Assistant Professor English and Core Fellow
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Job Location:
Houston, MS - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
17 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
University of St. Thomas
Assistant Professor - English and Core Fellow
Division of Liberal Studies
The University of St. Thomas (UST) a private Catholic University committed to the liberal arts and the religious and intellectual tradition of Catholic higher education located in Houston Texas near the vibrant central business district Texas Medical Center and the museum district is seeking applicants for a full-time Assistant Professor of English who will serve as a Core Fellow in the Division of the Core and Centers for Excellence in the School of Arts and Sciences.
Core Fellows form the nucleus of the permanent teaching faculty dedicated to the undergraduate Core Curriculum which operates as a distinct department in the Division. Core Fellows teach particular academic subjects in their own right but do so from a philosophical perspective and with an eye to the interrelations across the core curriculum. Applicants should share the Cores vision of-and commitment to-a classical liberal education in the Catholic Tradition. More information about the Core Curriculum at the University of St. Thomas can be found at hired will be appointed at the Assistant Professor rank in the Department of the Core. We are interested in applicants who possess the necessary qualifications to teach literature and writing in our three core literature surveys: ENGLC 1301 The Classical Tradition; ENGLC 2301 Middle Ages and Renaissance; and ENGLC 2301 Modern World and American Expressions. Successful candidates will also be suited to teach LS 1301 Foundations of Liberal Learning which introduces students to liberal education and trains them in the foundational arts of grammar logic and rhetoric. The competence to teach undergraduates in more than one discipline is highly desirable. We are happy to consider applicants with terminal degrees in English or a related field.
We give primacy to teaching above all else and a record of teaching excellence is required. At the same time we believe that good teaching must be informed by ongoing scholarship or publication. Therefore prospective members of the Core Fellows must demonstrate a serious research agenda.
Interested applicants should submit a complete CV three letters of recommendation official graduate transcripts a teaching statement and a substantive reflection on their dedication to the mission of Catholic higher education in light of Ex Corde Ecclesiae the apostolic constitution on Catholic universities.
Please consult this paragraph as you prepare your Ex Corde Statement:
All of our hiring is hiring for mission and the University considers candidates in light of their professional credentials experience and consonance with the Universitys
Catholic identity and purpose. UST is committed to hiring individuals who can advance its integrated mission-the formation of the whole person for flourishing in this life and the next-and give public witness to that mission in new ways. The Universitys Catholic identity is at the center of this mission a Catholicism expressed for our own age by the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1992) and Pope Saint John Paul IIs Ex Corde Ecclesiae. The University asks all candidates applying for a position to consider these documents to ensure that their professional goals practices and values can align with them.
Review of applications will begin on January 31st and continue until the position is filled. Questions about this position and the application process may be directed to Dr. Christopher Petter at
The University of St. Thomas is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
The University of St. Thomas is committed to the religious ethical and intellectual traditions of Catholic higher education. As permitted by law practicing Catholics who will advance the mission of the school are preferred for this position. However the University invites all qualified applicants to apply.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Key Skills
- Experience Working With Students
- Classroom Experience
- Medical Management
- Library Services
- Pharmacy Residency
- Research Experience
- Teaching
- Higher Education Teaching
- Curriculum Development
- Grant Writing
- Mentoring
- Research Laboratory Experience
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