A liberal arts college affiliated with the Lutheran Church (ELCA), St. Olaf College is an equal opportunity employer and actively seeks diversity in its students, faculty and staff.  We are especially interested in candidates who will support and further the mission of our diverse community.

 

 

Faculty Postings

  • Faculty: Full-time Tenure Track

    • Curator of Hong Kierkegaard Library 2022-23

      Job Category: Faculty: Full-time Tenure Track
      Department: Philosophy
      Position Summary:

      The Department of Philosophy at St. Olaf College invites applications for Curator of the Howard V. and Edna H. Hong Kierkegaard Library. The Curator’s primary responsibilities are to promote scholarship on Kierkegaard, provide leadership for the Library’s programming, and oversee the Library’s collection. This is a full-time, tenure track position in Philosophy at the rank of Associate Professor to begin August 2022. 

    • Dance Tenure Track 2022-23

      Job Category: Faculty: Full-time Tenure Track
      Department: Dance
      Position Summary:

      The Department of Dance at St. Olaf College invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position in Dance at the Assistant Professor level to begin August 2022. We are looking for an innovative, versatile teacher and artist scholar with depth and breadth of experience in African/African Diasporic dance theory and practice and evidence of integrating these into their teaching and research. The candidate will mentor undergraduate students academically and artistically, as well as stage choreographic and performance works for a varied student body. MFA in Dance or Ph.D. in Dance or a related field in hand or near completion by start of appointment.

       

    • Endowed Kierkegaard Chair 2022-23

      Job Category: Faculty: Full-time Tenure Track
      Department: Philosophy
      Position Summary:

      The Department of Philosophy at St. Olaf College invites applications for the Endowed Kierkegaard Chair in Christian Philosophy. This is a full-time, tenure track position in Philosophy at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor to begin August 2022. 

    • European History Tenure Track 2022-23

      Job Category: Faculty: Full-time Tenure Track
      Department: History
      Position Summary:

      The Department of History at St Olaf College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track assistant professorship in European History since 1400 with a preferred specialization in Western European history. We seek to build on our department’s existing strengths in the histories of Latin America, Africa, East Asia and the Atlantic World by attracting applicants whose research and teaching emphasizes imperialism, emigration into (and inside of) Europe by traditionally under-represented groups, transnational and borderland identity, environment, or trade.

    • Judaic Studies Tenure Track 2022-23

      Job Category: Faculty: Full-time Tenure Track
      Department: Religion
      Position Summary:

      The Department of Religion at St. Olaf College invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position in Judaic Studies at the Assistant Professor level to begin August 2022. 

    • Mathematics Tenure Track 2022-23

      Job Category: Faculty: Full-time Tenure Track
      Department: Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science
      Position Summary:
      The Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science (MSCS) at St. Olaf College invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position in Mathematics with a speciality in Algebra or related field at the Assistant Professor level to begin August 2022. We seek candidates with a strong desire for supporting a thriving, active, and diverse undergraduate mathematics program within a liberal arts college.
       

    • Spanish Tenure Track 2022-23

      Job Category: Faculty: Full-time Tenure Track
      Department: Romance Languages
      Position Summary:

      The Department of Romance Languages at St. Olaf College invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position in Spanish at the Assistant Professor level to begin August 2022. We are looking for candidates who will have completed their Ph.D in Literature and/or Cultural Studies with a focus on Mexico by the time of appointment. 

    • Tenure Track Orchestra Conductor 2022-23

      Job Category: Faculty: Full-time Tenure Track
      Department: Music
      Position Summary:

      The St. Olaf College Department of Music invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position as Conductor of the St. Olaf Orchestra at the Assistant or Associate Professor level to begin August 2022. Other duties, described below, will be assigned depending on the qualifications of the successful candidate. 

  • Faculty: Full-time Term position

    • Norwegian One-Year Term Faculty Position

      Job Category: Faculty: Full-time Term position
      Department: Norwegian
      Position Summary:

      The Department of Norweigian at St. Olaf College invites applications for a full-time, one-year position at the level of Instructor or Assistant Professor, to begin August 2022. Teaching responsibilities include Norwegian language courses at the first and second semester level, and the possibility of teaching a topics course in English.