"Instructor in Psychedelic Healing"

Instructor in Psychedelic Healing

Company:
Harvard University

Job Location:
Cambridge, 02138

Category:
Religious Studies and Theology

Type:
Full-Time

School: Harvard Divinity School

Department/Area: Office of Ministry Studies

Position Description

Harvard Divinity School seeks to appoint an adjunct instructor to teach the course, "Navigating Between Spirit and Science: A Holistic Approach to Psychedelic Healing" during the Spring 2026 semester (January 2026 to May 2026). This course will invite students into the plural worlds of psychedelic healing through four interwoven strands: tradition, phenomenology, spirituality, and psychedelic facilitation skills. The course seeks a deliberate balance between the spiritual and the clinical-honoring mystical experience while grounding it in research, ethics, and embodied practice. Intended particularly for chaplaincy students, the course highlights their distinctive calling: to serve as companions who are both attuned to sacred presence and equipped with rigorous clinical insight.

Successful candidates will be able to introduce students to theories and practices of psychedelic healing and spiritual care for persons of diverse backgrounds and in a variety of contexts.

The course must be open and accessible to the Divinity School's diverse and multi-religious student body.

Basic Qualifications

Candidates should demonstrate experience and excellence in teaching.
Previous publications in the area of the appointment are desirable, though not required.
Basic Qualifications are:
(1) Experience with teaching
(2) Sensibility to a multi-religious, diverse student body;
(3) Prior experience teaching at the graduate level

Additional Qualifications

MDiv or similar degree required, PhD preferred.

Please also submit the following materials with your application:
1) Curriculum Vitae
2) Application letter

Special Instructions

Only online applications through ARIeS (online) will be accepted until 12/05/2025.

Harvard Divinity School does not provide visa sponsorship for adjunct teaching positions. Please note that attorneys representing individuals are not authorized to file visa petitions on behalf of Harvard Divinity School.

Contact Information

Applicants may contact Dr. Theodore Hickman-Maynard, Associate Dean for Ministry Studies and Lecturer on Ministry Studies at Harvard Divinity School, with any questions regarding the position.

Contact Email: ministrystudies@hds.harvard.edu

Salary Range

$11,500.

Minimum Number of References Required: 2

Maximum Number of References Allowed: 2