Dornsife Fellows in General Education

USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences invites applications for our cohort of Dornsife fellows with a start date of August 16, 2027. Each year Dornsife will admit six fellows, who are appointed forone two-year term during which they teach five General Education seminars per academic year. They are expected to reside in theLos Angeles area during the academic year and to participate in the scholarly life ofthe Dornsife Ph.D. Academy, the host department, and the university.

The salary for fellows is $80,000 per year plus fringe benefits.

The course topics for General Education seminars fall in the areas of Arts, Humanistic Inquiry, Social Analysis, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences and Quantitative Reasoning. The General Education Program is designed to provide undergraduate students with the interdisciplinary skills and knowledge necessary to meet the challenges of a globalized world and the demands of a satisfying personal life. To benefit the most from the opportunity provided, students reach beyond their comfort zones to engage unfamiliar questions and angles of response and to broaden the range of talents in their intellectual repertoire.

GE seminars are capped at 19 students, and examples of past seminars can be found here: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./gesm

The annual base salary for this position is $80,000. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.