Benefits

Regent offers a wide range of generous benefits including health, life and disability insurance; flexible spending accounts; tuition incentives; fully vested retirement plans; life and disability insurance options, time off, and more. All regular faculty and staff serving at Regent and working a minimum of 30 hours per week will receive an attractive benefits package.

Regent University’s School of Communication and the Arts invites applications for Chair of the Department of Music as a full-time senior-level professor; appointment rank will be dependent on experience and background. This position will be located at Regent University’s Virginia Beach, VA campus.

Music is a vibrant, growing field at Regent University. The Department of Music and Worship Arts features undergraduate degree programs in vocal performance, songwriting, worship leadership and technologies that span contemporary and classical forms and practice. The Chair of the department will teach undergraduate music courses, coordinate with programs across the university and in the community, and lead academic and co-curricular initiatives as the program grows into a next generation incubator for real-world training and cutting-edge performances.

Regent University is one of the nation’s leading academic centers for Christian thought and action, offering over 150 associate, bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees and enrolling more than 13,000 students worldwide. Regent offers high-quality, in-demand and affordable degree programs while remaining committed to its foundational mission to educate Christian leaders to change the world.

Qualifications: The successful candidate will be an entrepreneurial scholar holding an appropriate terminal degree. The ideal candidate will have a significant research and creative portfolio, evidence of successful undergraduate teaching, and a clear and compelling Christian commitment. Areas of accomplishment should include at least one of our expanding music programs, including but not limited to songwriting, worship leadership, worship technologies, and contemporary vocal performance.

Expectations include 1) a dedication to Christ-centered teaching and learning; 2) a record of or potential for academic scholarship; 3) the ability to teach undergraduate-level courses; 4) familiarity with online instructional technology; and 5) a willingness to embrace the College and University Identity and Mission statements and subscribe to a statement of Christian faith.

Please include a current CV that includes links to relevant music accomplishments, a letter of interest describing your practice and pedagogy, and three references with email address and phone numbers. At time of application please submit unofficial scans or copies of degree transcripts showing conferral dates. Official transcripts will be required if hired.

Appointment will begin July 1, 2025 or earlier. Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled.

Regent University does not discriminate in employment in its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, disability, age or veteran status. For full Non-Discrimination Policy click here.