Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Department: Lecturer Pool

Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Department:
Lecturer Pool Position Overview

Position title:

CRES Pre-six Lecturer

Salary range: A reasonable estimate for an appointment to teach a standard five-credit course is $9,986-$13,420 (based on salary points 5-15). Compensation for Summer Session courses may vary from courses taught during the academic year.

Percent time:
Variable, based on the course load assigned.

Anticipated start:
Appointments are contingent on the hiring unit’s instructional need and the availability of funding. This recruitment is valid for initial appointments made in fall quarter 2025 through fall quarter 2026. Initial appointments with effective dates outside of this recruitment period will require an alternative open recruitment.

Position duration:
Appointments are typically made during one or more quarters of the regular academic year (fall, winter, and spring quarters), but they may also be made during Summer Session.

Open date:
June 16, 2025

Most recent review date:
Wednesday, Jul 16, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time). Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the search committee if the position has not yet been filled.

Final date:
Tuesday, Jun 16, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time). Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

The Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz invites applications for an ongoing pool of lecturers who may be appointed to teach during the academic year or Summer Session. We seek professionally active and versatile teachers whose pedagogy is grounded in critical analysis of race and ethnicity and who are conversant with recent trends in ethnic studies.

Candidates should be willing to develop syllabi which engage with racial capitalism and emphasize the intersection of race and ethnicity with categories such as gender, sexuality, class, disability, indigeneity, law, and citizenship. We are open to a range of proposed topics, which are not limited to courses that incorporate or focus on the following areas:

• Comparative approaches to the study of race, ethnicity, and indigeneity
• Critical adoption studies
• Critical migration or comparative border studies
• Critical prison studies
• Critical science and technology studies
• Disability studies
• Environmental studies
• Histories of decolonizing, anticolonial, race-radical social movements
• Indigenous studies
• Labor studies
• Mixed-race studies
• Queer studies
• Settler colonial studies
• Transgender studies
• War and empire studies

We particularly welcome candidates whose courses are grounded in comparative, interdisciplinary, and/or transnational approaches. Additionally, we are especially interested in applicants with experience in indigenous studies or community organizing. Lecturers should be willing to teach in both large lecture and smaller seminar class formats.

Internal candidates will be given priority consideration. The hiring unit will not sponsor employment-eligible immigration statuses for this position.

Basic qualifications (required at the time the application is submitted)

• B.A. (or equivalent foreign degree) in ethnic studies, feminist studies, American studies, history, literature, sociology, or a related field.
• A minimum of three years' teaching experience at the college or university level, or a record of three years’ community organizing experience.

Document requirements

• Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
• Cover Letter - Letter of application that outlines how the basic qualifications are met, including the ability to teach courses that include a large discussion component, educational background, teaching experience, and publication record.
• Teaching Statement - Teaching statement appropriate for the students that enroll at UC Santa Cruz. Candidates are urged to review the statement guidelines before preparing their application.
• Course (Teaching) Evaluations
• Course (Teaching) Evaluations
• Course (Teaching) Evaluations (Optional)
• Course (Teaching) Evaluations (Optional)
• Sample…