Assistant Professor of Acting - Department of Theatre

Assistant Professor of Acting - Department of Theatre

Tenure-Track Faculty Position Announcement

Department: Theatre

Faculty Hire Number: 27-05

Rank: Assistant Professor

Effective Date of Appointment: Fall 2027(Subject to Budgetary Approval)

Anticipated Hiring Range: $89,000 to $95,000(Dependent upon qualifications)

CSUN is committed to achieving excellence through teaching,scholarship, learning and inclusion. Our values include a respect for all people, building partnerships with the community and theencouragement of innovation, experimentation, and creativity. CSUNstrives to cultivate a community in which a diverse population canlearn and work in an atmosphere of civility and respect. CSUN is especially interested in candidates who make contributions toequity and inclusion in the pursuit of excellence for all membersof the university community.

As a Hispanic-serving Institution (HSI), inclusiveness and diversity are integral to CSUN's commitment to excellence in teaching, research, and engagement. As of Fall 2025, CSUN enrollsmore than 37,000 students, where 57.5% are Latinx, 18.4% are White,8.5% are Asian-American, 5.5% are Black/African American, 0.1% are Native American, and 0.1% are Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.

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The department of Theatre at California State University,Northridge (CSUN) seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Acting with focus on Acting for the Camera. The successful candidate will teach students the distinct approaches for stage andcamera acting: upper division acting for the camera TH 345 and TH448 preparing students for the film industry with acting technique sand business guidance (resumes, headshots, agents, managers,auditions, self-tapes), TH 108A preparing majors with foundationalstage acting technique, as well as other courses as needed by the department including TH208A and TH 111 for non-majors.

This is anin-person teaching position.

The ideal candidate will continue to develop professional expertise, and maintain an active, creative practice. We seek acandidate with a proven track record of creating work and/or participating in programs that foster and promote equity,inclusion, and representation, especially relevant to our diverse student population.

Other desirable teaching skills may include performance for Emerging Media Performance (e.g. performance capture, gaming,virtual production), voice-over, intimacy coaching, directingstudent productions.

In addition to teaching, the position requires weekly office hours,attending faculty meetings, participation in assessment of student learning, and service to the department, college, and university.

The successful candidate may be required to teach on weekdays,evenings, weekends, and/or online and will be held to the standard sand requirements of the college and department in which he/she/theyis/are housed for recommending tenure and promotion. Given CSUN'scommitment to excellence in teaching, research, and engagement in adiverse environment, the successful candidate will help the Department achieve equitable academic outcomes for all studentsthrough teaching, student mentorship, scholarship, and service.

• An M.F.A. degree in Acting or a related field from an accredited institution, foreign equivalency or post-baccalaureateexperience, training, and expertise at least equivalent to those required for the Master of Fine Arts degree.
• Experience teaching in-person stage acting at the university/college level, or equivalent professional performancetraining programs.
• Experience teaching in-person camera acting at the university/college level, or equivalent professional performancetraining programs.
• Professional experience in both fields of stage and film/TVacting

• Proficiency in 2 or more acting methods and their application to stage and camera (Stanislavski, Meisner, Chekhov, Barr, Moss,Chubbuck, etc.).
• Additional experience in one or more of these specialties:
• Emerging Media Performance (e.g. performance capture, gaming,virtual production)
• Voice-over
• Intimacy Coaching
• Directing student productions
• Evidence of designing curriculum that prepares students forcontemporary professional practice
• Teaching or Professional experience that includes working witha diverse student body or leading groups of people from diverse backgrounds.
• Experience or potential for creating a student-centered learning environment, such as community engagement, inclusiveprofessional development, active learning strategies, culturally relevant pedagogy, curriculum development, etc.
• Experience participating in inclusive approaches to…