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The Lawrence C. Gallen Teaching Fellowships in the Humanities

The Fellowship:

  • Each Fellowship is a continuing, renewable teaching appointments in the Villanova Center for Liberal Education (VCLE) subject to yearly review.
     
  • Each Fellow is responsible for teaching three sections per semester of the Augustine and Culture Villanova Seminar.
     
  • Each Fellow helps develop and oversee various scholarly activities sponsored by the program, including conferences, faculty workshops, a book series, and other projects. In addition, each Fellow is required to contribute to Villanova’s residential learning communities.
     
  • The mission of the VCLE is to introduce first-year students to the shared intellectual inquiry that marks a community of scholars. We therefore seek candidates who will engage our students and our faculty, in studying questions of common concern in the humanities.

Candidates for these positions must have:

  • Ph.D. in a Humanities discipline.
     
  • A strong commitment to teaching and learning in the liberal arts.
     
  • An interest in teaching the thought of Augustine and its influence.
     
  • Candidates with strong interdisciplinary backgrounds and an interest in working with diverse scholars in other humanities disciplines receive preference.

    Villanova is a Roman Catholic University founded by and related to the Augustinian Order. An Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer, Villanova is committed to fostering a faculty rich in diversity and dedicated to Villanova’s Judeo-Christian value orientation.
     

To Apply:

  • Candidates must submit an unofficial undergraduate and graduate school transcripts, three letters of recommendation, and a writing sample, in addition to their curriculum vitae to John A. Doody, Robert M. Birmingham Chair in the Humanities, Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085.

    Further information regarding the Villanova Center for Liberal Education is available by calling the office, 610.519.7325.

    Villanova is a Roman Catholic University founded by and related to the Augustinian Order. An Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer, Villanova is committed to fostering a faculty rich in diversity and dedicated to Villanova’s Judeo-Christian value orientation.