Associate Faculty - Asian American Studies; Ethnic Studies

Employment Opportunity

Santa Rosa Junior College is currently accepting applications on a continuous basis to establish a pool for associate faculty assignments. Associate assignments may be temporary, part-time and/or on-call and may be immediate or as needed. The Sonoma County Junior College District does not offer 'remote only' assignments.

Assignments are made on a part-time, hourly basis. A part-time faculty assignment may not exceed a total of 67% of an annual full-time assignment.

• Starting Hourly Rate:
  Please see the hourly salary schedules or contact Human Resources for more information.
• Salary placement is based on academic background, vocational experience, and teaching experience (depending on discipline) and as documented in application materials. Initial Step placement will be at Step 1 pending evaluation of experience as outlined in the AFA Contract Article 27.
• Compensation for assigned classes is paid over the duration of the assignment.

The district offers medical insurance for those who meet the eligibility requirements. Additional information, including medical plan information and eligibility requirements can be found on the Benefits page.

Associate faculty accrue sick leave on a pro-rated basis. Additional information can be found in Article 18 of the AFA Contract.

SRJC offers CalSTRS Defined Benefit, CalSTRS Cash Balance and Social Security as Associate Faculty retirement options. Eligibility for each plan is determined based on prior membership status with CalSTRS.

• Provide excellent instruction and faculty support to students, which may include evening, weekend, online or hybrid and/or off-campus assignments.
• Provide academic assistance and related services to students during scheduled office hours.
• Demonstrate sensitivity to and understanding of diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, faculty and staff.
• Maintain currency in field(s) of expertise.
• Associate faculty focus primarily on providing instruction and/or student services.
• Associate faculty are typically not required to participate in District or department service such as committee work, evaluations, student learning outcomes assessment, and hiring committees, but may be asked to perform these services for additional compensation.
• Please see the All Faculty Association Contract for more information.

The examples of duties listed above are representative of those that must be met by a faculty member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

Applicants must possess the minimum qualifications exactly as listed below for disciplines of interest or file for equivalency in order to be considered. Applicants who are requesting equivalency consideration are responsible for documenting all course work, degree programs and related professional experience at the time of application. Please, see the Equivalency Guide for Faculty Applicants and the Faculty Minimum Qualifications Self-Evaluation Checklist for more information.

Master's degree in Asian American Studies; OR a Master's degree in Ethnic Studies AND a Bachelor's degree in Asian American Studies; OR the equivalent; OR a fully satisfied (Life) California Community College Instructor's Credential in Ethnic Studies. Sensitivity to, and understanding of, the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students.

• Creative, multidisciplinary scholarship that bring together ideas, questions, and methodologies in unique and novel ways.
• Creative, inspiring, and robust pedagogy in a community college or with a wide variety of audiences across different levels of academic abilities, interests, and goals.
• Involvement in projects and events, inside and outside of a college setting, that promote a culture of equity and democratic sensibilities. This may include, but is not limited to, endeavors that feature collaboration or shared governance or deliberate attempts to include forgotten or overlooked communities.
• Bilingual
• Demonstrated expertise, passion, and ability to develop and teach courses in Asian American Studies and Ethnic Studies.
• Demonstrated commitment to epistemologies of Ethnic Studies, anti-racist pedagogy, transdisciplinary theories and methodologies, and social justice.
• Demonstrated commitment to valuing and promoting diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism.
• The ideal candidate will:
• Utilize equity-based pedagogy and assessments,
• Create a welcoming and supportive environment for students from historically underrepresented and marginalized groups,
• Demonstrate knowledge of current issues, trends, research, and practices in Asian American Studies and Ethnic Studies,
• Utilize a wide range of instructional delivery systems, including innovative…