AY Temporary Faculty Pool - Anthropology

Temporary Faculty Pool - Lecturer in Anthropology Department Overview

The Department of Anthropology provides undergraduate training (major or minor) in Anthropology with an emphasis in archaeolgical, cultural, and biological and forensic anthropology. Opportunities through the forensic anthropology lab, our department's internship program, and our ethnographic and archaeology field schools provide multiple opportunities for students to gain hands‑on career and research experiences in many areas and ongoing faculty projects.

The department seeks qualified candidate(s) to teach undergraduate courses or other classes that may be identified as needed to fulfill educational goals of current students. We are primarily in need of lecturers who can teach courses in the biological and archaeology areas of emphasis and general education courses.

Temporary faculty members are responsible for adherence to and implementation of university and system-wide policies as directed per Academic Policy Manual 306, paragraph
2. Instructors are responsible for the preparation, delivery, conducting, proctoring, and grading (as appropriate) lectures, office hours, homework assignments, quizzes, class projects, and midterm and final exams. All classes must be offered and meet as scheduled throughout the entire semester, in the mode assigned and listed in the schedule of classes (i.e. asynchronous, synchronous, in-person, or hybrid).

Appointment is contingent upon budget and enrollment considerations and subject to order of assignment provisions in the collective bargaining agreement between California State University and California Faculty Association. These provisions state the Order of Work, or the order in which available courses must be assigned to faculty, starting with tenure line faculty and ending with new lecturer appointees.

Appointees must demonstrate eligibility to work in the United States. California State University, Fresno does not sponsor temporary faculty for work visas.

Commensurate by qualifications and experience within salary range placement. The salary ranges are established by the CSU Salary Schedule (Class Code 2358 for Academic Year Lecturers). The salary range for temporary faculty with a Master's degree is $5,507-6,677 per month when teaching full time (15 WTUs). Starting salaries are usually at or near the minimum of the range. Actual monthly salary will be adjusted based on the number of WTUs assigned per an academic term.

The temporary faculty pool is continuously open, and positions are filled as needed, based on student enrollment and funding. This is a pool of part-time lecturers for the department to draw on as necessary. The number of positions varies from semester to semester, depending on the needs of the Department. Appointments from the pool are temporary and often made just prior to the start of the academic term.

Applicants may need to be available to begin teaching on short notice. The pool will remain in place for two academic terms; those interested in remaining in the pool beyond that time must reapply.

• Fall 2026:
  August 19, 2026 – December 22, 2026
• Spring 2027:
  January 15, 2027 – May 26, 2027

• Education:
  
  a Master's degree in Anthropology, or a closely related field from an accredited institution or foreign equivalent.
• Experience:
  
  demonstrated commitment to working effectively with faculty, staff, and students from diverse ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds.

• Commitment to teaching excellence at the undergraduate level, demonstrated through prior teaching experiences and teaching evaluations or other evidence.
• Successful teaching experience at the undergraduate level.
• Experience coordinating and running archaeological field schools for undergraduate students.

A review of applications continues on a rolling basis as teaching positions open. Review may begin as early June 15th, 2026 for a Fall 2026 assignment.

• to be fully considered for Fall 2026 hiring.
• Projected deadline is October…