Full-Time Lecturer, ASLD (1 to 3-academic year(s) appointment, renewable)

Position

Full-Time Lecturer, ASLD (1 to 3-academic year(s) appointment, renewable)

Job No: 554406

Work Type: Instructional Faculty - Temporary/Lecturer

Location: Southern California: Long Beach

Effective Date: August 17, 2026 (Fall Semester)

Salary Range: The Full-Time Lecturer B (Academic Year) classification salary is $74,652 to $158,688 per academic year (paid as 12 monthly payments). The anticipated hiring range is $85,008 to $90,000 per year. Salary offered is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Application Deadline: Review of applications to begin March 2, 2026. Position opened until filled (or recruitment canceled).

Required Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in the related areas of Sign Linguistics, Sign Language Interpreting, Translation Studies, Deaf Studies, Disability Studies, or a similar discipline.
• Demonstrated excellence in teaching
• Demonstrated effectiveness with student engagement
• Demonstrated fluency in ASL, signing skills like a Native ASL signer or native-like
• Demonstrated commitment to working successfully with a diverse student population, including low socioeconomic and first-generation students

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ph.D. or Ed.D. with specialization in Sign Linguistics, Sign Language Interpreting, Translation Studies, Deaf Studies, Disability Studies, or a related discipline. Degree at time of application or official notification of completion of the doctoral degree by August 1, 2026.
• Demonstrated excellence in effective teaching of undergraduate students in Sign Language Interpreting and Deaf multicultural contents.
• Demonstrated potential for research, scholarly and creative activities, focused on local, national, and/or global deaf sign languages and d/Deaf identities and cultures.
• Ability to work well with existing linguistic and ASLD faculty members.
• Demonstrated past collaboration(s) with local, and/or national and/or global d/Deaf communities.
• Experience successfully working with populations demographically and/or socioeconomically similar to the CSULB student body.
• Experience mentoring or supporting students using inclusive and culturally relevant teaching strategies in a diverse classroom.

Duties:

• Teach any, but not limited to, of the following courses: ASL Linguistics, Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Interpreting and Ethics courses, Practicum, (Interpreting) Exam Preparation, ASL 1-4 levels, ASL Literature and Poetry, American Deaf Cultures, Sign Language Sociolinguistics, Critical Deaf and Disability Studies, and/or Global Deaf Cultures and Languages. (Mode of instruction may include in-person, hybrid, online, and/or any combination thereof.)
• Teach any ASLD course in the language of ASL
• Engage in appropriate departmental, college, university, and community service
• Work within the ASLD program with existing faculty to connect with, and to build relationships with local, national, and/or global d/Deaf communities
• Lead possible student research projects
• Share possible responsibilities as a Faculty Advisor to consult students majoring or minoring in the ASLD program
• Share possible responsibilities to lead a student organization affiliated to the ASLD program and to outreach in local D/deaf and signing communities