Department: Dean, Honors College

Salary: Commensurate with experience

Description:

The Honors College at the University of Houston invites applications for two Instructional Assistant Professors to begin in Fall 2025. The positions are full-time, non-tenure track, and benefits-eligible.

We seek applicants with experience teaching core texts and major works within a great books approach. We prefer applicants for these two positions with specializations in either Biblical Studies or Early Modern History. A Ph.D. completed by Spring 2025 is required. Salary will be commensurate with experience.

The teaching responsibilities for this position include three classes each semester: two discussion sections each semester in the Honors College’s signature first-year course, The Human Situation (https://www.uh.edu/honors/human-situation/), and a third course each semester in one of our interdisciplinary minors (https://www.uh.edu/honors/Programs-Minors/honors-minors/). The Human Situation is team-taught by scholars from a variety of humanities disciplines. Faculty lead small, writing-intensive discussion sections and take turns lecturing in a large, combined lecture section. The responsibilities of the position include 70% teaching, 20% service, and 10% research. For information on the University of Houston’s Non-Tenure Track Faculty Policy, see https://www.uh.edu/provost/faculty/faculty-policies/non-tenure-track/.

To apply, please submit a CV, names and contact information for three letters of recommendation, a sample of published work or scholarly writing, and a cover letter that addresses your experience and approach to teaching in a seminar-style great books course. Letters of recommendation will be requested at the interview stage.

Review of applications will begin January 15, 2025 and continue until the position is filled. Please direct questions about the positions to the search committee chair, Jesse Rainbow, at jjrainbow@uh.edu.

The Honors College cultivates a community of agile and innovative thinkers, engaged citizens, and life-long learners. Its 2,500 students come from majors across the University to take intellectually challenging courses (generally taught as small seminars), interdisciplinary minors and programs that emphasize speaking and writing, encourage critical inquiry in disciplined conversation, and promote active learning and principled leadership.

UH is the largest public university in Houston and one of the largest in Texas, with 46,700 students enrolled across 17 colleges. UH serves a diverse student body and is designated as a Hispanic, Asian, and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution. UH is a leader among Texas universities for social mobility of its graduates and in global outreach by producing more Fulbright Scholars than any other. UH is a Tier-1 research institution that is nationally recognized for its academic and research excellence. Located in the fourth-largest city in the United States and the energy capital of the world, UH is poised for continued growth and success.