Instructor Pool - Political Science
Listed on 2026-01-01
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Education / Teaching
University Professor, Academic
Instructor Pool - 2025/2026:
Political Science
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Political Science role at Oregon State University
Political Science
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Political Science role at Oregon State University
Position Details
Position Information
Department Acad Prog / Student Aff (LCB)
Position Title Instructor
Job Title Instructor Pool - 2025/2026:
Political Science
Appointment Type Academic Faculty
Job Location Bend
Benefits Eligible Dependent:
Hours Worked/Duration
Remote or Hybrid option?
Job Summary
The Social Sciences Program at OSU
-Cascades in Bend, Oregon, invites applications for one or more fixed-term, non-tenure-track full/part-time Instructor positions to teach on a term by term basis for the academic year. Some of these appointments may be reviewed for renewal or transition to an instructional position on an annual basis at the discretion of the Dean of Academic Affairs.
Applications will be considered throughout the 2025/2026 academic year as opportunities become available.
This position is located in Bend, Oregon.
Instructors may be needed to teach on campus undergraduate courses in the following area(s):
Political Science. If hired into a term-appointment, the anticipated start dates are September 16, 2025, December 16, 2025, or March 16, 2026.
The primary mission of the Social Sciences Program at OSU
-Cascades is to provide undergraduate level education and the curriculum encompasses most standard fields of the discipline. This position is designed to foster critical thinking, advance student’s knowledge and skills through the teaching of various discipline/courses. The incumbent(s) are expected to provide an intellectual foundation for students concerning the discipline. The courses serve students in degree programs.
OSU
-Cascades, located in Bend, Oregon is a branch campus of Oregon State University. Established in 2001, the university currently enrolls more than 1,100 students in bachelor’s and master’s degree programs. The campus expanded to a four-year university in 2015, and opened its new campus in 2016. OSU
-Cascades is engaged in building a culturally diverse and community-centric educational environment.
Why OSU?
Why OSU
-Cascades?
Founded in 2001, Oregon State University – Cascades brings higher education to Central Oregon while leveraging the excellence of a land grant and top-tier research university in one of the most dynamic cities in the Pacific Northwest.
Located near downtown Bend and surrounded by mountains, forest and high desert, OSU
-Cascades offers small classes that accelerate faculty-student mentoring and experiential learning in an innovative environment that accelerates opportunities for student, faculty and staff development and advancement.
With a 128-acre campus under development and a goal to grow to 3,000 to 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students, OSU
-Cascades is delivering on a 40-year grassroots community effort to bring the benefits of a comprehensive university to the region:
Student Body and Alumni
Student and alumni data is as of fall 2024.
- 1,370 undergraduate and graduate students
- 78% from Oregon
- 42% Central Oregonians
- 24% first generation students
- 23% students of color
- 19 students on average per class
- 95% of 2023 graduates employed or in graduate school within 6 months of graduation
- 5,625 degrees awarded since founding
A growing portfolio of degree programs at OSU
-Cascades is designed to meet regional and state industry workforce and economic needs.
Research
Research underway at OSU
-Cascades focuses on challenges in energy, the environment, human wellness, social justice and society. Labs at OSU
-Cascades include the FORCE biomechanics lab, the Laboratory for the American Conversation and the Sustainable Tourism Laboratory.
Campus Development
OSU
-Cascades’ campus development is driven by an award-winning long range development plan and engineering efforts that are transforming brownfields into a thriving university campus. Sustainability plans include net zero energy, waste and water goals. Initial sustainability…
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