Department of Theatre Arts - Assistant Professor of Theatre Technology

The successful candidate will fulfill the normal responsibilities of a tenure-track faculty member, including teaching, student mentoring and advising, scholarly and/or creative activity, and service. Specific responsibilities include:

• Teach a 9-WTU assignment each semester in the Department of Theatre Arts. Courses may include introductory and advanced theatre technology, stagecraft, scenic design, lighting, sound, projection/media, computer applications, production practicum, and courses in the candidate's areas of expertise and departmental need.
• Contribute a 3-WTU-equivalent assignment, approximately 135 hours per semester, to Performing Arts Center learning initiatives. This work will focus on faculty-led instruction, curriculum-connected projects, and student mentorship developed in collaboration with faculty and Performing Arts Center professional staff.
• Develop hands-on learning experiences that introduce students to safe, current, and emerging production workflows, which may include rigging, digital lighting, networked audio and video, projection and media servers, stage and scenic automation, show control, and support motion and performance capture, virtual production, and immersive systems faculty.
• Mentor student designers, technicians, and crews through department productions and other approved curricular or co-curricular projects in the Performing Arts Center.
• Contribute design, technical direction, media design, systems integration, or related production leadership in an area aligned with the candidate's expertise, department needs, and assigned workload.
• Collaborate with faculty, staff, guest artists, and Performing Arts Center personnel to align production activity with student learning outcomes, accessibility, safety, available resources, and professional standards.
• Help strengthen curriculum and career pathways connecting theatre students with employment in live entertainment, themed entertainment, film and media, events, and other creative industries.
• Maintain an active record of scholarly and/or creative activity appropriate to the Department of Theatre Arts' retention, tenure, and promotion expectations.
• Participate in student advising, recruitment and retention, assessment, shared governance, and service at the department, college, and university levels.

     Qualified candidates must demonstrate a commitment to excellence in teaching and mentoring a diverse student population and to            working effectively with faculty, staff and students across a wide range of disciplines.

• An MFA or other terminal degree in theatre design and technology, technical production, entertainment technology, or a closely related field must be completed by the time of appointment.
• Professional experience in at least one area of theatre or live-performance design, technology, or production.
• Demonstrated ability or potential to teach undergraduate courses in theatre technology and/or design.
• Demonstrated knowledge of safe practices and current professional standards in performance production environments.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor diverse students equitably in applied, production-based learning.
• Demonstrated commitment to equitable teaching and mentoring for students from diverse backgrounds and with varied levels of prior experience.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively and equitably with faculty, professional staff, students, and guest artists.
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• University-level teaching experience and evidence of effective undergraduate instruction.
• An active professional or creative practice in theatre, live entertainment, events, themed entertainment, film/media production, arts entrepreneurship, or a related field.
• Expertise in one or more emerging performance technologies, such as rigging, motion capture, projection mapping, media servers, virtual production, augmented or virtual reality, interactive systems, automation, show control, or networked audio/video and lighting systems.
• Successful experience integrating new venue technologies into curriculum and project-based student learning.
• A secondary area of design or technical expertise that complements the candidate's primary specialization.
• Successful experience supervising or mentoring student designers, technicians, shop crews, or run crews.
• Successful experience with accessible, sustainable, culturally responsive, anti-racist, LGBTQIA+-affirming, and gender-inclusive approaches to performance design and production.
• Successful experience developing career pathways, internships, apprenticeships, or professional networks for students, including familiarity with entertainment-industry unions and professional organizations.
• Relevant professional safety or entertainment-technology credentials, such as ETCP, OSHA, MEWP/AWP, Dante, or manufacturer-specific certifications.
• Experience with public-facing arts venue operations.

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Following a conditional offer of employment, a background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed satisfactorily before any candidate may start work with CSUSB. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may result in the withdrawal of the offer of employment. Note: CSUSB cannot deny an applicant a position solely or in part due to a criminal conviction history until it has performed an individualized assessment and linked the relevant conviction history with specific job duties in the position being sought.

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Professor Johanna Smith

johanna@csusb.edu

1. Curriculum Vitae
2. Cover Letter that includes:
   • a. A statement of your teaching interest/philosophy (can be included in CL or separate)
   • b. A statement of your research experience, creative scholarship, and/or professional creative work (can be included in CL or      separate)
   • c. A statement how you will serve the CSUSB community, including students and the campus at large
3. If available, evidence of teaching effectiveness such as teaching portfolios, reports on teaching observations, and/or student evaluations of teaching.
4. A professional portfolio or a link to a portfolio website demonstrating relevant design, technical, media, and/or production work.
5. Unofficial copies of all postsecondary degree transcripts (official transcripts may be required prior to appointment).
6. Reference List - names, telephone numbers, and email addresses of three (3) referees whom we may contact to obtain letters of recommendation.
7. Confidential letters of recommendation may be solicited from those listed as references on the application if the applicant is moved forward in the recruitment process. Non-confidential letters of recommendation can be uploaded by the applicant during the application process.

Formal review of applications will begin October 31, 2026 and continue until the position is filled.