Tenure-Track Acting & Performance Scholar

Loyola Marymount University; New York (NY); On-site; USD 78,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Loyola Marymount University invites applications for a tenure-line Assistant Professor in Acting and Performance. The successful candidate will teach across acting courses for undergraduates, engage in scholarly and creative work, and contribute to LMU’s commitment to inclusive excellence within a Jesuit education.

The position emphasizes teaching across stage and screen, directing experience, and a sustained research/creative agenda, with service to department and university in a highly

Qualifications

• MFA in Acting and/or Performance conferred before or by August 2027.
• At least three years of university-level teaching experience beyond graduate study.
• Demonstrated expertise in teaching acting and/or coaching actors for stage and screen.
• Demonstrated ability to teach a broad range of acting and performance courses at multiple levels.

Responsibilities

• Acting at beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels.
• Acting for the camera.
• Scene Study.
• Script Analysis.
• Acting styles, methods, and performance traditions.

Skills

Acting pedagogy

Acting coaching

Course delivery

Stanislavski training

Professional practice

Inclusive education

Performance theory

Stage/screen experience

Stage direction

Trauma-informed pedagogy

Inclusive approaches

Professional unions

Performance pedagogy

Education

MFA in Acting/Performance

3+ years university teaching

Job description

Loyola Marymount University invites applications for a tenure-line Assistant Professor in Acting and Performance. The successful candidate will teach across acting courses for undergraduates, engage in scholarly and creative work, and contribute to LMU’s commitment to inclusive excellence within a Jesuit education.

The position emphasizes teaching across stage and screen, directing experience, and a sustained research/creative agenda, with service to department and university in a highly