Please circulate this announcement for a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Race in American Religion and Culture at Virginia Tech.
The Department of Religion and Culture is a highly interdisciplinary unit of the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences; scholars in the department hold terminal degrees in a variety of fields including Religious Studies, Anthropology, American Studies, History, Music, and Literature. Qualified candidates in any humanities or social science discipline with expertise in Race in American Religion and Culture are encouraged to apply.
Complete position information can be found at:
Position Summary:
The Department of Religion and Culture at Virginia Tech announces a search for
an Assistant Professor of Race in American Religion and Culture. The position is
tenure-track and includes teaching a range of courses in the Department of
Religion and Culture. The expected/standard teaching load is two/two (four
courses per academic year). The successful applicant will hold, by the time of
appointment, a Ph.D. in Religious Studies or a related humanities or social
scientific discipline, with an emphasis on race in the United States, will evidence
the ability to teach courses on race in American religion and culture, will
demonstrate current scholarly research activity on race in American religion and
culture, and will have training in and a commitment to interdisciplinary research
and teaching in the area of religion and culture. The position will require
teaching core undergraduate courses in the department. Preference will be
given to candidates who demonstrate scholarly promise, who have
demonstrated teaching excellence, and who evidence the ability to teach
graduate courses in the department and/or in the interdisciplinary ASPECT PhD
program.
Review of applications will begin on January 29, 2018.