Adjunct Faculty - African American Studies

Position Summary

Salary: $1030 per load hour (most courses are 3-4 load hours). Pima Community College’s Social Sciences Division is accepting applications to expand the pool of qualified African American Studies Faculty to teach academic level courses for the 2026-27 academic year and beyond. Candidates may be hired and assigned to specific courses or may be included in a pool for potential future assignments based on enrollment.

• Instruct students in the content area and work with them on strategies to help them achieve academic success.
• Follow established protocols for presence, responsiveness, grading, attendance taking, and assessment of student learning.
• Use current, effective classroom management techniques.
• Monitor and continuously improve instruction to ensure Student Learning Outcomes are met on a classroom, discipline/program, and College level.
• Evaluate student performance.
• Continually improve instruction utilizing appropriate delivery methods.
• Maintain competency and currency in the teaching field(s), as well as in teaching strategies, subject delivery modalities, and assessment methods.
• Work collaboratively with faculty, staff and students and utilize a collegial style in all forms of communication.

• Master’s degree in the field of study OR
• Master’s degree in any discipline and 18 graduate semester hours in the field of study.
• Terminal degree in supplemental fields of study where the dissertation/research is based in the primary field of study.

Fields of study (disciplines/subfields) are:
Africana Studies, African Studies, African American Literature, American Studies, Black Studies, Pan African Studies; other closely related field.

• Experience teaching African American Studies courses.
• Experience teaching online courses and/or alternative instructional formats.
• Experience using a Learning Management System, preferably D2L Brightspace.
• Student learning styles: ability to adapt and modify instruction based on the instructional needs of students, including working with accommodations and accessibility.
• Evaluation of students' educational progress: ability to maintain high instruction and learning standards and assess students' academic progress in meeting course objectives and student learning outcomes.

Pima Community College is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals.

All employees are expected to live and work within the state of Arizona as a condition of employment. All selected candidates are subject to a successful completion of a background check.