Description: The Honors College at Azusa Pacific University seeks a full-time faculty member to teach in its Great Books program. The College's telos is to liberally educate the next generation of high-achieving, academically motivated Christian leaders. The curriculum features high-impact practices that foster student engagement and improve learning, including a common,
interconnected curriculum, a strong first-year experience, engagement with life's big questions, rigorous writing-intensive classes, and a year-long capstone experience. The College strives to produce scholarly disciples, equipped and worthy to assume positions of influence, having grown in wisdom, virtue, faith, and eloquence.
Faculty members in the Honors College are generalists who teach courses in an integrated, interdisciplinary humanities program. Each class in the program integrates philosophy, history, literature, aesthetics, writing, speaking, Bible, and theology. Candidates must be eager to work with students from a variety of academic majors, helping them grow, not simply in
understanding, but in the practice of faith, virtue, and leadership. Ideal candidates will be accomplished lecturers and discussion facilitators who offer the following:
- Experience in a Great Books program either as a student or as a teacher .
- A passion for learning and for the humanities .
- A record of teaching excellence .
- A record of scholarly accomplishments .
- Proficiency in writing instruction .
- An eagerness to aid the intellectual, moral, and spiritual growth of high-achieving students .
- A capability to help students sharpen their capacities to think critically, listen attentively, and communicate cogently, clearly, and persuasively .
- An ability to work well in a highly collaborative work environment .
About the Fletcher Jones Endowed Chair in Citizenship and Civic Virtue: Established to invest in the next generation and prepare them to demonstrate their capacity for self-government, the holder of the Fletcher Jones Endowed Chair will be both a teacher and a scholar. The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to engage bright and motivated students in a challenging academic program that aims to ensure emerging leaders are equipped to govern themselves and prepared to tend to the welfare of the community as a whole. The primary responsibility of the holder of this chair will be teaching about civic virtue, the responsibilities and blessings of citizenship, and the leadership skills essential to a free people. The aim is to foster the moral and intellectual character of civically-minded young people.
- The Citizenship and Civic Virtue chair-holder will ensure that the next generation of young men and women will:
- Understand this nation's identity, its constitutional heritage, and the civic values essential for its preservation.
- Know the arguments behind the ideas of human equality, ordered liberty, and government by consent.
- Distinguish freedom from tyranny, justice from injustice, right from wrong.
- Exhibit the moral character and leadership skills essential to a free people.
Specialization:- Political Science, Political Philosophy, American Political History, Civic Education, Interdisciplinary Humanities .
Responsibilities: - Leading small, discussion-based, intellectually stimulating
- colloquies in the Honors College core curriculum, particularly HON380 Democracy .
- Delivering engaging and informative lectures about Great Books .
- Maintaining an active research program .
- Facilitating student research .
- Engaging in student mentoring, discipling, and advising .
- Contributing to program assessment and curriculum refinement .
- Participating in the life of the Honors College community, including faculty meetings and activities as well as events such as orientation, student recruitment, fund-raising, field trips, banquets, etc.
- Participating in the life of the broader university community, including kickoff events, convocation, commencement, faculty governance, etc.
Level: Full Professor .
Qualifications: - Earned Ph.D. in Political Science, Political Philosophy, American Political History, Civic Education, or a closely related Humanities discipline.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Proven success in teaching excellence in an undergraduate liberal arts program.
- Desire and ability to integrate one's Christian faith into the curriculum.
- A vibrant Christian faith compatible with the mission of Azusa Pacific University. Faculty members are required to sign a Statement of Faith,available at https://www.apu.edu/believe/ , to affirm the university position statements, and to adhere to the policies outlined in the Faculty
- Handbook.
Experience:- Previous experience and demonstrated excellence in university teaching, research, and service commensurate with the rank of Full Professor is required.
Workload:Hire Date:- Open until filled. Desired start date is August, 2027.
Mental Demands:- Ability to integrate Christian values in all aspects.
- Ability to engage in critical thinking and exercise independent judgment.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and manage confidential information.
- Ability to collaborate with other faculty and staff and maintain collegial relations.
- Self starter, ability to communicate effectively in written and verbal form.
Compensation:- $70,304 to $125,460 is the annual salary for this role and reflects what Azusa Pacific University reasonably expects to pay for this position. Actual compensation may vary based on the qualifications, experience, and internal equity. In addition to compensation, APU offers a competitive benefits package .
- Compensation will be based on experience, rank, and qualifications.
Additional Information: Candidates must align with Azusa Pacific University's Christian identity. Faculty members are expected to sign a Statement of Faith (available at http://www.apu.edu/about/believe ), to adhere to the policies outlined in the Faculty Handbook, and to integrate the Christian faith in teaching and scholarship.
Azusa Pacific University is a Christ-centered, multicultural community that values and seeks faculty and staff who are committed to diversity, work effectively with diverse populations, and engage others in ways that honor our rich cultural mosaic and biblical foundation. Please click the links to learn more about ' what we believe ,' our ' mission statement ,' and our ' statement of faith .'
