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Arthur J. Ennis Post-Doctoral Teaching Scholar

Villanova University

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Posting Number:
2022987F

Position Title:
Arthur J. Ennis Post-Doctoral Teaching Scholar

Position Type:
Faculty

Location:
Villanova, PA

Recruitment Type:
Internal/External Applicants

Work Schedule:
full-time/9-months

Department:
151-Augustine and Culture Seminar Program

Position Summary:
Villanova University’s first-year seminar program, the Augustine and Culture Seminar Program (ACSP) invites applications for one Arthur J. Ennis, O.S.A. Post-doctoral Teaching Scholar, starting in the Fall Semester 2023. ACSP is responsible for administering the Augustine and Culture Seminar (ACS), a two semester, reading and writing-intensive, discussion-based, humanities seminar with a reading list grounded in the Augustinian, Catholic, and liberal arts traditions.

Villanova is a Catholic university sponsored by the Augustinian order, located in the ethnically, racially, and culturally diverse Philadelphia metro area. Diversity and inclusion have been and will continue to be an integral component of Villanova University’s mission. The University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and seeks candidates who understand, respect and can contribute to the University’s mission and values. The University is committed to fostering, maintaining, and celebrating a community that includes people of all ages, genders, abilities, races, ethnic origins, religions, socioeconomic statuses, sexual orientations, creeds, and political views.

Duties and Responsibilities:
The Ennis post-doctoral teaching scholar position is a 9-month academic appointment renewable for up to an additional three years (four years total). An Ennis fellows teach three sections of the Augustine and Culture Seminar each semester. “Ancients” in the fall and “Moderns” in the spring. ACS enrollment is capped at 17. ACSP cultivates a community of instructors dedicated to meeting the perennial and changing needs of our students through an ongoing program of faculty development activities in which Ennis scholars are expected to engage. Faculty mentorship is provided, including how to teach and assess first-year student writing seminar discussion. Ennis scholars do not have service expectations, but they are expected to develop their research profiles and their is funding available to post-doctoral teaching scholars at the program, college, and university levels for research and conference travel. Typically, after a one-year probationary period Ennis scholars are eligible to teach for other departments and programs in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. Villanova offers a competitive benefits package to post-doctoral teaching scholars, including health insurance and retirement plans.

Minimum Qualifications:
Candidates must have a Ph.D. in a Humanities discipline.

Preferred Qualifications:
The successful candidate will have a PhD earned within the past five years (applicants who are ABD are welcome to apply but must complete the PhD prior to the time of employment), a desire to develop an effective, inclusive pedagogy for a diverse student body; a plan to develop their research profile; and, a willingness to explore and teach the Augustinian and Catholic intellectual traditions as well as texts outside of these traditions and of one’s own discipline and areas of expertise. ACSP aims to broaden the disciplines and areas of expertise beyond those currently represented in the program.

Physical Requirements and/or Unusual Work Hours:

Special Message to Applicants:
Applicants must apply on-line at http://jobs.villanova.edu. All materials must be received by December 9, 2022. Questions about the position can be directed to Dr. Gregory Hoskins, Director, The Augustine and Culture Seminar Program at Gregory.hoskins@villanova.edu.

For more information about ACSP, please see our website:
https://www1.villanova.edu/university/liberal-arts-sciences/programs/acs.html

Applications must include:

  • A cover letter that first addresses the candidate’s teaching philosophy before addressing the candidate’s area of expertise and research plans.
  • Current and complete curriculum vitae.
  • Statement of Contribution to the University’s Augustinian Catholic Mission.
https://www1.villanova.edu/villanvoa/president/about/mission.html
  • Statement of Contribution to the College’s ongoing efforts to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion in and outside the classroom.
https://www1.villanova.edu/university/liberal-arts-sciences/about/diversity.html
  • Contact information for three references.
  • Unofficial undergraduate and graduated transcripts.

Posting Date:
11/01/2022

Closing Date (11:59pm ET):
12/09/2022

Salary Posting Information: Competitive

Salary Band:
Job Classification: faculty

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