Location: New Rochelle,NY, USA
Job Details
Job Location: New Rochelle - New Rochelle, NY
Position Type: Part Time
Education Level: Masters Degree
Salary Range: Undisclosed
Description
The Religious Studies department at Iona University seeks to hire Adjunct instructors for Fall 2024 to teach two sections of the course RST 317--The American Religious Experience, and one section of the course RST 328--The Religious Imagination. Course descriptions and section timings are provided below. Note that there is flexibility regarding content, structure, and evaluation. Preference will be given to applicants with experience in teaching similar courses. For candidates applying to teach The American Religious Experience, preference will be given to those able to teach both sections of the course, and with expertise in Native American Religiosity/Indigenous Religious Traditions of the Americas. All sections are capped at 26 students. Minimum qualification for all applicants: Masters Degree.
The American Religious Experience. Course description:
A study of the mutual interaction of religion and American culture, which has given rise to a unique variety of religious leaders and expressions. Topics to be considered include the Puritan ethos in American history and literature, the concerns and conflicts of various immigrant groups, civic religion; pluralism and American culture, church - state relations.
Section timings:
* Mondays & Wednesdays, 8:00AM - 9:18AM
* Mondays & Wednesdays, 9:30AM-10:48AM
The Religious Imagination. Course Description:
This course explores the myriad ways that human beings have encountered the sacred as an alluring yet perplexing horizon of existence. The course examines the rich variety of such encounters as they have been expressed across history and cultures. Students will also explore how our ideas of the self, society, and the cosmos are shaped by the religious imagination.
Section timings:
* Mondays & Wednesdays, 3:30PM-4:48PM
Qualifications
About Iona University/EEO language
Founded in 1940, Iona University is a master's-granting private, Catholic, coeducational institution of learning in the tradition of the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers. Iona's 45-acre New Rochelle campus and 28-acre Bronxville campus are just 20 miles north of Midtown Manhattan. With a total enrollment of nearly 4,000 students and an alumni base of more than 50,000 around the world, Iona is a diverse community of learners and scholars dedicated to academic excellence and the values of justice, peace and service. Iona is highly accredited, offering undergraduate degrees in liberal arts, science, nursing, and business administration, as well as Master of Arts, Master of Science, and Master of Business Administration degrees and numerous advanced certificate programs. Iona students enjoy small class sizes, engaged professors and a wide array of academic programs across the School of Arts & Science; LaPenta School of Business; NewYork-Presbyterian Iona School of Health Sciences; and Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Iona is widely recognized in prestigious rankings, including The Princeton Review's 2024 national list of The Best 389 Colleges and The Wall Street Journal/College Pulse's 2024 Best Colleges in America, which ranked Iona at #66 in the nation overall and #8 in the nation among Catholic schools. Iona's LaPenta School of Business is also accredited AACSB International, a recognition awarded to just 6 percent of business schools worldwide.
Iona offers a comprehensive benefits package to all full-time employees that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement plans; life insurance; short and long-term disability; employee assistance program (EAP); tuition remission; and generous time off. For more information on our benefits and working at Iona visit the Human Resources section of our website.
Iona University values and celebrates diversity and is committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all of our employees and does not tolerate discrimination based on any legally protected characteristic under applicable federal, state, or local laws. As an equal opportunity employer, Iona University encourages applications from qualified candidates who reflect the wider world in which we live, and in particular from historically underrepresented groups.