The Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University (JST-SCU) is conducting a search for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of New Testament. The position will begin on August 1, 2025.
We welcome applications from excellent scholars across the field of New Testament studies. Pauline and Johannine literatures are particular areas of interest. In addition to demonstrating firm grounding in historical-critical methods and the ability to teach Greek at all levels, the successful candidate will be conversant in a range of approaches rooted in critical theory and cultural studies. The successful candidate will exhibit a commitment to doing theology in global, intercultural, and interdisciplinary contexts. We encourage applications from scholars whose work substantively engages ecological justice, lived religion, or material culture. The successful candidate will demonstrate a history of success as a teaching scholar and will understand and support the school’s Jesuit and Ignatian mission. Ability to teach and supervise in French and/or Spanish is a positive consideration.
The successful candidate will:
● Teach four graduate courses per year on the semester system, including master’s-level foundation courses in New Testament and advanced seminars for doctoral and advanced master’s students. The successful candidate will offer a range of courses that serve JST-SCU’s and GTU’s extraordinarily diverse student body and program needs.
● Direct and contribute to comprehensive exam, thesis, and dissertation committees.
● Develop a research agenda that consistently generates excellent peer-reviewed publications.
● Provide service to the school, university, and GTU as appropriate to rank.
● Have, or be willing to develop, expertise in rigorous and engaging online education.
Santa Clara University
Founded in 1851, and located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Santa Clara University blends high-tech innovation with an emphasis on personal, humanistic formation, and social consciousness that animate the Jesuit Catholic tradition. Through more than 50 majors, minors, and special programs, and undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degree programs, the University seeks to educate citizens and leaders of competence, conscience, and compassion, who cultivate knowledge and faith to build a more humane, just, and sustainable world. The University is home to more than 5,850 undergraduate students, 3,000 graduate students, 900 faculty, over 1,050 staff, and more than 104,000 alumni worldwide. Among the Class of 2025, 51% identify as students of color.
Jesuit School of Theology
Located in Berkeley, CA, JST-SCU is an international center of theology and ministerial formation, a graduate school of Santa Clara University, and a formation center of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the USA. Students come from around the world to participate in JST-SCU’s academically rigorous, socially engaged, and spiritually vibrant community. JSTSCU is an ecclesiastical faculty accredited and approved by the Vatican Dicastery for Culture and Education. As an ecclesiastical faculty, JST-SCU prepares Jesuits, lay men, lay women, religious women and men, and diocesan priests from the United States and over 30 countries for vocation, ministry, service, career in the Church, society, and academy. JST-SCU offers the Master of Divinity; Master of Theological Studies; Master of Theology; and Ecclesiastical degrees at the Bachelor, Licentiate, and Doctoral levels in Sacred Theology. The PhD and Master of Arts in Theology are offered in conjunction with the Graduate Theological Union. JST-SCU is committed to the strategic goal of enriching the quality of our community of scholars by increasing diversity among faculty, staff, and students.
The Graduate Theological Union
JST-SCU is a member school of the Graduate Theological Union (www.gtu.edu). With a focus on interreligious, ecumenical, and interdisciplinary perspectives, GTU faculty and students engage the world’s religions and traditions in contemporary contexts, educate innovative leaders for the academy, religious organizations, and the nonprofit sector, and equip scholars to embody the critical thinking, ethical frameworks, compassionate values, and spiritual foundations essential to building a more just, peaceful, and sustainable world.
JST-SCU faculty are teaching scholars who balance a commitment to quality teaching with active programs of research and creative scholarship. Candidates should demonstrate not only potential for excellent graduate teaching, but also promise in sustained research and scholarly publication and in service to the school, the GTU, the community, and/or the Church. The successful candidate will mentor students in JST-SCU’s ecclesiastical programs (STL and STD), as well as our various master’s degrees and GTU programs.
Applicants are invited to visit our website (www.scu.edu/jst/) for background on JST-SCU’s mission, programs and degrees offered, faculty opportunities for interdisciplinary programs and research, and the multicultural student population we serve.
Santa Clara University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, committed to excellence through diversity and inclusion, and, in this spirit, particularly welcomes applications from women, persons of color, and members of historically underrepresented groups. Santa Clara University will provide international sponsorship for non-US scholars. The University will provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability.
In accordance with the federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, the University annually collects and makes publicly available information about campus crimes and other reportable incidents (https://www.scu.edu/campus-safety/clery-act-compliance/).
Qualifications:
1. Ph.D. or equivalent degree or ABD (all but dissertation) in New Testament studies (or closely related field) required by the appointment start date of August 1, 2025.
2. Evidence of a strong agenda for scholarship and promise of excellent peer-reviewed publications in the area of expertise.
3. Evidence of effective and excellent teaching. Experience mentoring or directing graduate work is desirable.
Rank and Salary:
Tenure-track Assistant Professor
Competitive salary and benefits package; housing assistance program; relocation assistance available.
Starting Date:
August 1, 2025
Applications must include:
1. a cover letter that includes (a) a research agenda, (b) a statement of teaching philosophy, (c) a statement of commitment to working with people of diverse cultures and identities, and (d) the applicant’s understanding of their potential contribution to the mission of JST-SCU;
2. a curriculum vitae;
3. an example of scholarship (e.g., a published or in-press peer-reviewed article); and
4. syllabi and teaching evaluations from 1–3 courses taught.
Submit all application materials through the hiring portal at: https://wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recruiting/scu/scu/details/Assistant-Professor-of-New-Testament-at-JST_R5184?jobFamilyGroup=e834aa15daf9010b7a0b3994871b132d
Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2024 with the position remaining open until filled.
Candidates selected for first-round interviews will be asked to supply three letters of recommendation.