[Commlist] Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in Narrative Filmmaking - UNC Chapel Hill Department of Communication

The Department of Communication at the University of North Carolina at 
Chapel Hill seeks to hire an *Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in 
Narrative Filmmaking*. Successful candidates will have an MFA in 
cinematic arts or related discipline. They will have an active practice 
that is critically informed, and a demonstrated record of creative work 
as evidenced by public screenings and/or exhibitions. We are seeking a 
filmmaker with an expansive understanding of “narrative” as well as a 
background in independent, artistic, experimental and/or global cinema.

The successful candidate will teach a 2/2 course load, including large 
introductory Media Art courses and smaller studio courses, spanning 
intermediate and advanced levels. They will teach existing courses in 
Media Art and develop new courses that reflect their creative research 
interests and expertise. They will mentor student filmmakers in both 
curricular and grant-funded projects, including working with students in 
the Screenwriting minor and UNC’s Global Cinema minor, as well as 
doctoral students pursuing arts-based research.

They will join a group of media artists working in new media, 
documentary, sound art, narrative filmmaking, screenwriting, and 
experimental non-fiction. Along with our performance studies colleagues, 
media art faculty teach in the department’s new Media Art Space (MAS), a 
media and performance facility located in downtown Chapel Hill that 
serves as a lively hub for teaching, creative production, and 
exhibition. We welcome a new colleague to help shape our 
interdisciplinary ethos, recruit and train emerging artists and 
scholars, and plot a visionary trajectory for our department’s artistic 
and critical future.

The Department of Communication offers a unique curriculum organized 
around learning pathways that cut across traditional academic 
disciplines. Through teaching, research, and service, the Department of 
Communication addresses how communication functions to create, sustain, 
and transform personal life, social relations, political institutions, 
economic organizations, and cultural and aesthetic conventions in 
society. Faculty conduct research and teach within a broad range of 
communication disciplines, including performance studies, media and 
technology studies, rhetoric, media art production, and organizational 
and interpersonal communication.

An MFA in cinematic arts or related discipline is required.

A minimum of 1 year of teaching at the University level; experience 
directing short narrative films; record of exhibition of work, including 
juried festivals and invited screenings is preferred.

Applicants should submit (1) a letter of inquiry addressing 
qualifications for the position; (2) curriculum vitae; (3) link to 
website with portfolio of 1-3 creative work samples not to exceed 10 
mins in length; 4) artist statement; (5) teaching portfolio including 
statement of teaching philosophy, sample syllabi, and teaching 
evaluations for one class where you were the instructor of record (if 
available); (6) names of three references. Recommendation letters will 
be required for those selected for initial interviews. For questions 
regarding the search, please email the chair of the search committee, 
Professor Tony Perucci at (perucci /at/ unc.edu).

*Review of applications will begin on November 19, 2025*. The search 
committee will interview an initial slate of candidates on Zoom in 
December 2025. Finalists will be invited for on-campus interviews in 
early 2026.

For questions, please contact the search committee chair, Dr. Tony 
Perucci at (perucci /at/ unc.edu)

To apply, please go to _https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308116 
<https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308116>_

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