Adjunct Professor​/Teaching - Divinity School

Overview

Job Title: P/T Adjunct Professor/Teaching Position - Shaw University Divinity School

Job Category: Faculty

Requisition Number: PTADJ
001726

Location: Shaw University Divinity School (SUDS) – Online/Various modalities

Job Summary:

Shaw University Divinity School (SUDS) invites qualified, visionary applicants to serve as part-time Adjunct Professors for online instruction in both degree and non-degree programs. The school is expanding its theological education and professional development programs and seeks committed scholar-practitioners who are passionate about innovative theological education, engaging multi-vocational ministry practitioners, and developing dynamic and flexible learning experiences. Applicants must be able to develop and teach degree and non-degree courses for students and post-graduate professionals in traditional and non-traditional learning formats.

• Adjunct Professors will teach courses across various theological and ministerial subjects, build relationships with prospective students through outreach and recruitment events, and design robust, adaptable syllabi to serve diverse learning cohorts.
• Shaw University Divinity School equips emerging leaders to integrate faith and vocational callings across multiple sectors. It prepares students for bi-vocational and specialized ministries in churches, nonprofits, education, healthcare, the arts, and other public and private domains. We seek individuals who want to invest in a curricular approach that promotes theological depth, ethical leadership, and community impact in topics including the following.
• Topics include: classical studies in contemporary ministry and traditional theological disciplines;
  Faith in Action:
  Church Leadership for Community Transformation (MIC 504);
  Nonprofit Leadership and Spiritual Innovation (THE 590);
  Compassion in Practice:
  Health and Human Services in Faith Communities (MIC 503);
  Teaching Across Generations:
  Education for Today s Church (CED 502);
  Healing and Wholeness:
  Faith, Culture, and Public Health (MIC 510);
  Creative Worship:
  Theology, Arts, and Spiritual Formation (PWS 521);
  Faith-Driven Change:
  Action Research in Ministry Contexts (MIC 512);
  Healing the Broken:
  Trauma-Informed Leadership and Pastoral Care (MIC 524);
  Liberating the Disenfranchised:
  Culturally Responsive Counseling (PPC 531);
  Faith on the Frontline:
  Congregational Praxis and Social Innovation (MIN 504);
  Prophetic Economics:
  Ministry for Political and Economic Justice (RSO 504);
  Faith-Based Management:
  Church and Organizational Administration (ADM 501).

• Online Instruction: Deliver high-quality online instruction in assigned courses (degree and non-degree) following the School s academic and pedagogical standards.
• Syllabus and Curriculum Development: Create comprehensive syllabi aligned with program learning outcomes, including multi-tiered formats to accommodate traditional, accelerated, and modular class structures. Update course content regularly to ensure relevance to contemporary ministry contexts.
• Student Engagement and Advisement: Maintain active communication with students throughout the course duration. Provide timely, constructive feedback. Foster online classroom communities that support peer learning and critical theological reflection.
• Prospective Student Engagement: Attend and participate in online and in-person prospective student events, open houses, webinars, and conferences as a faculty representative. Offer subject matter insights to assist prospective students in understanding program offerings.
• Innovative Learning Opportunities: Develop non-traditional learning modules (e.g., practicums, case studies, service-learning projects, ministry-based field assignments) that bridge academic study with real-world, multi-vocational ministry applications.
• Assessment and Reporting: Evaluate student learning outcomes using prescribed rubrics and submit grades and required assessment data by deadlines. Participate in programmatic reviews and course improvement initiatives.

Additional responsibilities include demonstrating acceptance and support of the University s…