The Department of Comparative Literature and Languages at the University of California, Riverside, seeks part-time Chinese language lecturers to teach one section of Chinese 2 (First-year Chinese) and two sections of Chinese 3 (First-year Chinese) in Spring quarter 2020, pending enrollment and funding. (Spring Quarter instruction begins March 30, 2020 and ends June 12, 2020.)
Salary:
Present lecturer salary is approximately $7,047.52 per course (pending final budget approval).
Appointment is eligible for renewal depending on need, funding and performance. All appointments are contingent upon the appointee being able to provide, in accordance with Federal law, evidence of authorization to work in the United States.
Its mission is explicitly linked to providing routes to educational success for underrepresented and first-generation college students. A commitment to this mission is a preferred qualification.
Duties:
Duties will consist in the instruction of 3 courses in total: One section of Chinese 2 (First-year Chinese); Two sections of Chinese 3 (First-year Chinese)
Application Procedure:
Please provide cover letter, CV, statement of teaching philosophy, statement of contributions to diversity, sample syllabus or syllabi, quantitative and qualitative teaching evaluations, and 3 letters of recommendation. Materials should be uploaded using UCR’s on-line application
system: https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF01204. Letters of recommendation must be confidential. Please use the APRecruit system to have your recommenders upload them directly.
Applicants who use Interfolio should use the feature that allows letters to be uploaded directly into AP Recruit. Applicants can input an Interfolio- generated email address in place of their letter writer’s email address. Interfolio refers to this as “Online Application Deliveries”. The following link at Interfolio shows how to set up the feature: http://product-help.interfolio.com/m/27438/l/266289-confidential-letter-uploads-to-online-applicationsystems.
Review of applications will begin November 24, 2019 and continue until position is filled. To ensure full consideration, applications and supporting material should be received by November 24, 2019.
Department Contact persons:
Professor Yenna Wu (Yenna.wu@ucr.edu); Professor Perry Link (eplink@ucr.edu)
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Minimum requirements are an M.A. or higher in Chinese or a related field. Priority will be given to candidates with substantial experience in teaching Chinese language at American universities. UCR is a world-class research university with an exceptionally diverse undergraduate student body.
Internal Number: JPF01204
About UC Riverside
UCR is a world-class research university with an exceptionally diverse undergraduate student body. Its mission explicitly states the goal of providing routes to educational success for underrepresented and first-generation college students. A commitment to this mission is a preferred qualification. The University of California, Riverside is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Advancement through the faculty ranks at the University of California is through a series of structured, merit-based evaluations, occurring every 2-3 years, each of which includes substantial peer input.