Assistant or Associate Professor of Philosophy

Pacific University’s Department of Philosophy invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Philosophy. We seek a passionate educator, scholar, and community member dedicated to engaging widely with the intellectual resources of the discipline of philosophy, and to bringing these resources to bear on contemporary issues in the spirit of humanism. The successful candidate will have an AOS related to addressing Artificial Intelligence from a humanities perspective, as well as an AOS in either Philosophy of Science or Philosophy of Mind. The AOC is open, but we are particularly interested in candidates with at least one of the following: Social and Political Philosophy, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Philosophy of Race, African/Africana Philosophy, or Feminist Philosophy. Candidates should demonstrate interest in developing and sustaining a research portfolio related to philosophy within the context of a liberal arts education.

• PhD in Philosophy 

• AOS in Artificial Intelligence (humanities-oriented) and in either Philosophy of Science or Philosophy of Mind

• AOC in at least one of the following: Social and Political Philosophy, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Philosophy of Race, African/Africana Philosophy, or Feminist Philosophy. 

• ABD candidates will be considered with an understanding that they will complete their degree within one year of their appointment.