Assistant Professor (Digital Cinema)

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Full-Time Permanent

Job Number

2024-02090

University of Hawai'i at Manoa - CALL - School of Cinematic Arts

Opening Date

09 / 13 / 2024

Position Number : Description

Title : Assistant Professor (Digital Cinema)

If you want to know about the requirements for this role, read on for all the relevant information.

Hiring Unit : College of Arts, Languages & Letters, School of Cinematic Arts

Location : Manoa

Date Posted : 09 / 13 / 2024

Closing Date : Continuous - application review begins November 1, 2024

Salary Information : Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience

Monthly Type : 9 Month

Tenure Track : Tenure

Full Time / Part Time : Full Time

Temporary / Permanent : Permanent

Other Conditions : Full-time, tenure track position in Digital Cinema to begin Fall 2025, pending position clearance and availability of funds.

As Hawai’i’s Film School, School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) is at the forefront of cinematic arts education in the Pacific. Located in Honolulu at the University of Hawai’i at M?noa, SCA is dedicated to academic and creative excellence through its bachelor of arts degree designed to encourage innovation and collaboration with an emphasis on Hawaii, Pacific, and Asia. Focused in the heart of a state with a robust film and television industry, SCA encourages professional development, mentorship and community engagement through a variety of programs, including internships, master classes, and industry screenings. SCA nurtures and empowers students to develop their own unique voice as storytellers. Exploring creative media forms rooted in personal experience and place-based learning through animation, cinema studies, digital cinema production and screenwriting.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Teach beginning to advanced courses in Digital Cinema Production;
• Assist in the development, support, and teaching of a curricular program in digital cinema production, stressing multiple theoretical, critical, historical, and technical approaches in the study, design, application, and distribution of digital cinema;
• Development of creative scholarship in your field of specialization, leading to public screenings and presentations;
• Involvement in and presentations at nationally recognized professional organizations / conferences in your field;
• Work towards the development of internship opportunities for students;
• Involvement in service to the department, university, and community;
• Advise student majors in the Digital Cinema Production and Cinematic Arts tracks;
• Other duties as assigned by the Chair.

Teach beginning to advanced courses in Digital Cinema Production;Assist in the development, support, and teaching of a curricular program in digital cinema production, stressing multiple theoretical, critical, historical, and technical approaches in the study, design, application, and distribution of digital cinema;Development of creative scholarship in your field of specialization, leading to public screenings and presentations;Involvement in and presentations at nationally recognized professional organizations / conferences in your field;Work towards the development of internship opportunities for students; Supervise student production labs;Involvement in service to the department, university, and community;Advise student majors in the Digital Cinema Production and Cinematic Arts tracks;Other duties as assigned by the Chair.

Terminal degree (M.F.A. or equivalent) in Digital Cinema Production or closely related field from a college or university of recognized standing (degree must be completed by August 2025);Professional experience and accomplishment in Digital Cinema Production as demonstrated through the creation, direction, and collaboration on projects;Hands-on experience teaching Digital Cinema Production classes;Ability to teach hands-on Introduction to Digital Cinema Production;Demonstrated ability to work effectively and collegially with students, faculty, staff, and administration.

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A demonstrated ability to support the university’s mission of diversity, equity and inclusion.

The University of Hawai'i is an  Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Institution and is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of race, sex, gender identity and expression, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, genetic information, marital status, breastfeeding, income assignment for child support, arrest and court record (except as permissible under State law), sexual orientation, domestic or sexual violence victim status, national guard absence, or status as a covered veteran. For more information or inquiries regarding these policies, please refer to the following link :   http : / / www.hawaii.edu / offices / eeo / eeo-coordinators /

Employment is contingent on satisfying employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986; reference checks of previous employers; and for certain positions, criminal history record checks.

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