Lecturer of German

Overview

Job Title:

Lecturer of German

Location:

Kennesaw, Georgia

Regular/Temporary:
Regular

Full/Part Time:
Full-Time

Job

This is a nine-month contracted, non-tenure track faculty position in the Department of World Languages and Cultures with a preferred start date of August 2026. Work will be performed in the state of Georgia.

• Teaching undergraduate German language and culture courses at all levels, as well as courses in English to support the B.A. in Modern Languages and Cultures, delivered in face-to-face, hybrid, and online formats.
• Service to the program, department, college, university, community, and/or profession, including sustained efforts to recruit, retain, and mentor undergraduate students from a range of disciplines in a dynamic German Studies program.

Required Qualifications
:

• A Masterlip; s or terminal degree (e.g., Ph.D., Ed.D.), or the foreign equivalent, in German, Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition or a closely related discipline is required at the time of hire.
• OR A Masterlip; s degree, or the foreign equivalent, in a non-related discipline with 18 graduate credit hours in the teaching discipline is required at the time of hire.
• Native or near-native fluency in German and English.

Preferred Qualifications
:

• Evidence of successful college-level teaching experience in German language and culture.
• Experience in program recruitment, mentorship, instructional technologies, language pedagogies, course design, or assessment.

Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Review of applications will begin immediately. For full consideration, please apply by November 3, 2025.

For questions about this faculty opening, please contact Dr. Noah McLaughlin, search committee chair, nmclaugh.

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