Tenure-Track, Assistant Professor in Environmental Humanities

Position Overview

The Environmental Arts and Humanities (EAH) program at the University of the South invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Environmental Humanities to begin in Fall 2027.

We welcome applications from teacher-scholars from across the humanities disciplines whose research engages with transdisciplinary approaches to the Environmental Humanities.

Position Appointment Details:

• Faculty
• Tenure-Track

Position Description

Environmental Arts and Humanities is one of six majors within Sewanee’s Integrated Program in the Environment. Sewanee’s Integrated Program in the Environment includes more than 40 faculty and staff whose teaching and research engage with environmental questions across the liberal arts curriculum. Our 13,000-acre campus, working farm, and thriving Office of Civic Engagement provide faculty with outstanding opportunities to engage in environmental, place-based, and community-engaged research and pedagogy.

The Environmental Arts and Humanities major is currently taught by faculty with expertise in areas including anthropology, art, art history, history, literary and cultural studies, performing arts, philosophy, political theory, and religious studies. We welcome candidates who would expand our base of expertise beyond our existing strengths, and whose scholarship speaks to both the humanities and arts.

Teaching responsibilities include core introductory and upper-level Environmental Arts and Humanities courses in addition to courses in the candidate’s area of scholarship that would enhance the EAH major and at least one other major or minor on campus. The University has a 3/2 teaching load.

Attributes of a Successful Candidate

We seek creative candidates with an interest in building connections across disciplines to support and expand the interdisciplinary Environmental Arts and Humanities major. Because this will be the first permanent faculty position appointed solely within the EAH Program, we are particularly interested in candidates who demonstrate past or ongoing curricular innovation, leadership, or creativity related to the Environmental Humanities.

The successful candidate will have taught in areas related to the Environmental Humanities and be enthusiastic about teaching and mentoring undergraduate students within the liberal arts tradition.

Supplemental Information

Instructions:
Applicants must submit a CV, cover letter, and the names of three people who have agreed to submit a letter of recommendation on your behalf. Applications should be submitted at https://jobs.sewanee.edu. Three letters of recommendation and a writing sample will be requested of applicants who proceed to the semi-finalist stage of the process.

For full consideration, please submit an application to https://jobs.sewanee.edu by October 1, 2026.

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The University of the South, familiarly known as “Sewanee,” is home to a nationally recognized College of Arts and Sciences and a School of Theology. Sewanee is distinguished by its dedication to cultivate academic excellence, community values, and environmental stewardship that produces informed, self-aware, and participatory citizens for our democracy and servant-leaders for the world. Nestled on 13,000 acres atop Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau, the University offers both a uniquely beautiful setting and convenient access to nearby cities—Chattanooga, Nashville, and Huntsville. The University is affiliated with the Episcopal Church and seeks to be a place where individuals from a variety of backgrounds and experiences find support, opportunity, and purpose.

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Equal Employment Opportunity
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