About the Department:

The Department of Religious Studies (https://religiousstudies.gmu.edu) is an interdisciplinary unit that offers an undergraduate major and minor in Religious Studies as well as minors in Islamic Studies and Judaic Studies. It also oversees a master’s concentration in Religious Studies. The department embraces a wide range of scholarship and pedagogy that reflects cultural and religious diversity and contributes to a broader understanding of the religious dimension in a global context.

The Department of Modern and Classical Languages (https://mcl.gmu.edu/about-the-department) is central to the multilingual and global community that distinguishes George Mason University. The Department offers a major and minor in many languages, including Korean. The Korean Studies Program (https://mcl.gmu.edu/about-the-department/korean) extends its academic scope and students’ learning by engaging in transnational collaboration with Mason Korea (https://masonkorea.gmu.edu), other units of the university, and local Korean American communities.

About the Position:

George Mason University’s Department of Religious Studies and Department of Modern and Classical Languages invites applicants for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor position to start in August 2025.

Responsibilities:

Research

• Maintains a research agenda and publication record at a rate appropriate for eventual tenure and promotion at an R1 university. 

Teaching 

• Teaches courses in English in the Department of Religious Studies and in Korean in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages; and
• Mentors and supervises undergraduate and graduate student researchers. 

Service 

• Provides service to departments and the college and university by participation on faculty committees. 

Required Qualifications:

• Terminal degree in a related field;
• Ph.D. in Religious Studies or closely-related field with a specialization in religious studies by time of appointment;
• Scholarship must focus on Korean religion and demonstrate methodological innovation and engagement with comparative, contemporary, and interdisciplinary perspectives;
• Must possess an emerging record of quality published research;
• Demonstrate potential for excellent teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels; and
• Ability to teach courses in Korean Studies in the Korean language.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active research agenda supported by a record of internal or external funding;
• Publication record that includes peer-reviewed journal articles or chapters that demonstrate scholarly excellence and interdisciplinary perspectives;
• Demonstrated excellence in teaching; and
• Prior experience with academic programming.

Instructions to Applicants: 

For full consideration, applicants must apply online by December 1, 2024 at http://jobs.gmu.edu for position number F9148Z. They must complete the faculty application, and attach a cover letter, Curriculum Vitae, writing sample, statement of their research and teaching philosophy (2 pages), and the names of three references. In the research and teaching philosophy statement, applicants should address teaching within the context of a majority minority student body.

Applications will be reviewed beginning on December 2, 2024, and continue until the position is filled. Candidates who are invited to proceed to a subsequent stage in the search process will be asked to arrange for three letters of reference. Inquiries about the position may be directed to the Search Committee Chair, Dr. Anne Schiller (schiller@gmu.edu).

Posting Open Date: October 25, 2024

For Full Consideration, Apply by:  December 1, 2024

Open Until Filled:  Yes