Program Director, Ed.D. - Artificial Intelligence & Moral Agency (ShawU Divinity School)
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Lead the EdD in Artificial Intelligence and Moral Agency by setting academic vision, overseeing curriculum delivery across four years, and personally teaching seminars while advising students and chairing dissertations. Recruit, mentor, and evaluate full-time and adjunct faculty; build the faculty bench and external partnerships with AI-ethics centers and technical institutions. Manage the program budget, coordinate the three-year residency sequence, and oversee admissions review applying specific criteria for bi-vocational adult learners. Serve as the primary contact for prospective students, partner institutions, and accreditation bodies. Report to the Dean of the Divinity School at Shaw University.
Required Qualifications
- Earned doctorate (PhD, ThD, EdD, or DMin) in theology, religious studies, Christian ethics, or a closely related field.
- A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in theological or graduate higher education, including teaching at the graduate level.
- Demonstrated experience advising, mentoring, or chairing graduate-level research or dissertations.
- Working knowledge of core AI ethics concepts and frameworks (e.g., algorithmic fairness, bias and discrimination, accountability and transparency standards such as the NIST AI Risk Management Framework) sufficient to guide curriculum and faculty hiring, or a documented plan to acquire this through certificate study.
- Demonstrated understanding of, and respect for, bi-vocational and pastoral ministry contexts and the needs of adult professional learners.
- Strong organizational, budgetary, and personnel-management skills appropriate to launching and sustaining a new doctoral program.
- Must have a philosophy that is consistent with the Mission, Vision and Core Values of the organization.
- Vision, commitment, and experience in achieving goals and pursuing excellence is critical: ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a dynamic and demanding environment.
- Must have strong verbal and written communication and organizational skills.
- Proven ability to manage multiple complex assignments with sensitivity to deadlines, priorities, and changing circumstances.
- demonstrated professional work ethic and positive, problem-solving attitude.
- Must be able to read, write and speak fluently in English.
- Ability to sit or stand for up to 8 hours/day.
- Some lifting (up to 25 pounds occasionally), bending, and carrying.
- The employee is regularly required to talk and hear, and to use hands and fingers to handle or feel.
Desired Qualifications
- Professional experience outside a formal religious setting (e.g., healthcare, education, criminal justice, technology, public policy, or nonprofit leadership) that informs an applied, interdisciplinary approach to AI ethics.
- Record of scholarly publication or conference presentation in theological ethics, AI ethics, or a related interdisciplinary field (e.g., in venues such as Journal of Religion and Health, AI and Ethics, Journal of Moral Theology, or at conferences such as AIES or FAccT).
- Completed certificate, fellowship, or coursework in AI ethics or related technology policy from a recognized institution.
- Ordination, commissioning, or comparable standing within a faith community.
- Experience with online or hybrid doctoral program delivery and learning-management systems.
- Experience building external partnerships with research centers, denominational bodies, or industry organizations.
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