Arthur J. Ennis Post-Doctoral Teaching Scholar at Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania

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Posting Number:	20241194F
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 two Arthur J. Ennis, O.S.A. Post-doctoral Teaching Scholars, starting in the Fall Semester 2025. 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 scholar teaches three sections of the Augustine and Culture Seminar (ACS) 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 and seminar discussion. Ennis scholars do not have service expectations, but they are expected to develop their research profiles and there 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.
Minimum Qualifications:	Candidates must have a Ph.D. in a Humanities discipline, or Social Science.
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), some teaching experience as the instructor of record and a desire to develop 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.
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Special Message to Applicants:	Applicants must apply on-line at http://jobs.villanova.edu. All materials must be received by Friday, February 28, 2025. 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. Contact information for three references. References will be contacted to submit confidential letters of recommendation for candidates invited to interview. Unofficial undergraduate and graduate transcripts. Candidates invited to interview will also need to supply: Statement of Contribution to the University’s Augustinian Catholic Mission. https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/president/about_university/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
Posting Date:	12/20/2024
Closing Date (11:59pm ET):	03/28/2025
Salary Posting Information:	Competitive
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Job Classification:	faculty

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