Gender, Women, and Sexualities Studies Affiliate Instructor

By applying to this posting, qualified applicants will be placed into a department pool and considered for part-time departmental needs. Screening of applicants will begin immediately and will continue as needed. The number of these temporary, non-tenure track academic positions varies from semester to semester, depending on the needs of the program. As such, not everyone in the applicant pool for this position will be contacted and/or selected to teach.

Position Summary

Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver) invites applications for part-time affiliate faculty to teach courses in gender, women, and sexualities studies.

For information about the Gender Institute for Teaching and Advocacy in our College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, please visit: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

MSU Denver enrolls over 17,000 students, where nearly 60% are first generation and over 55% are students of color. Located in downtown Denver, we are a designated Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), an INSIGHT into Diversity Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award winner for 10 consecutive years, and the only Seal of Excelencia certified institution in Colorado. As the third largest institution of higher education in Colorado and the only institution with an open access mission, MSU Denver is a model university for today's college students.

The University serves the most diverse undergraduate student population in the state, as well as the most first-generation students and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals students. MSU Denver is particularly interested in applicants who have experience working with students from diverse backgrounds and a demonstrated commitment to improving access to higher education for under-represented and historically minoritized groups.

Responsibilities

Teach one or more courses. Areas to be taught include all major topics in gender, women, and sexualities studies.

An affiliate faculty member's duties include but are not limited to: teaching assigned classes in person or online by delivering course content to students, preparing course materials and lesson plans, grading student work, providing students with robust feedback in a timely manner, addressing student questions consistent with university, college/school, and department policies, and providing online or in person academic support to students as needed and appropriate for the teaching assignment;

providing instruction in assigned classes consistent with the content and learning objectives of the regular course syllabus and, if required, with department course coordination policies; and complying with university-wide student evaluation of instruction policies and peer observation policies. Applicants may be asked to teach in-person, online, or in hybrid capacities dependent upon course needs. The ability to adapt and learn new modes of instruction is highly encouraged.

Candidates need to be sensitive to the educational needs of a diverse student population.

Required Qualifications

Master's in Women's, Gender, Sexuality and/or Feminist Studies or related field with 18 hours of graduate course work in women's, gender, sexuality and/or feminist studies

Preferred Qualifications

• Doctoral candidate in women's, gender, sexuality and/or feminist studies
• Demonstrated record of feminist instruction, including teaching or developing women's studies or discipline specific feminist courses and curriculum
• An understanding of the diverse student population at our large urban commuter campus and a demonstrated commitment to inclusivity

Terms of Employment

Affiliate faculty are part-time, at-will employees hired to teach on a per credit hour basis for specific classes, usually on a semester-by-semester basis. Affiliate faculty are not eligible for benefit coverage under the University's benefit program. All such teaching assignments are dependent on budget and enrollment.

Qualified candidates will be expected to teach in person/on campus upon hire.

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