Core Teaching Fellow

Location: Saint Anthony

Position Title:

Core Teaching Fellow

Job Description:

Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg Maryland is seeking to hire a full-time teaching fellow for its common, integrated, sequential interdisciplinary core curriculum. The positions will begin August 17, 2026. The fellowship will be renewable contingent upon satisfactory evaluations and budgetary conditions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The teaching load will be 4-3. The Fellow will teach in the Mount’s First Year Symposium, the introductory course in the Mount’s core curriculum. This course, which functions as students’ introduction to college level writing and research, draws on the reading of great authors to engage students in the questions, “What does it mean to be human? What does it take to live significantly?

And how are humans responsible to others?” As part of the duties of teaching this course, instructors also serve as students’ academic advisors during the freshman year.

The remaining load will be primarily in historical courses within the common, sequential core:
Origins of the West and Atlantic Encounters. Applications should explain how the candidate’s experience and specialties position them to teach courses to a broad variety of contemporary college undergraduates. Competency in teaching philosophy core classes are also welcome.

Job Requirements:

Education,

Experience and Skills:

Applicants should be ABD or have earned a PH.D.Please provide a cover letter addressing qualifications.

A curriculum vitaeA teaching philosophy statement

Teaching evaluations (if available)
Salary Range:

The salary estimate below reflects budgeted hiring averages and is provided for transparency. Final salary offers are competitive and determined based on discipline-specific market factors, qualifications, experience, and rank. In some cases, salaries may fall outside the listed averages.$50,000 depending on rank assigned.

Employee Benefits:

Mount St. Mary's University offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support employees and their families. Benefits include generous sick leave, comprehensive health insurance coverage, and an employer-sponsored retirement plan with a University contribution. Employees also have access to tuition remission opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate coursework. Eligible dependents may benefit from undergraduate tuition remission as well as participation in tuition exchange programs, which provide opportunities to pursue studies at hundreds of participating colleges and universities nationwide.

Additional benefits include flexible spending accounts, wellness resources, employee assistance programs, and a variety of campus community perks that contribute to a rewarding and supportive work environment. For a complete list of employee benefits, please visit: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..html

Full Time/Part Time:

Full time About UsMount St. Mary's University is a dynamic, Catholic, liberal arts university with over 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students, located in Emmitsburg, Maryland. As a Catholic university, Mount St. Mary’s graduates ethical leaders who are inspired by a passion for learning and lead lives of significance in service to God and others. The university is committed to excellence in its educational programs and employment practices;

we actively seek and welcome applications from candidates with exceptional qualifications, particularly those with demonstrable commitments to fostering an inclusive and welcoming society and world.
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