Assistant Teaching Professor, Korean

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/COLLEGE:
Global Cultural Studies/School for the Humanities/College of Humanities & Social Sciences

The Department of Global Cultural Studies at Montclair State University invites applications for a full-time, 10-month Assistant Teaching Professor position, with a specialization in Korean, beginning in August 2027. Korean is a rapidly and continually growing area of language study at Montclair State University. The ideal candidate will teach both Korean language and culture courses for the department. The position is a two-year, ten-month, non-tenure track appointment, with eligibility for reappointment based on established NTTP procedures.

Teaching Faculty members are expected to contribute to the University's mission through excellence in teaching and service.

The standard annual teaching load for 10-month teaching faculty is 12 teaching credit hours (TCH) a semester. Additional TCH reassigned time (course release) is available for faculty with additional responsibilities such as administering programs. Teaching Faculty are expected to center student success and measurable learning outcomes through clear course design, inclusive pedagogies, and the integration of emerging disciplinary and pedagogical developments.

Responsibilities include classroom instruction, student mentoring and advising, and developing and updating courses and curricula aligned with student demands and institutional strategic priorities.

Teaching Faculty members are expected to perform valuable service to the department, college/school, university. This includes participating in shared governance, academic program vitality, and sharing professional expertise within and beyond the University. Service activities are separate and distinct from the specific assignments for which teaching faculty members receive course release.

The Department of Global Cultural Studies examines the languages, cultures, religions and identities that connect people and communities across the world. Through the study of global languages, literature, translation, cultural expression, religion and Indigenous and Latino experiences, faculty and students explore how people communicate, create meaning and navigate an increasingly interconnected world. The department's interdisciplinary approach fosters linguistic and cultural literacy while advancing scholarship, research and engagement across local and global communities.

The department houses majors, minors, certificates, and MA programs across the following areas:
Arabic, Asian Languages & Cultures, French, German, Hebrew and Jewish-American Studies, Italian, Latin American & Latino Studies, Native American & Indigenous Studies, Portuguese, Religious Studies, Russian, and Spanish. In addition, the department coordinates an interdisciplinary dual degree with the Feliciano School of Business focused on Language, Business & Culture. In the field of Korean, we offer minors in Korean;
Asian Cultures; and Asian Languages. We also offer a major in Asian Languages & Cultures with a concentration in Korean. Finally, a concentration in Korean is being proposed for the BA in Language, Business & Culture.

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) is Montclair State’s largest college, with over 5,000 undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students. CHSS facilitates traditional and interdisciplinary learning and is the professional home of many outstanding scholars and instructors across numerous disciplines, all of whom lend to CHSS’s mission to furnish academically rigorous and relevant programs of study that contribute to the development of an…