Teaching Professor of General Education - Humanities Focus

About the role

SFBU invites applications for a Full-Time Professor of General Education who can teach across multiple transdisciplinary courses on leadership, social sciences, and the humanities within our Agility Praxis Pathway Core Curriculum. The successful candidate will contribute to the assessment, continuous improvement, and maturity of APP courses. Through their leadership, APP faculty will help ensure fidelity to the course design and that the embedded core student identities of Tenacious Leader, Interpersonally Gifted, Global Navigator, Tech Trendsetter, and Enlightened Thinker, as well as the behavioral indicators associated with each competency, are being delivered through carefully curated and highly experiential classroom learning environments.

Responsibilities

• Deliver APP courses in alignment with SFBU’s teaching vision, emphasizing personalized, experiential, relational, and student-centered learning.
• Actively participate in CEPI-led faculty development workshops, trainings, and learning communities, and apply insights to enhance teaching effectiveness and classroom impact.
• Foster a supportive, engaging, experiential, and inclusive classroom environment.
• Teach 9 courses per academic year across fall, spring, and summer terms (3-4 courses per term; classes capped at 20 students).
• Make real-time adjustments to SFBU’s proprietary artificial intelligence tutors with APP course material and student learning dashboard data.
• Collaborate with the Provost, VP of Strategy and Innovation, Associate Provost, Chief Learning Officer, APP Curriculum Architect, and other key constituents to ensure fidelity with the APP program design.
• Assist with the hiring, training, and oversight of adjunct faculty working within the APP curriculum.
• Participate in curriculum review, program assessment, and accreditation efforts.
• Serve on academic and institutional committees.
• Remain current with developments in innovative pedagogy and best practices in general education through ongoing professional development.

Required Qualifications

• Masters with significant expertise in a liberal arts, humanities, and social sciences discipline.
• Demonstrated excellence in teaching through innovative, student-centered pedagogies that are not primarily lecture-based.
• Experience teaching in diverse, student-centered environments.
• Authorized to work in the U.S.

Preferred Qualifications

• Doctorate with significant expertise in a humanities or humanistic social sciences discipline in the context of higher education.
• Nationally recognized expertise in innovative general education design and delivery.
• Experience hiring and managing adjunct faculty.
• Experience with the meaningful infusion of GenAl in general education courses.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional development and conference participation.
• Dynamic academic community and small class sizes.

Application Instructions

Applicants should submit the following materials:

• A detailed cover letter that describes their qualifications and interest in teaching the APP curriculum. The letter should specifically address their approach to teaching general education courses in ways that comport with SFBU’s pedagogical framework, which commits to pedagogies that are Personalized, Experiential, Relational, and Student-Centered (PERS). Applicants are further encouraged to reflect on their commitment to continuous improvement as an educator, including their willingness to participate in faculty development initiatives that emphasize innovation in pedagogy, course content, and assessment design.
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Applications will be reviewed immediately and will continue until the position is filled. We aim to onboard the successful candidate(s) in July/August 2026. Please address any question regarding this position to the Chair of the Search Committee, Dr. Xuenan Cao, xuenan.cao@sfbu.edu.