Program Director, Ed.D Artificial Intelligence & Moral Agency; ShawU Divinity

The Program Director of the Doctor of Education in Artificial Intelligence and Moral Agency must be able to lead with expertise in ethics and or Artificial Intelligence with a grounding in Theological Studies. Reporting to the Dean of the Divinity School, The Program Director provides academic leadership and day-to-day administrative oversight for the EdD in Artificial Intelligence and Moral Agency, SUDS's first doctoral-level offering.

This person sets the academic vision for the program in partnership with the Dean, ensures the curriculum (theological ethics foundations in Year 1, AI applications and human agency in Year 2, research methods and colloquy in Year 3, and dissertation research in Year
4) is delivered with rigor, and personally teaches, advises, and chairs dissertations within a cohort model designed for bi-vocational adult learners. Because this is a launch-phase program, the Director will also help build the infrastructure, faculty bench, and external partnerships (e.g., with AI-ethics centers and technical institutions) that the degree will depend on for the next several admissions cycles.

• Provide overall academic leadership for the EdD program, including curriculum oversight, learning outcomes, and program review in coordination with the Dean and institutional accreditation requirements.
• Recruit, mentor, and evaluate full-time and adjunct faculty teaching in the program; build a roster of instructors with combined strength in theological ethics and AI literacy.
• Teach assigned doctoral seminars and chair or serve on dissertation committees.
• Oversee admissions review for the program in partnership with the Admissions Office, applying the program's criteria (graduate theological degree, five years of bi-vocational leadership experience, GPA/equivalency standards).
• Coordinate the three-year residency sequence and annual cohort colloquy, including scheduling, faculty assignments, and student progress tracking toward the 45-credit (36 coursework plus 9 dissertation) requirement.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for prospective students, partner institutions, and accreditation bodies regarding the EdD program.
• Develop and manage the program budget, including faculty contracts, library/AI-tool licensing, and conference or professional-development support for faculty and students.
• Build and maintain relationships with AI-ethics research centers, technology partners, and continuing-education providers (e.g., for faculty AI-ethics certification) to keep curriculum current.
• Represent the program at conferences, denominational meetings, and academic associations relevant to theological education and AI ethics.
• Other duties as assigned.

FT Faculty, PT-Adjunct Faculty

• Earned doctorate (PhD, ThD, EdD, or DMin) in theology, religious studies, Christian ethics, or a closely related field.
• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in theological or graduate higher education, including teaching at the graduate level.
• Demonstrated experience advising, mentoring, or chairing graduate-level research or dissertations.
• Working knowledge of core AI ethics concepts and frameworks (e.g., algorithmic fairness, bias and discrimination, accountability and transparency standards such as the NIST AI Risk Management Framework) sufficient to guide curriculum and faculty hiring, or a documented plan to acquire this through certificate study.
• Demonstrated understanding of, and respect for, bi-vocational and pastoral ministry contexts and the needs of adult professional learners.
• Strong organizational, budgetary, and personnel-management skills appropriate to launching and sustaining a new…