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Assistant or Associate Professor of Philosophy (EXPIRED)

Department of Philosophy, University of St. Thomas - Houston

Job category Faculty (open rank) / Contract type open
AOS Open
AOC Open
Workload Full time
Vacancies 1
Location Houston, Texas, United States
Start date August 2022
Job description

University of St. Thomas

Assistant or Associate Professor

Philosophy

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 museum district, is seeking applicants for a full-time Assistant or Associate Professor position in the Department of Philosophy and the Center for Thomistic Studies. This position reports directly to the Department Chair.

Summary:

Areas of Specialization: Open. Candidates must have facility with the Latin texts of St. Thomas Aquinas.

Areas of Concentration: Open.

Submission deadline for full consideration: November 30, 2021

Position begins August 2022. 3/2 course load. Ph.D. required.

This position will involve teaching at least one graduate course per year and dissertation supervision. Undergraduate teaching load: 3 or 4 courses per year, including university core courses. University, Department, and Center service are also required.

Areas of specialization and concentration are open, but among areas that might serve the Center's needs are history of philosophy, Arabic philosophy, political philosophy, logic, philosophy of language, and philosophy of science.

Applications should address applicant's knowledge and support of the Thomistic tradition and of the mission of Catholic higher education in light of Ex Corde Ecclesiae and Fides et Ratio.

Applications for this position should include the following materials: a letter of interest, transcripts, a statement concerning the mission of Catholic higher education in light of Ex Corde Ecclesiae and Fides et Ratio, curriculum vitae, a writing sample, evidence of undergraduate teaching excellence and ability to teach as needed in online modalities, and three letters of reference submitted by recommenders.

The University of St. Thomas is committed to hiring faculty who can help it not only fulfill its integrated mission – the formation of the whole person for flourishing in this life and the next – but also advance it in new ways. The University's Catholic identify in the center of this mission, a Catholicism expressed for our own age by the Catechism of the Catholic Church and Pope St. John Paul II's Ex Corde Ecclesiae. The University asks all candidates applying for this position to consider these documents to ensure their professional goals and practices can align with them.

The University of St. Thomas is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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Application type Online
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Web address to apply http://www.stthom.edu
Hard deadline November 30, 2021, 11:59pm CST
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Web address for more information http://www.stthom.edu
Contact name Brian Carl
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Scheduled expiry date November 30, 2021, 11:59pm CST
Expired on December 2, 2021, 12:46am CST
Last updated December 2, 2021, 6:46am UTC
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