualifications

• Conversance 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
  • Craft implications of generative AI and virtual production for how stories are written and made

Pay

The salary range for this position is $70,000 to $80,000 annually. Rank and salary within the range are commensurate with academic experience, a record of creative work adjudicated in juried, curated, or professionally selective forums, and demonstrated capacity to teach and serve across the curriculum.

Schedule

Work Location: Virginia Beach, VA

Appointment will begin July 1, 2027.