Lecturer

Job Description

100% Instructional Duties:

• Teach a specified number of either undergraduate or graduate courses per semester (online* or in-person).
• Prepare for and attend all class meetings. Develop assignments, design class activities, respond to and evaluate student work, assign grades, and provide timely feedback and instructor/student interaction.
• Hold regular office hours for students involved in classes taught. Three office hours each week are required. Be available for reasonable appointments if a student cannot meet during scheduled office hours.
• Adhere to departmental, college and university policies.

*While teaching online courses are part of the possible duties, there will also be a need to be available for instruction and meetings at the Lawrence, KS campus.

Required Qualifications

1. A graduate degree in English (M.A. or higher). Lecturers teaching undergraduate courses are required to have at least a Masters in the discipline; OR, if they hold a Masters degree in a discipline other than English, they must have a minimum of 18 graduate credit hours in the discipline or subfield in which they teach. Lecturers teaching graduate courses are required to have a Ph.D. in English.
2. A record of successful college-level teaching of English composition or critical reading and writing and have completed four years of relevant experience.