AY Lecturer Pool - Women's & Gender Studies

Overview

DEPARTMENT:
Women’s & Gender Studies

POSITION TITLE:

Lecturer Pool – Women’s & Gender Studies

The Department of Women’s & Gender Studies (WGS) is a dynamic interdisciplinary field preparing students to be future leaders, scholars, and social justice activists. We are dedicated to studying the social production of gender and women’s experiences in relation to formations of sexuality, race, class, nationality, ability, ageism, and other categories of difference. We are seeking candidates for our part-time lecturer pool to teach the following courses:
Intro to Gender & Sexuality;
Intro to Disability Studies;
Introduction to Women’s Studies;
Intro to the Women’s Movement in Contemporary Society;
Asian American Women;
Mother, Woman & Person;
Women of the Middle East;
Gender & Health;
Gender, Race & Class;
Women of Color;
Women and Work;
Violence Against Women;
Feminism & the Spirit;
Women in Art;
Women’s Global Issues;
Intro to Queer & Trans Studies; and LGBTQ Histories.

Duties of a part-time lecturer include instruction, class preparation, grading, and office hours. Other duties may be assigned based on departmental needs. Course assignments, including dates, time, and modality, are made by the Department Chair under the direction of the College Dean.

Part-time lecturers are instructional faculty with conditional appointments based on enrollment and budget. Hires from the pool of applicants are made when there are instructional needs to fill coursework offered by an academic department based on changing enrollment patterns, changes to tenure-track faculty assignments, and other factors that cannot be addressed with our existing faculty. Initial appointments are typically for one semester, but occasionally academic year initial appointments are made.

Appointments may be renewed based on department needs, funding, and performance. Often appointments are made just prior to the start of the semester.

Rank and Salary

Initial rank and salary for lecturer faculty are based on professional experience and educational background and are determined by the hiring department.

Most new lecturers are hired at the Lecturer A or B rank. As of July 2025, the classification salary ranges for the respective ranks are:

Lecturer A: $5,507 - $6,677

Lecturer B: $6,221 ‐ $13,224

Lecturer C: $6,825 ‐ $14,523

Lecturer D: $8,593 ‐ $15,211

The salary ranges indicated are based on a "full‑time rate" (15 weighted teaching units [WTUs]). A semester's worth of compensation is made up of six (6) payments of the given amount. To calculate your salary for a semester, the base rate would be pro‑rated based on the units worked out of 15 WTUs. If you were a Lecturer A assigned 3 units at the minimum salary, your pay would be structured as follows: $5,507 x 3/15 (3 units out of a possible 15 units total) = $1101.40 x 6 checks = $6,608.40 total for 3 units/semester.

• Master’s degree, or
• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree with successful advancement to candidacy in a Doctoral program in a related field.

• Master’s degree with at least five years of relevant college teaching experience
• Teaching experience in both in-person and online courses in higher education
• A Doctoral degree in a related discipline
• Ability to teach classes with 50 students
• Ability to teach intersectional feminism
• Have an interdisciplinary approach to curriculum

New Applicants are required to submit:

• Cover Letter
• Current curriculum vita (CV)/resume
• Unofficial transcript of highest degree
• If you hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree and have advanced to candidacy in a Doctoral program, you must submit the unofficial transcript of your highest completed degree, and the unofficial transcript for your Doctoral program, along with proof of your candidacy status.
• Proof of candidacy can be either a notation on your unofficial transcript, or a letter of verification from your academic institution.
• Please combine all documents — transcripts and, if applicable, the verification letter — into a single file before uploading it to your application.
• A list of professional references with contact information
• Complete the…