"Instructor, Humanities and Religious Studies"

Job Summary

The Chabot College Community

Chabot College is committed to educational equity in its academic programs and college services so that students may achieve their personal, educational, and career goals. Our equity work today builds upon a strong history: the Puente and Umoja programs were first created at Chabot College, and have since been replicated across the state. These programs have paved the way for a series of additional educational and student support programs intentionally focused on equity that thrive at Chabot College today. Chabot College is located in Hayward, California, the third most diverse city in the United States. We serve a highly diverse student population and are proud to be designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution. Information about the demographics of our campus community can be found here.

Serving our diverse community requires a culturally-responsive approach that recognizes the myriad strengths and assets that our students bring to the campus community. We do so by promoting a classroom and co-curricular learning environment that is inclusive, collaborative, engaging, and challenging, and where respect, dignity, and integrity are core values. We see students as producers of knowledge, not just consumers of knowledge. We work to reframe inequities as a problem of practice, and view the elimination of inequities as an individual and institutional responsibility.

Joining Our College Community

We seek equity-minded applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits diversity brings to an educational community. We look for applicants who:

1. Value and intentionally promote diversity and consciousness of difference
2. Demonstrate cultural humility and an ongoing desire to improve cultural competence
3. Are dedicated to addressing issues of social justice
4. Accept their shared role and responsibility in addressing opportunity and achievement gaps experienced by students
5. Have experience and success in closing student equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices, or are knowledgeable and enthusiastic about implementing practices that achieve these goals
6. Actively seek to identify, disrupt, and remove institutional and/or systemic barriers that adversely impact historically marginalized communities
7. Empower the underrepresented and underserved
8. Foster students’ potential to become global citizens and socially responsible leaders
9. Believe that all people have the right to an education and work environment free from fear, harassment, or discrimination

The Chabot-Las Positas Community College District is seeking an Instructor, Humanities and Religious Studies at Chabot College in Hayward, CA.

This position reports directly to the Division Dean.

Representative Duties:

1. Ability to administer and coordinate a successful humanities and religious studies program including student advising, accreditation standards, and student learning outcomes;
2. Ability to teach both in person and online, including asynchronous and synchronous formats.
3. Ability to adapt instructional techniques to accommodate varied learning styles and abilities, including distance learning.
4. Participation in campus professional activities that include, but are not limited to, development of curriculum and new instructional approaches, committee membership, staff meetings and community outreach.
5. Ability to design curriculum, programs, certificates, and degrees in humanities and religious studies;
6. Ability to collegially and cooperatively work and interface with faculty, staff, students, and administrators in a shared-governance organization;
7. Knowledge of teaching methods appropriate to the college and/or adult level;
8. Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing;
9. Ability to teach late afternoons, evenings, weekends, online and/or offsite in support of program needs and class scheduling as assigned by school administration;
10. Ability to recruit, retain and advise/mentor students.
11. Evidence of a sensitivity to and an understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, including those with physical or learning disabilities.

Minimum Education and Experience:

Master’s in humanities

AND

Master’s in religious studies, theology, or philosophy OR Bachelor’s in any of the above AND Master’s in humanities

OR the equivalent.

You must upload all applicable transcripts, credentials, and/or certificates required to meet minimum qualification for the position for which you are applying. Any degrees earned outside the United States must have an official US Evaluation (course by course) of the transcripts and must be submitted with the application. The US evaluation must be done by a member of the NACES (https://www.naces.org/members). In the case that the file you are uploading is too large or you do not have the transcripts readily available, please upload a document in place stating you will be sending the documents to the CLPCCD District Office, Office of Human Resources, 7600 Dublin Boulevard, 3rd Floor, and Dublin, CA 94568 or by fax (925) 485-5254 by the closing date.

*Degrees in Progress: To be conferred on or before July 1, 2026 will be considered, provided that the applicant also submits (1) an up-to-date transcript, (2) a photocopy of the degree requirement from the school catalog, and (3) proof of current course(s) and enrollment. Please provide your explanation and background material by using the optional document upload called “Other Document”. If you are unable to upload the above, please upload a document in its place and state you will be sending the documents to the Office of Human Resources, 7600 Dublin Boulevard, 3rd Floor, Dublin, CA 94568, by 5:00 p.m. (PST) on the closing date.

Applicants applying under the “Equivalent provision” must provide details that explain at time of application how their academic preparation is the equivalent of the degree listed above. Please provide your explanation by using the optional document upload called “Equivalency Statement”.

Minimum Qualifications:

Evidence of a sensitivity to and an understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, including those with physical or learning disabilities.

Desirable Qualifications:

1. Demonstrated excellence in teaching community college humanities courses, especially World Mythology, American Humanities, and Humanities through Film;
2. Demonstrated excellence in teaching community college religious studies courses, especially World Religions and Religions of Asia.

Job Work Schedule:

This position is full-time, tenure track, beginning Fall 2026. Employment will begin on or about August 20, 2026.

Physical Demands and Working Environment:

INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES WHO ARE UNABLE TO CARRY OUT THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES OF THE POSITION WILL RECEIVE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS TO ENABLE THEM TO PERFORM THE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE POSITION.

Posting Number: F170P
Open Date: 01/08/2026
Close Date: 03/02/2026
Open Until Filled: No