Instructor Pool​/2026 and Fall Term Humanities

Instructor Pool - 2025/2026 and Fall Term 2026:
Humanities

Applications will be considered throughout the 2025–2026 Academic Year and Fall Term 2026, as opportunities become available.

When applying you will be required to attach the following electronic documents:
1) Curriculum Vitae; and
2) Cover Letter indicating how your qualifications and experience have prepared you for this position. You will also be required to submit the names of at least three professional references, their e-mail addresses and telephone numbers as part of the application process. For additional information please contact:
Johana Hernandez johana.hernandez We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability, protected veteran, and other protected status. OSU will conduct a review of the National Sex Offender Public website prior to hire.

Department
- Acad Prog / Student Aff (LCB)

Position Title
- Instructor

Job Title
- Instructor Pool - 2025/2026 and Fall Term 2026:
Humanities

Appointment Type
- Academic Faculty

Job Location
- Bend

Benefits Eligible
- Dependent:
Hours Worked/Duration

Remote or Hybrid option?

Job Summary
- The Liberal Studies 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 and Fall Term 2026. Some of these appointments may be reviewed for renewal on an annual basis at the discretion of the Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs.

Applications will be considered throughout the 2025/2026 academic year and Fall Term 2026, 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):
History, Philosophy, or Social Sciences. If hired into a term appointment, the anticipated start date(s) are September 16, 2025, December 16, 2025, March 16, 2026, or September 16, 2026. The primary mission of the Liberal Studies 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 deliver courses which 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 various degree programs.

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