University of Nebraska-Lincoln Employment Website Assistant Professor - Emerging Media Arts: Storytelling Bookmark this Posting Print Preview | Apply for this Job Please see Special Instructions for more details. Click “Apply for this Job,” complete the faculty information form, and submit the following required documents:A letter of interest addressing your qualifications specific to this job description.Artist
statement.Teaching statement - OPTIONAL (1-2 pages).A current Curriculum Vitae.A link to an online portfolio of writing work – to include one full-length short screenplay and excerpts from at least one full-length feature film, or episodic work, or game, or other form of storytelling.The names and contact details of three professional references.Please combine the statements (items 2 and 3) and attach as "Other
Document." Position Information Position Information Working Title Assistant Professor - Emerging Media Arts: Storytelling Department Johnny Carson School-Theatre & Film-1033 Requisition Number F_250081 Posting Open Date 12/10/2025 Application Review Date: (To ensure consideration, please submit all application materials before review date) 03/02/2026 Posting Close Date Open Until Filled Yes Description of Work
Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Emerging Media Arts: Storytelling to join our unique program. We are seeking a visionary creative practitioner and educator to join our faculty in a position that bridges screenwriting with emerging technologies and platforms. Whether your scholarship or creative activity
examines the pressing issues of our time, produces narratives of lasting significance, generates immersive audience experiences, or contributes to the evolution of narrative form, we invite you to submit your work for consideration. We value storytelling as both intellectual inquiry and artistic practice, recognizing that meaningful stories can change the world.The successful candidate will have professional
experience in screenwriting for film, television/streaming, or episodic narrative, and have familiarity with at least one of the following: writing for theatre, games, XR, immersive or interactive experiences, world-building, transmedia, or Alternate Reality Games (ARGs). You have a compelling vision for the evolving future of storytelling, and you’re eager to guide students in shaping that future.The Johnny Carson
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