Continuing Non-Tenure Track Teaching Faculty in the Humanities

Villanova University•Villanova, PA

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About The Position

Villanova University's first-year seminar program, the Augustine and Culture Seminar Program (ACSP), seeks to hire one full-time continuing non-tenure track (CNT) faculty member with an expertise in Biblical Studies (Hebrew Bible, New Testament) or Judaic Studies (e.g. Jewish theology, culture, history) to teach its two-semester humanities seminar. With a reading list grounded in the Augustinian, Catholic, and liberal arts traditions, the Augustine and Culture Seminar (ACS) is reading-and-writing-intensive and also facilitates student engagement in the intellectual, cultural, and artistic life of the University and the greater Philadelphia area. Students from all four colleges (Liberal Arts & Sciences, Nursing, Engineering, and Business) take the two courses (1000 Ancients and 1001 Moderns) in this collegial program taught by 20+ full-time faculty from a wide range of disciplines. A signature feature of the first-year experience at Villanova is the Communitas: First-Year Learning Community program that is a result of the coordinated effort between ACSP and the Division of Student Life. Villanova is a Catholic university sponsored by the Augustinian Order. The University is an equal opportunity employer and seeks candidates who understand, respect, and can contribute to the University's mission and values.

Requirements

Candidates must have a Ph.D. in at the time of appointment.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated (potential for) effective, innovative, student-centered pedagogy.
Enthusiasm to work in a collaborative environment.
Experience teaching writing to undergraduates.

Responsibilities

The position is a renewable 9-month academic appointment at the rank of assistant teaching professor with a 4/4 teaching load.
The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. at the time of appointment, provide evidence of teaching effectiveness or potential, and demonstrate a willingness to explore and teach the Augustinian and Catholic intellectual traditions as well as texts in and outside of one's discipline and areas of expertise.
ACSP faculty are eligible to teach for other departments and programs in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences after a one-year probationary period.
CNT faculty in ACSP are expected to engage in significant service to the program, college, and university.
CNT faculty also are expected to be professionally active and there is funding available at the program, college and university levels for research, curricular development, and conference travel.
CNT faculty at Villanova are eligible for promotion.