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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.

Required Qualifications:
- Ph.D. in Religious Studies or related humanities or social scientific discipline,
with an emphasis on race in the United
States in hand by August 2018
- Evidence of ability to teach courses on race in American religion and
culture
- Evidence of current scholarly research activity on race in American religion
and culture
- Training in and commitment to interdisciplinary research and teaching about
religion and culture
- Evidence of ability to teach core undergraduate courses in the department

Preferred Qualifications:
- Scholarly publications on race in American religion and culture
- Evidence of teaching excellence
- Evidence of ability to teach graduate courses in the department and/or in the
interdisciplinary ASPECT PhD program



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