"Continuing Non-Tenure Track Teaching Faculty in the Humanities"

Position Summary

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 active research interests in the arts (broadly construed to include theater, art history, media studies, creative writing and other such fields) 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 offices for Residence Life and Student Involvement.

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.

Duties and 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 an MFA or 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. The positions are primarily and essentially teaching positions, and ACSP cultivates a cooperative community of teacher-scholars dedicated to meeting the perennial and the changing needs of our students through an ongoing program of faculty development activities.

After a one-year probationary period, ACSP faculty are eligible to teach for other departments and programs in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. 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. Villanova offers a competitive benefits package to all full-time faculty.

Minimum Qualifications

A terminal degree (e.g. Ph.D. or MFA) at the time of appointment.

Preferred Qualifications

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

Special Message to Applicants

Applicants must apply on-line at http://jobs.villanova.edu. All materials must be received by January 5, 2026. 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 and about Communitas: First-Year Learning Community, please see the respective websites:

https://www1.villanova.edu/university/liberal-arts-sciences/programs/acs.html

https://www1.villanova.edu/university/residence-life/communitas.html

Applications must include:

• A cover letter that first addresses the candidate's teaching philosophy and experience before addressing the candidate's research interests.
• Current and complete curriculum vitae.
• Contact information for three references.
• Unofficial undergraduate and graduate transcripts.

Candidates invited to interview must provide:

• Three letters of reference.
• Statement on the candidate's Contribution to the University Mission and Enduring Commitments:
  http://www1.villanova.edu/university/president/about-university.html
• Evidence of teaching effectiveness or potential if available (e.g., a Teaching Portfolio that includes syllabi, sample assignments, teaching observations, etc.)
• Official undergraduate and graduate transcripts.

Closing Date (11:59pm ET)

01/05/2026

Salary Posting Information

Competitive