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Trauma and Resilience, Non-Tenure Track

Harrisonburg, VA 22802

Description

POSITION: Assistant or Associate Professor of Trauma and Resilience (non-tenure track) in the Seminary.

QUALIFICATIONS: PhD or PsyD with emphasis in trauma studies, including expertise in systemic oppression, racism and/or colonialism. Some theological study at the graduate level required. Some peace and conflict studies or related social sciences studies at the graduate level required. Graduate-level teaching experience and experience in ministry practice preferred. ABD candidates will be considered at the rank of instructor.

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Teach in the Seminary and Center for Justice and Peacebuilding graduate programs, including:
  • Formation in Narrative Identity and master’s elective in the Seminary program 
  • Trauma-Informed Spiritual Care in Doctor of Ministry in Peacemaking and Social Change and a course in Doctor of Ministry in Adaptive Leadership
  • Formation for Peacebuilding Practice and master’s elective in the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding program 
• Bring specific expertise and pursue research related to structural and historic harms, with attention to how race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, nationality and/or religion impact trauma and resilience
• Draw on insights from the neurobiology of trauma and strategies for resilience and integration, with contributions to the Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience training team 
• Engage in scholarship, teaching and practice at the intersection of theory and practice, grounded in diverse cultural perspectives and lived experiences, particularly those historically underrepresented in theological education and peacebuilding fields
• Facility with a variety of instructional modalities: semester-long residential, onsite intensive, synchronous online, hyflex and asynchronous teaching modalities
• Ongoing academic scholarship in trauma and resilience, including research collaborations with students, practitioners and colleagues at EMU and partner institutions
• Contribute to courses and training for the Seminary for Every Congregation, a shared initiative with Union Presbyterian Seminary and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, to bring trauma-informed theological education to congregations
• Provide faculty service to EMU at the departmental and university levels

Candidates will be considered whose portfolio of academic training, research, and experience in teaching and practice best align with the responsibilities listed above.

POSITION DETAILS: Nine-month contract. 24 semester hours per year. Salary determined by education and experience. 

• EMU emphasizes inclusive pedagogy that is reflective, trauma informed, and student centered
• EMU professors bring enthusiasm for the mentoring and holistic advising of a diverse student body 
• EMU seeks to create inclusive learning environments for students from a wide range of cultural, professional, and socio-political backgrounds
• This position requires integration of content with community contexts within and beyond faith-based settings.
• This continuing, full-time position is part of a new grant-funded collaboration among three seminaries.
• This is an on-campus position in Harrisonburg, Virginia with multiple teaching modalities, including a hyflex teaching format that incorporates on-campus students and online students.

APPOINTMENT DATE: Positions begin mid-August 2026. EMU reserves the right to fill the position at any time or keep the position open. 

INQUIRIES: Application review begins February 15, 2026 and is ongoing. Application materials, including cover letter, curriculum vitae, transcripts (unofficial acceptable) and contact information for three professional references should be submitted in the application. The cover letter should include information on how the candidate’s experience will contribute to the university’s mission, especially its strategic goals related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The final candidate will be required to provide official transcripts upon hire.

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Eastern Mennonite University (http://www.emu.edu) is a private, faith-based, liberal arts university in Harrisonburg, Virginia known for academic excellence and affordability with a focus on service, social justice, and global engagement. With more than 1500 students studying at our main campus in Harrisonburg, Virginia; at our Lancaster, Pennsylvania instructional site; and online, EMU offers rigorous academic study at the undergraduate and graduate level. EMU’s Seminary offers peace and justice-focused theological education in the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition at the master’s and doctoral levels, and EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding offers trauma-informed master’s degrees and its signature Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) program. 

EMU is committed to an inclusive and equitable campus community where everyone is treated with dignity and respect and can be their authentic self. Our goal is to remove the barriers that underrepresented and marginalized groups have frequently encountered in our society. We commit to address the structures that produce discrimination, racial injustice, gender inequities and other forms of oppression, and to fully include LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, and other members of historically minoritized communities.

EMU encourages students, faculty and staff to live their faith and values through service to others, peacemaking, cross-cultural engagement and sustainability. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, EMU is committed to enhancing our community and encourages applications from qualified individuals with varied backgrounds, experiences, and ideas who would deepen the diversity of the University.