Part-Time Adjunct Lecturer

Position Specifics

The School of Global Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at The Pennsylvania State University invites applications for part-time lecturer openings for the 2026–2027 Academic Year, including Summer 2026.

Approval of remote and hybrid work is not guaranteed regardless of work location.

• Part-time lecturers will teach undergraduate resident and/or online courses in Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German and Slavic Languages and Literatures, French and Francophone Studies, Comparative Literature, or Asian Studies.

• A Master’s degree in a related field is required.
• Successful candidates must have either demonstrated a commitment to building an inclusive, equitable, and diverse campus community, or describe one or more ways they would envision doing so.

These are one semester or summer session, non-tenure track appointments.

Summer lecturers normally teach one to two courses.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until all of the vacancies are filled.

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