Adjunct Faculty - Screenwriting

CP11 University of New Hampshire; Durham (NH); On-site; USD 4,000 - 6,000; Part time

Job summary

The University of New Hampshire's English Department invites candidates to apply for a position as an Adjunct Instructor in the fall semester. The successful candidate will have experience teaching Creative Writing.

This position will be asked to lead a section of ENGL 625A ‘Intermediate Fiction Workshop: Screenwriting’ during the fall 2026 semester (8/31/2026 – 12/14/2026) 75% Teaching and 25% Service to the Department and University: Hold office hours for student feedback meetings and

Qualifications

• Experience teaching creative writing/screenwriting skills.
• Classroom experience as an instructor is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• 75% Teaching: One section of ENGL 625A 'Intermediate Fiction Writing: Screenwriting'.
• 25% Service to the Department and University: Hold office hours for student feedback meetings and individual advising as needed.

Skills

Classroom experience

Creative writing

Screenwriting

Job description

USNH Employees should apply within Workday through the Jobs Hub app The UNH English Department invites candidates to apply for a position as an Adjunct Instructor in the fall semester. The successful candidate will have experience teaching Creative Writing. This position will be asked to lead a section of ENGL 625A ‘Intermediate Fiction Workshop: Screenwriting’ during the fall 2026 semester (8/31/2026 – 12/14/2026)

Duties/Responsibilities

• 75% Teaching: One section of ENGL 625A 'Intermediate Fiction Writing: Screenwriting"
• 25% Service to the Department and University: Hold office hours for student feedback meetings and individual advising as needed.

Minimum Acceptable Education & Experience

The successful candidate should have experience teaching creative writing/screenwriting skills.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Classroom experience as an instructor is strongly preferred.

Compensation Pay Range: $5,000.00 per course/semester

Applicant Instructions: [Removed: See refinement rules for application instructions removal]

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire’s lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

EEO Statement The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission.

The University System prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or marital status.

The pay range for this position is listed above. Actual offer will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and internal equity, in addition to relevant business considerations.

More information on benefits can be found here: USNH Employee Benefits | Human Resources

Location: Durham

Salary Grade: Period Activity

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The University System of New Hampshire is the largest provider of postsecondary education in the Granite State. With approximately 30,000 enrolled students annually and more than 90,000 alumni living in state, the institutions of the University System - the University of New Hampshire - Durham, the University of New Hampshire School of Law, the University of New Hampshire at Manchester, Plymouth State University, and Keene State College - have a direct impact on hundreds of thousands of New Hampshire citizens every year.