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Lecturer- Dimensions of Culture Writing Program, Thurgood Marshall College

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Position description

Part time non-tenure track lectureships with the Dimensions of Culture Writing Program with Thurgood Marshall College, UC San Diego, will be available for the 2017-18 academic year. Appointments vary from one to three quarters. Instructors will teach one (or more) of the lower or upper division DOC courses. Our ideal candidate will have a Ph.D., M.F.A., or other terminal degree in a pertinent field, solid teaching experience at the University level, and demonstrated strong leadership or commitment to support diversity, equity, and inclusion in an academic setting.

Applications should be submitted to the UCSD on-line application collection system, AP-On-Line Recruit, at: https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/apply/JPF01328. In order to be considered, applicants are to submit a cover letter, CV, teaching statement, contact information for 2 references and a personal contributions to diversity description. (See http://facultyequity.ucsd.edu/Faculty-Applicant-C2DInfo.asp for further assistance.)

*Teaching evaluations may be requested if the applicant is selected as a top candidate.

Thurgood Marshall College at the University of California, San Diego is committed to building an excellent and diverse faculty, staff, and student body, and invites applications from candidates whose experience has prepared them to contribute to our commitment. Thurgood Marshall College, formerly known as Third College, was founded in 1970 in a period of transformative social change in the United States and the world. From its beginning, the college has enriched the lives of undergraduates with a commitment to the development of young people as both professionals and engaged citizens. In 1993, the college was named in honor of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Justice Marshall is well known for his dedication to educational opportunity for all, civil rights, freedom of speech, women’s rights, and the right to privacy.

Thurgood Marshall's Writing Program, “Dimensions of Culture—Diversity, Justice, and Imagination (DOC),” challenges students to develop a historically grounded understanding of the diverse experiences that have shaped U.S. culture. The distinctive core sequence, which serves as the centerpiece of the general education requirements, emphasizes a deep examination of American society. DOC is designed to be an interdisciplinary curriculum that explores the promise of the nation’s founding ideals juxtaposed to collective struggles to realize those ideals for all communities. The year-long Dimensions of Culture Program introduces TMC students to major issues in the history of the United States with an emphasis on the tension between the nation's founding principles and the inequality and lack of opportunity experienced by various groups over time.

Topics include:
•successive waves of immigration
•the formation of stratifications based on gender, class, "race," religion, and other categories
•the social movements that struggled to fulfill the founding ideals
•the role of institutions in the delivery of justice and equity, and
•the cultural production that has been shaped by these issues.

All three courses in the lower-division DOC sequence provide undergraduate students with a critical language that allows them to analyze social problems in an intelligent and grounded fashion. In addition to attending core curriculum faculty lectures, students will participate in small discussion sections led by graduate student Teaching Assistants.

AA-EOE: The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status.

Application Requirements

Document requirements
  • Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

  • Cover Letter

  • Statement of Teaching

  • Contributions to Diversity Description - Please describe any teaching strategies you currently use or plan to use to foster a diverse and inclusive learning experience, and to enable all students to excel and fully participate in the learning process.

  • Teaching Evaluations (Optional)

  • Misc / Additional (Optional)

  • Misc/ Additional #2 (Optional)

Reference requirements
  • 2 required (contact information only)

Job location

San Diego, CA