Department of Comparative Literature and Languages
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE
2020-2021 Academic Year
Position: Lecturer in Chinese Literature, Culture, and/or Cinema
Starting Date: The first day of Spring quarter is March 24, 2021; the last day of Spring quarter is June 11, 2021.
Salary:
Approximately $7047.00, based on 100% annual salary of $56,381 (pending final budget approval). Appointment is eligible for renewal depending on need, funding and performance.
Qualifications:
Minimum requirements are an M.A. or higher in Chinese literature, culture and/or cinema. Applicants holding a Ph.D., or who are ABD are also encouraged to apply. Priority will be given to candidates with experience and success in teaching Chinese literature, culture, and/or cinema at an American university.
UCR is a world-class research university with an exceptionally diverse undergraduate student body. 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 consist in the instruction of 1 course in Spring 2021; this course will be either:
(1) Chinese 40, “Masterworks of Chinese Literature” (premodern); or
(2) Chinese 48, “Chinese Cinema”
Because of COVID-19, the class is to be taught online, either asynchronously (with assignments posted and lectures videoed) or synchronously (in real-time zoom meetings with students.) According to the UCR COVID-19 Instructional Continuity Plan, “UCR will not require any instructor to teach in-person” and “During the 2020-21 academic year, we expect that the default instructional mode will continue to be remote-only, but this plan allows for the possibility of some classes to be taught in-person by exceptional approval.” For the current Plan, see
Application Procedure:
Please provide cover letter, CV, teaching statement, statement of contributions to diversity, sample syllabus or syllabi, teaching evaluations (narrative and numerical), and 3 letters of recommendation. Materials should be uploaded using UCR’s on-line application system:
https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF01364.
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: https://product-help.interfolio.com/m/27438/l/870043-confidential-letter-uploads-toonline-application-systems
Review of applications will begin on January 21, 2021, and continue until position is filled. To ensure full consideration, applications and supporting material should be received by January 21, 2021.
Department Contact person – Prof. Yenna Wu: Yenna.Wu@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.