Research Assistant Professor
Required Qualifications
Candidates must have a strong record of directing for film and television including
at least one produced feature film recognized at a major film festival; an M.F.A.
in Film or Video or Equivalent, such as a B.A. with an exceptionally strong record
of produced films or a PhD with a strong record of produced films; and evidence of
successful teaching.
Preferred Qualifications
Hands-on experience with digital production, including familiarity with some of the
following equipment: Red Epic, Canon C-line, Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere.
Interest and/or experience in teaching culturally diverse curricula. Candidates with
leadership potential, as, for example, directing a program, building a film series,
organizing a film festival, or with competence in multiple formats (film, video, television,
and screenwriting) are preferred. Academic or community service.
Responsibilities & Requirements
Stony Brook's Film Program seeks a full-time in-the-practice Professor of Film to
start September 2, 2019. This position carries a 3/2 teaching load of film and television
courses, thesis direction, and advising at both the undergraduate and graduate level
on three campuses, located within an hour's commute of each other. Undergraduate
courses are held at Stony Brook; M.F.A. courses are held in New York City or Southampton.
FLM encompasses directing, screenwriting, producing and TV writing, and it is within
an entrepreneurial, innovative department that also offers an M.F.A. in Creative Writing
& Literature and during July, workshops for visiting students alongside the Southampton
Writers Conference. Our educational partner is Killer Films, the independent film
production company. The successful candidate will be expected to match Killer Films'
level real world entrepreneurship with their own classroom experience. Faculty members
with leadership roles receive course release. Early career, writers of color, LGBTQ,
as well as diverse voices are strongly encouraged to apply.
Special Notes
This is a non-tenure track position. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime
provisions of the FLSA. Internal and external search to occur simultaneously. Anticipated Start Date: September 1, 2019.
Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order,
is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide
his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time
as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation.
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Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.
The selected candidate must successfully clear a background investigation.
Application Procedure
Those interested in this position should submit a State Employment Application, cover letter and resume/CV by clicking apply or submitting via email. Alternately,
you may submit your application package to the departmental address below. Please also fill out an online Applicant Information Survey. Do not submit this survey to the department.
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| Scott Sullivan |
| Creative Writing and Film |
| Stony Brook Manhattan Center for Creative Writing and Film |
| 535 8th Ave, 5th Floor |
| New York, NY 10018 |
| Fax: (631) 982-7318 |
| Email: flmsearch@stonybrook.edu |
Campus Description
Stony Brook University, home to many highly ranked graduate research programs, is
located 60 miles from New York City on Long Island's scenic North Shore. Our 1,100-acre
campus is home to 24,000 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students and more than
13,500 faculty and staff. SBU is a comprehensive research-intensive university and
a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU), which includes
34 public universities among its 62 members. SBU consists of 12 schools and colleges
and a teaching hospital that provides state-of-the-art healthcare in the Long Island
region. SBU also manages and performs joint research with Brookhaven National Laboratory,
the only Department of Energy Laboratory in the Northeast, and shares doctoral programs
with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a world-renowned molecular biology institute.
Home to the Emerson String Quartet, the Pollock-Krasner House in East Hampton, New
York, the Humanities Institute, and the Southampton Arts Program, and with endeavors
that extend to the Turkana Basin Institute in Kenya and the Ranomafana National Park
in Madagascar, SBU sustains an international reputation that cuts across the arts,
humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.
| Official Job Title: |
Research Assistant Professor |
| REF#: |
F-9978-18-12 |
| Campus: |
Stony Brook West Campus |
| Department: |
Film - Film and Directing |
| Salary: |
Commensurate with Experience |
| Posting Start Date: |
12/16/2018 |
| Posting End Date: |
03/15/2019 |
Applications for this position must be received, as specified in the Application Procedure
Section, no later than 5:00 PM Eastern Time on 03/15/2019, unless specifically noted otherwise in the Special Notes Section.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Stony Brook University is committed to excellence in diversity and the creation of
an inclusive learning, and working environment. All qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion,
sex, pregnancy, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
age, disability, genetic information,veteran status and all other protected classes
under federal or state laws.
If you need a disability-related accommodation, please call the university
office of institutional diversity and equity at (631)632-6280.
| Job Category: Faculty and Librarian |
Posting Date: 12/16/2018
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