"Teaching Fellow in Psychological Sciences: AY 25-26, Includes Summer 2025 (Anticipated)"

Position overview

Position title: Teaching Fellow

Salary range: See Table 18 for the salary range for this position. Salary is based on an annual full-time salary of $80,712.00. Teaching Fellows 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: Tuesday, Nov 18, 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)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Position description

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

Psychological Sciences

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

Program: https://psychology.ucmerced.edu/graduate-program

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)

Additional qualifications

Teaching Fellows must be advanced to candidacy for the Ph.D.

Application Requirements

Document requirements

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

Apply link: https://aprecruit.ucmerced.edu/JPF01907

Help contact: pthao29@ucmerced.edu