Lecturer, University Professor, Academic

Lecturer

Job : 294851

Location: Georgia College & State University

Full/Part Time: Full Time

Regular/Temporary: Regular

Georgia College & State University (GCSU) is the state's designated public liberal arts university, where students learn the essential skills to compete in a fast‑paced and technology‑driven global society. The university prepares students for successful careers, leadership in communities, problem solving and life‑long learning through personalized attention in a residential setting with opportunities for a variety of transformational experiences through its award‑winning, high‑impact practices.

GCSU offers undergraduate degrees in more than 40 majors, more than 30 graduate programs, doctorates in education and nursing, professional certificates, and continuing education programs. As a member of the prestigious Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC), GCSU is committed to fostering a liberal arts environment that values academic preeminence, interdisciplinary inquiry and an inclusive learning community.

The university enjoys a strong reputation for academic excellence and nationally ranked programs according to US News & World Report, The Princeton Review and Colleges of Distinction.

The university combines the educational experience of a private liberal arts college with the affordability of a public university. Faculty and staff are dedicated to student engagement and experiential learning through high‑impact practices such as internships, service‑and community‑based learning, leadership development, study abroad opportunities, mentored undergraduate research and a capstone project that fosters intellectual curiosity, reasoned inquiry and critical thinking.

The campus is located downtown in Milledgeville, Georgia, a charming, diverse college town of approximately 19,000 residents in Central Georgia, 90 miles southeast of Atlanta. Milledgeville offers many cultural, educational and leisure opportunities, and nearby Macon and Atlanta are within easy driving distance.

GCSU protects academic freedom and supports freedom of expression as outlined in the University System of Georgia’s Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom policy (https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).) and its Ethics Code of Conduct (https://).

The mission of the PALS program is to educate students to become informed, engaged, and ethically responsible citizens of the world through offerings in the core curriculum; the major and minor in Philosophy; the major in Interdisciplinary Studies; the minors in Black Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and Women’s Studies; and courses in Religious Studies.

The department consists of six tenured/tenure‑track faculty members, three lecturers, and three limited‑term lecturers.

The department of Philosophy, Religion, and Interdisciplinary Studies at Georgia College and State University has two job openings for Lecturer to begin August 2026. We are seeking excellent teachers who can recruit majors into the Philosophy and/or Interdisciplinary Studies programs.

Successful candidates will teach courses in Philosophy, Religion, or Interdisciplinary Studies at the undergraduate level and will be expected to mentor students. Lecturers are non‑tenure‑track but may apply for promotion to Senior Lecturer after five years.

Primary purpose:
Instruct academic courses and support the department, college and university goals by fostering the academic environment to benefit the educational mission of the University. Faculty will instruct students in the respective disciplines at the undergraduate and graduate levels and will contribute to the department’s educational mission.

• Full‑time instructional load teaching in areas of expertise within the academic discipline.
• Regular course meetings and instruction.
• Mentoring students.
• Other teaching responsibilities as assigned.
• Convey current philosophies, practices, and theories related to the academic discipline.
• Teach foundational courses for majors and non‑majors, including freshman…