Located in Berkeley, California, the Graduate Theological Union (GTU) is the largest and most
diverse partnership of seminaries and graduate schools in the United States, pursuin
interreligious collaboration in teaching, research, ministry, and service. Since its founding in
1962, the GTU has produced thousands of alumni who teach at eminent universities and
seminaries, lead and work in a broad variety of arenas – cultural, economic, inter-religious, nonprofit
and political – to achieve the greatest good.

PRIMARY POSITION PURPOSE AND EXPECTATIONS: In concert with the Bay Area Latter-day
Saint/Mormon Studies Council, GTU invites applications for a two-year term as Assistant
Professor of Latter-day Saint/Mormon Studies. This appointment will begin July 1, 2022, and
end on June 30, 2024, with the possibility of renewal. We seek an exceptional teacher-scholar
with interests that include, but are not restricted to, Latter-day Saint/Mormon Studies,
including the background, origins and history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
and the American Restoration movement out of which it emerged, Latter-day Saint scriptural
texts, Latter-day Saint/Mormon culture, and the global church.

Candidates should be conversant with relevant methodologies and theories, demonstrate
strong facility with biblical and restoration scriptures, and be able to position Latter-day
Saint/Mormon Studies within the Judeo-Christian tradition and American Religious history.
The successful candidate will work under the supervision of the Academic Dean and in concert
with the GTU Director of Latter-day Saint/Mormon Studies and the Bay Area Mormon Studies
Council. Duties include teaching two classes or their equivalent per semester, supporting the
general GTU academic program, working with other GTU centers and affiliates, cooperating
with other Mormon Studies Centers, and supporting the objectives and activities of the Bay
Area Mormon Studies Council. It is expected that candidates will have a devotional grounding
in the Latter-day Saint tradition.

GTU is committed to a diversified faculty. Persons from groups underrepresented in the
American academy are especially encouraged to apply.

The application deadline is January 7, 2022. Applicants should send application materials
electronically to the office of the GTU dean, in care of Sabrina Kennedy, skennedy@gtu.edu.
Materials should include a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, and three letters of
recommendation. For further questions on the position, please contact Interim Dean and VP for
Academic Affairs, Elizabeth Peña, epena@gtu.edu.

The Graduate Theological Union is an Equal Opportunity Employer.