CHRISTENDOM COLLEGE -- FRONT ROYAL, VA
The Department of Classical and Early Christian Studies at Christendom College anticipates that an Assistant Professorship position will be open in the Autumn of 2005 (pending final budgetary approval).
A successful candidate should have a Ph.D. in hand and be a generalist in Classics with the ability to teach Greek and Latin on all undergraduate levels; facility to teach composition in both languages is expected.
The person hired should be able and willing initially to teach in Christendom College's core curriculum as well, particularly courses in ancient and medieval culture.
The Department would welcome a candidate with experience teaching Koine Greek and Ecclesiastical Latin, as well as one who possesses a foundational knowledge of Biblical Hebrew.
Located an hour and a half west of Washington, D.C. in the foot hills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Christendom College is a small coeducational liberal arts institution firmly dedicated to the Magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church. A successful applicant will be one committed to a Catholic articulation of the liberal arts and higher learning (as expressed in Ex Corde Ecclesiae and other Church documents). Faculty at the College are expected to follow and foster the common discipline of the Roman Catholic Church.
Interested applicants should send a cover letter outlining their teaching philosophy and research interests, a curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, a sample of scholarly writing, and other relevant supporting material to Dr. Steven Snyder, Vice President for Academic Affairs, 134 Christendom Dr., Front Royal, VA 22630. Inquiries about the position may be directed to Dr. Snyder (ssnyder@christendom.edu). Applications should be received by February 23, 2005.