Assistant Professor (Classics and Religious Studies)

Assistant Professor (Classics and Religious Studies)

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Position Type: Faculty Full Time

Campus: UMass Boston

Department: Classics and Religious Studies

Pay Grade: 03

Date opened: 31 Jul 2025 Eastern Daylight Time

Applications close:

The Department of Classics and Religious Studies Boston invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor position to join our faculty beginning September 1, 2026. Applicants should have a PhD in Classics, and a demonstrable interest in spoken ancient Greek or Latin and Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and the application of the latter to ancient language pedagogy. The candidate will have an interest in outreach to schools, an ability to oversee teaching practica, and consonant with these interests, be ready to teach graduate-level and undergraduate courses in the Classics and Religious Studies Department. The successful candidate will also contribute to interdisciplinary teaching in the College of Liberal Arts in Second Language Acquisition by collaborating with departments that specialize in modern languages such as Latin American and Iberian Studies, Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, and Applied Linguistics.

The research specialization is open within the broad discipline of Classics, but the department will give priority to candidates whose research complements current faculty research and which allows them to collaborate with other departments and potentially cross-list courses with them, either in SLA, reception, or digital humanities and the application of large language models to research in Classical languages, pedagogies, and literatures.

The appointment requires completion of the doctoral degree no later than August 31, 2026.

Application instructions: All applications must be submitted online at Please submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, a sample of completed work, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and three recommendations, which address the candidate’s teaching and research.

The review of applications will begin on November 15, 2025. Please direct any inquiries to the search chair, Peter Barrios‑Lech, at [email protected].

UMass Boston expects to pay within an approximate range between $80,000 and $83,300 for this position. The specific pay for this position will be determined by the University based on the consideration of all relevant factors when and if it decides to extend an offer of employment. Exceptional candidates may be considered for salaries above the published range to ensure competitiveness within the academic market.

All official salary offers must be approved by Human Resources.

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