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The Department of Film & Media Studies at the University of Kansas invites applications for an Open Rank tenure-track/tenured appointment (Assistant/Associate/Full Professor) in Film & Media Production with specialty in Producing. In addition to introductory and advanced courses in film production, the ideal candidate would be able to teach "the business of the business" - comprehensive yet accessible courses covering the knowledge and skillsets required in producing film, television and media production. Course subjects might include: Proposal/Script Development; Production Management; Rights Matters and Responsibilities; Contracts and Agreements; Business Planning; Fundraising and Grant Writing; Budgeting and Financial Statements; Green Filmmaking; Selling Film and Media; Music; Unions, Guilds, and Artist Associations; Legal Representation, and Promotion and Advertising; Distribution; and Markets, Film Festivals, and Premieres. This position would serve the interests in producing among our growing body of more than 300 majors and minors.

The University of Kansas is a Carnegie doctoral/research-extensive university with a $1.4 billion endowment and a faculty of 2,600. Current enrollment is 28,500 (19,000 undergraduate), with students drawn from 110 nations and all 50 states, 20.6% of KU students are members of minority groups. The 1,000-acre main campus is in Lawrence, a community of 95,000 in hilly northeast Kansas that lies about 35 miles west of Kansas City. Lawrence has a lively downtown and a thriving arts and music scene, and its local government has enacted ordinances supporting equality for all members of its population. Lawrence also offers numerous sports and recreational opportunities, local shops, and a wide range of good restaurants.

The College emphasizes interdisciplinary, experiential learning and global awareness, houses a vibrant university wide Honors Program that highlights undergraduate research and service activities, and has created strong affiliations with outstanding cross-disciplinary research centers. Faculty and academic staff have emphasized the importance of continuing and expanding on relationships with centers and entities including the Biodiversity Institute, Kansas Biological Survey, Kansas Geological Survey, the Hall Center for the Humanities, the Life Span Institute, the Institute for Policy and Social Research, the Spencer Museum of Art and the Natural History Museum. These relationships have brought a broad range of disciplines together to pursue and conduct sponsored research and education at the international, national, state, regional and local levels, and have created employment structures in which faculty and academic staff share appointments to emphasize collaboration. College faculty and research staff are welcomed as members in all KU's designated research centers and institutes. The College is home to internationally recognized scholars and scientists who brought in $44M in research funding in FY 2021, nearly 30% of the total funded research at KU Lawrence.

At the University of Kansas, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are an important part of our culture and university strategic plan. Applications from members of underrepresented groups are encouraged, noting the value that differences bring to our organization, students, staff, faculty, and community. The successful candidate must be eligible to work in the U.S. by the effective date of the appointment.