Assistant Professor - Emerging Media Arts: Film Production

Working Title:

Assistant Professor - Emerging Media Arts: Film Production

Department:

Johnny Carson School-Theatre & Film-1033

Requisition Number:

F_250087

Posting Open Date:

12/11/2025

Application Review Date: (To ensure consideration, please submit all application materials before review date):

03/02/2026

Open Until Filled:

Yes

Description of Work:

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film seeks visionary filmmakers for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Emerging Media Arts: Film Production.

The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Emerging Media Arts in film production. Duties include teaching a range of film production courses. As a tenure-track professor, you will continue your outstanding creative work, further develop your research area, mentor students, help develop new curriculum, and participate in university service and outreach. As part of our community, you will contribute to and promote a culture of belonging.

The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts is an interdisciplinary center and creative research facility within the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film, established with a $57M investment from the Johnny Carson Foundation. Research areas include filmmaking, interactive and immersive storytelling, experience and generative design, XR, machine learning, sonic and data arts, virtual production, and innovation and entrepreneurship.

The Carson Center brings together world-class faculty and students to reimagine the future of media through inclusive, imaginative storytelling that addresses human-scale challenges, provokes, and inspires. As the Center expands its international reach and collaborations, this is a unique opportunity to shape its growing mission.

Nebraska offers an attractive compensation and benefits package, commensurate with the successful candidate’s background and experience. Faculty status with opportunities for promotion in rank and sabbatical opportunities for continued learning and professional development are additional key benefits.

Key Responsibilities

• Teach courses in film production, combining theoretical, critical approaches with hands-on production techniques.
• Teach a range of pre-production, production, and post-production courses.
• Teach potential projects courses like narrative, documentary, essayistic, or experimental practices.
• Develop undergraduate and graduate curriculum.
• Mentor film capstone projects.
• Ongoing production of creative research projects in filmmaking.
• Help develop production spaces and capacity.
• Connect students to internships and professional networks.
• Mentor students on career goals, opportunities, and/or future graduate studies.
• Contribute positively to a community and culture of storytellers and makers.
• Engage in interdisciplinary collaborations across campus.
• Participate in department, college, and university service.

The University of Nebraska does not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and/or political affiliation in its programs, activities, or employment. See . Minimum Required Qualifications:

• BA or BFA in film production or an equivalent arts-related field.
• Working career as a filmmaker represented through a body of work that has received national/international festival, museum, theatrical, network, or streaming exhibition.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MFA in film production or an equivalent arts-related field, OR in exceptional cases, significant professional credentials and experience in lieu of a terminal degree.
• Two years of teaching at the university level, beyond the teaching assistant level, or equivalent experience in a non-university setting.
• Experience working collaboratively across disciplines.
• Connections to industry partners.
• Active creative research agenda.

Work Location (City, State):

Lincoln, NE

Criminal History Background Check Required:

No

How to Apply:

Click “Apply for this Job,” complete the faculty information form, and submit the following documents:

1. A cover letter addressing your qualifications specific to this job description.
2. Artist statement. Attach as “Other Document.”
3. Teaching statement – OPTIONAL (1-2 pages). Combine with the Artist Statement and attach as “Other Document.”
4. A current Curriculum Vitae.
5. A link to an online portfolio of work.
6. The names and contact details of three professional references.

For questions or accommodations related to this position contact:

Shelby Foged
shelby.foged@unl.edu

Job Category (old):

Faculty Tenure/Tenure Leading

Job Type:

9 Month

Position funded by grant or other form of temporary funding?:

No

Planned Hire Date:

08/17/2026

Organizational Location:

Default Location