Assistant Professor, Spanish, UC Blue Ash College

Job Title:

Assistant Professor, Spanish, UC Blue Ash College

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Start Date:

11/26/25

Job Description:

The University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College (UCBA) is one of the largest regional colleges in Ohio. At UC Blue Ash, we value the wide-ranging experiences and perspectives of those in our community, as well as the individual talents of our students, faculty and staff. The college is in Blue Ash, Ohio fifteen miles north of the uptown campus, on 135 acres in a park-like setting.

We offer primarily associate degrees in career and transition programs, as well as general education courses and technical baccalaureate degrees to approximately 5,100 students. We value excellent teaching and personalized student support to help students achieve their goals, whether the goal is to enter a career or to continue education. The college is a recipient of the Cincinnati Business Courier 2021 Best Places to Work award, and, in 2025, earned national recognition for student opportunity and success, being named Opportunity Colleges and Universities, a distinction awarded to institutions that serve as national models for advancing student success.

The University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College invites applications for a full-time in-person, tenure track Assistant Professor in Spanish in the Language and Culture Studies Department, intended to begin on August 15, 2026.

• Prepare and teach up to 12 credit hours per semester during Fall and Spring semester. Courses include beginning and intermediate Spanish, introductory courses to second language acquisition, linguistics, and culture.
• Actively participate in shared governance and service at the department, college, and university level, such as, but not limited to, representing the department by serving on standing and ad hoc committees.
• Engage in (1) discipline-specific and/or scholarship of teaching and learning research and (2) professional development activities. Examples include but are not limited to publishing in peer-reviewed journals, attending and presenting at seminars/conferences.
• Develop curricula and/or initiatives to support the department, such as but not limited to developing courses for the first two years of university study.

Prior to effective date of appointment, all the following:

• Master's degree in Spanish or related field
• Near-native fluency in Spanish
• Two (2) academic years of professional development, or research in Second Language Acquisition or Linguistics, or a combination of both
• Two (2) academic years of college-level teaching experience in Spanish, including both in person and online coursework in any combination

Applicants must apply online (jobs.uc.edu) and upload the following documents to their application:

• Cover letter
• CV
• Statement of teaching philosophy
• Statement of plans for instructional technology use
• List of three (3) professional references with address, email, and phone contact information
• Unofficial Graduate transcripts
• Evidence of teaching excellence:
  Required materials include self-designed teaching materials and recent (within the past 2 years) unedited student evaluations.

Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Please use the “Additional Documents” option for any additional documents.

Applications will be reviewed beginning January 15, 2026 but the position will remain open until filled.