"Teaching Assistant in Public Health: AY 25-26, Includes Summer 2025 (Anticipated)"

Position Overview

Position title: Teaching Assistant

Salary range: See Table 18 for the salary range for this position. Salary is based on an annual full-time salary of $68,000.00. Teaching Assistants will not be appointed for more than 50% during the Fall and Spring semester.

Percent time: 25.00% - 50.00%

Anticipated start: Summer 2025 - May 15, 2025
Fall 2025 - August 18, 2025
Spring 2026 - January 1, 2026

Position duration: Duration may be up to one semester or a summer term.

Application Window

Open date: March 10, 2025

Most recent review date: Friday, Nov 7, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the search committee if the position has not yet been filled.

Final date: Monday, Mar 2, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Position Description

The School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts anticipates hiring Teaching Assistants for lower- and upper-division courses for Academic Year 2025-2026, including Summer Session 2025, in the following disciplines:

Public Health

The Teaching Assistant will be responsible for grading, attending lectures, leading discussion sections when appropriate and holding office hours. Additional information on the title is available at https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-410.pdf

The University of California Teaching Assistants are represented by the UAW-AFL-CIO. http://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/labor/bargaining-units/bx/index.html

Program: https://publichealth.ucmerced.edu/education/graduate-study

School: https://ssha-grad.ucmerced.edu/

Qualifications

Basic qualifications

Qualifications (must meet all listed qualifications):

• Bachelor's degree in the subject area or a related field
• Maintenance of a qualifying grade point average
• Academically eligible to hold the appointment (per UC Merced's Graduate Policies and Procedures Handbook)
• Must be a registered UC Merced graduate student in full-time residence (registered for 12 units per term appointed; for summer appointment registered in 12 units in the previous term; incoming students for summer appointment have submitted the Statement of Intent to Register)
• Must have passed an Oral English Proficiency Examination (if applicable)

Application Requirements

Document requirements

• Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

Apply link: https://aprecruit.ucmerced.edu/JPF01901

Help contact: pthao29@ucmerced.edu