Job Description
Film History Guest Faculty Position for 2026-2027
Rank: Guest Faculty
Tenure Information: Non-Tenure Track
Job Description
The department of Film History at Sarah Lawrence College seeks a full-time guest faculty member to teach four courses during the 2026-2027 academic year (1 seminar and 1 lecture each semester). Areas of interest include topics in science fiction, animation, indigenous/anticolonial film, and queer cinema, but candidates should feel free to submit course proposals in other areas as well that complement our current offerings.
Seminars at Sarah Lawrence have a unique structure. In addition to teaching the seminar (maximum 15 students), the faculty member will meet one-on-one with each student every other week to assist them in the conception, design, and execution of an individualized project related to the course, culminating in a research paper. For lecture courses (maximum 45 students), the faculty member will also be responsible for meeting weekly or biweekly with students in small groups (maximum 15 students).
Application materials should include a cover letter, CV, four to six proposed course descriptions, and two references who will be contacted for letters of recommendation upon the submission of the candidate’s application.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time. This is an in-person teaching appointment, with the expectation that the appointed individual will teach on campus for the duration of the contract period.
Compensation for this position is a per-course rate based on experience.
Required QualificationsApplicants should either be ABD or hold a Ph.D. in Film Studies and have prior teaching experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Posting Number: F00202P
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Salary: $10,500 to $14,000
Special Instructions to Applicants
Review of applications will begin on April 1, 2026. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
To apply, visit https://slc.peopleadmin.com/postings/2472
Sarah Lawrence seeks to recruit and retain a diverse administration, staff, and faculty. Every job opening is seen as an opportunity to increase diversity, and every effort will be made to expand the applicant pool in accordance with these goals. (Please see our Nondiscrimination Policy.) For information on Sarah Lawrence College, our curriculum, teaching methods, and philosophy of education, please see our website at: https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/.
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Sarah Lawrence College is committed to sustaining a diverse and inclusive learning, working, and living community. This requires students, faculty, administration, and staff who reflect the diversity of our society; that people from different backgrounds and with different views be prepared to treat one another with mutual respect and honest curiosity so that they can engage and learn from one another; and that diversity infuse all aspects of the life and mission of the College. These conditions enable a genuine liberal arts education, in which the presence of people with different experiences and ideas, engaged in critical dialogue, overcomes ignorance and builds trust and knowledge.
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