Barbara Reardon Heaney Chair in Catholic Intellectual Life and Culture - Assistant Prof or Professor

Associate Professor or Professor - Barbara Reardon Heaney Chair in Catholic Intellectual Life and Culture

Creighton University invites applications and for the distinguished position of the Barbara Reardon Heaney Chair in Catholic Intellectual Life and Culture. The position is open to scholars from any discipline represented among those of Creighton’s College of Arts and Sciences. The Chair will play a vital role in advancing scholarship, teaching, and programming related to Catholic Intellectual Tradition and Catholic Culture at Creighton University. Honoring the legacy of Barbara Reardon Heaney, the next chairholder will demonstrate an abiding commitment to social justice aligned with the Jesuit charisms. Preference will be given to candidates with a demonstrated record of engaging students with issues of social justice. The successful candidate will be appointed in the appropriate department in Creighton’s College of Arts and Sciences at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor with a 2/1 teaching load.

Position Responsibilities

The Successful candidate will be expected to contribute in the following ways:

• Promote Catholic intellectual life and studies
• Foster Catholic culture, including the roles of liturgy, prayer, spiritualty, vocations, service, and leadership
• Cultivate the practice of discernment, the Spiritual Exercises, and other values and ideals of the Society of Jesus
• Explore the implications and influences of a life of faith upon our social, political, environmental, and economic realities
• Espouse the Jesuit higher education ideal of the service of faith and the promotion of justice

Qualifications

Required Qualifications (required at time of application)

• Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree in a relevant discipline represented within Creighton's College of Arts and Sciences, with a record of scholarship that meaningfully engages Catholic intellectual life and culture, the Catholic intellectual tradition, or related questions of faith, ethics, history, philosophy, literature, art, culture, or social justice.
• Strong record of scholarly achievement in the field of Catholic Intellectual Life and Culture appropriate for appointment at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor
• Robust research trajectory and evidence of active participation in scholarly activities in support of Catholic Intellectual Life and Culture
• Demonstrated excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching and ability to develop and teach a range of courses exploring Catholic Intellectual Life and Culture
• Demonstrated record of curricular and co-curricular initiatives dedicated to engaging students with social justice
• Commitment to Creighton's Jesuit and Catholic mission

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to engage diverse audiences in meaningful dialogue about Catholic Intellectual Life and Culture
• Experience with community engagement fostering the development of Catholic Culture
• Capacity to contribute to interdisciplinary initiatives at Creighton supporting the study of Catholic Intellectual Life and Culture

Application Instructions

Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2026 and will continue until the position is filled.