Pool Part-time lecturer Hutchins School of Liberal Studies

• Instructional Faculty
  - Temporary/Lecturer 1

Northern California

Appointment Type

• Temporary 1

Bargaining Unit

Job Search Category/Discipline

Time Basis

• Part Time 1

Workplace Type (Exclude Inst Fac)

• On-site (work in-person at business location) 1

Sonoma State University’s beautiful 274-acre campus is located in Sonoma County wine country, an hour north of San Francisco. The campus offers the ideal setting for teaching and learning and access to a community of rich cultural, environmental, and recreational opportunities. Founded in 1960, SSU is one of the 22 campuses of the California State University System. As members of the largest public higher education system in the nation, we provide accessible, high-quality education.

The Department

The Hutchins School of Liberal Studies is an interdisciplinary school within the College of Education, Counseling and Ethnic Studies at Sonoma State University. A nationally recognized leader among Interdisciplinary Studies programs, the Hutchins School is committed to innovative, student-centered pedagogy; multi-disciplinary inquiry; and the development of critical thinking, communication, and leadership skills that will help students navigate the multicultural and multiracial

American landscape. In small seminar classes, students and faculty engage topics from a variety of perspectives. Various concentrations within the undergraduate major prepare students for careers and postgraduate study in a wide range of fields, including the pursuit of elementary teaching credentials, such as Multiple Subject or Education Specialist, which prepares students to serve California’s diverse student population.

Candidates with expertise in more than one academic field and experience in interdisciplinary, seminar-based pedagogy (as well as large lecture formats) aresought for a pool of applicants to fill temporary, part-time positions which may become available. The department is particularly interested in candidates with an educational background and experience in psychology, education, child development, and/or sociology, or the physical and social sciences, toteach the following courses, in face to face, hybrid or synchronous online formats:

• General Education courses (LIBS 204, ‘Ethnic Studies, Story, Film’)
• Teacher track service courses (LIBS 304, ‘We Hold These Truths,’ LIBS 308 ‘Cultures Through Film,’ LIBS 312, ‘Schools in American Society,’ LIBS 327, ‘Literacy, Language, and Pedagogy,’ LIBS 330, ‘The Child in Question,’ and LIBS 392, ‘Performing Arts for Children’).
• Seminar courses in the major core areas (Core A:
  Society and Self;
  Core B:
  The Individual and the Material World; Core C: The Arts and Human Experience; Core D: Consciousness and Reality). Courses which have been taught in these areas include: ‘The Biased Brain,’ ‘Climate Change and Society,’ ‘Rebellion,’ ‘Sleep & Dreams,’ ‘Masculinities,’ ‘Bollywood,’ ‘Everyday Design,’ ‘Anthropology of Humor,’ ‘The Civil Rights Movement,’ and ‘Children’s Literature.’
• Writing Intensive (WIC) courses in Humanities and Social Science disciplines.

Please consult the Hutchins’ department website for descriptions of the concentrations and courses. Applicants should list any of the above service courses they are interested in teaching in their cover letter, any course of their own creation which would fit this area of study.

Required Qualifications

• M.A. or M.S. degree(s) or above in all fields including arts, humanities, social sciences, sciences, etc. Applied degrees are also considered.
• A minimum of one year’s teaching experience using Socratic seminar pedagogy required; must have taught college level seminar courses.
• Successful applicants must possess…