Job Description Summary
Position: The School of Communication and Journalism at Auburn University invites applications for a one-year, Visiting Assistant Professor/Visiting Lecturer/Visiting Professor of Practice of Film beginning August 16, 2025.
Responsibilities: This is a one-year, nine-month, non-tenure track, full-time teaching faculty position in the undergraduate FILM program. Primary responsibilities of the successful candidate are to teach a variety of on campus, face-to-face undergraduate FILM courses during the fall and spring semesters. Film courses include 2000 level introductory and 3000 intermediate filmmaking courses.
Salary is competitive, dependent on qualifications and contingent on funding.
Minimum Qualifications
• Visiting Assistant Professor Appointment: Requires a terminal degree (MFA/PhD) in Film or a related area at the time of appointment and three years of full-time film production experience.
• Visiting Lecturer Appointment: Requires a master’s degree in Film or a related field at the time of appointment and five years of full-time film production experience.
• Visiting Professor of Practice Appointment: Requires a bachelor’s degree in Film or a related area at the time of appointment and ten years of full-time film production experience.
Salary is competitive, will be commensurate with experience and qualifications, and is contingent on funding.
The candidate selected for this position must be able to meet eligibility requirements to work in the United States at the time the appointment is scheduled to begin and continue working legally for the proposed term of employment; excellent communication skills required.
Desired Qualifications
Demonstrated record of excellence in college teaching
Special Instructions to Applicants
Candidates should indicate in their cover letters the courses they are qualified to teach. A full listing of FILM-related courses and their descriptions are available online: https://bulletin.auburn.edu/coursesofinstruction/film/
Review of applications will begin May 27, 2025 and continues until a candidate is selected.
About the FILM Program: The Film Option is a practice-based sequence of courses designed to develop skills applicable to narrative and documentary films, commercials, branded video and animation. Students learn how to write, direct, film, edit, color grade, composite and design sound. Students also complete a mix of individual and collaborative projects designed to develop conceptual and technical film and media making skills.
About the School and University: Auburn University is one of the nation’s premier land-grant institutions. The 2024 edition of the U.S. News & World Report identified Auburn as the top public university in Alabama and ranked it as one of the top 50 universities in the nation. Auburn has 1,443 full-time faculty and enrolls over 33,000 students from all fifty states and nearly one hundred countries. Auburn University is understanding of and sensitive to the family needs of faculty, including dual-career couples”
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/provost/facultyjobs/ The School of Communication and Journalism has approximately 50 faculty and 800 majors in Communication, Journalism, Film & Media Studies, and Public Relations (
cla.auburn.edu/cmjn/) .
