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Lecturer - Film, Animation, and Gaming History

The University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM, US
$62.4K a year
Full-time

Position Summary

The Department of Film and Digital Arts at the University of New Mexico, College of Fine Arts, invites applications for a full-time Lecturer in Film, Animation, and Gaming History, Criticism, and Theory.

  • Position begins in August 2025.
  • Teaching responsibilities will include foundational and advanced courses in film, animation, and gaming history, criticism, and theory.
  • Starting salary is $62,400. UNM offers parental leave, tuition for partners and dependent children, and internal grant competitions on an LGBTQ+ friendly campus where academic freedom is valued.

Film and Digital Arts offers degrees and concentrations in Film Production, Animation, Gaming, and Film History and Criticism.

Enrollment in the department is at an all-time high, with 597 majors and pre-majors registered in Fall 2024, and all students are required to engage with history, criticism, and theory.

Our alumni enjoy success at renowned institutions such as Lucasfilm, Industrial Light and Magic, Google, Netflix, Meow Wolf, and Warner Bros.

Many are instrumental in the growth of New Mexico’s thriving film industry, home of Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and many others.

Cultivating art and artists whose presence is often underrepresented, our diverse faculty supports a diverse student body in a collegial department where intellectual inquiry meets experimentation.

Famous for the unique light and landscape that attract artists and scholars from around the globe, New Mexico is ranked as a film hotspot by the Hollywood Reporter.

For the past six years, Moviemaker magazine named Albuquerque as one of the best places for filmmakers to live and work in the United States.

Netflix adopted the city as its only . production hub, and NBC Universal opened studio space downtown. Albuquerque sits on the traditional homelands of the Pueblo of Sandia.

Many peoples enrich the geographically stunning landscape with their histories, arts and sciences, languages, and cultural values.

UNM is a large majority minority state school with a faculty of over 3,000 serving approximately 22,000 students.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications : . in Film Studies or a closely related field by start date of appointment.

Preferred Qualifications :

1. Record of teaching introductory and advanced courses in film history, criticism, and theory.

2. Record of teaching courses in animation history and gaming history.

3. A demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and student success, as well as working with broadly diverse communities.

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