Percent time: Positions may range from 8% to 100% time during the academic year, while summer appointments are handled on a by-agreement basis.
Anticipated start: Positions usually start at the beginning of the semester (in mid-January for Spring Semester; in mid-August for Fall Semester). Summer appointments begin in late May and run into early August.
Review timeline: Appointments for fall semester are usually reviewed in April and May, and in October and November for spring course needs, and summer course needs in March and April.
Position duration: Semesters or Summer Sessions
Position description
Lecturer - Global Poverty and Practice Minor - ISSP, College of Letters & Science, University of California, Berkeley
The Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Program (ISSP) at the University of California, Berkeley seeks applications for a temporary lecturer to teach interdisciplinary core courses serving the Global Poverty and Practice (GPP) Minor.
DUTIES OF THE POSITION: Teaching one or more of the following courses related to Global Poverty:
- Global Poverty: Challenges and Hopes (Lecture)
- Ethics, Methods, and Pragmatics of Global Practice (Seminar)
- Global Poverty and Practice Capstone Reflection (Seminar)
In addition to teaching responsibilities, general duties may include holding office hours, assigning grades, advising students, preparing course materials (e.g. syllabus), writing exams, interacting with students outside of class time via email and/or a course web site, and managing teaching assistants.
Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application): PhD (or equivalent international degree), or enrolled in PhD or equivalent international degree-granting program at the time of application.
Additional qualifications (required at time of start): By position start date: PhD (or equivalent international degree). At least one year of experience teaching college-level courses.
Preferred qualifications: Teaching experience in the fields of global development, poverty/inequality, and/or poverty alleviation.
