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Temporary Lecturer & Teaching Assistant

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Job location

La Jolla, California, USA
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Temporary Lecturer - Global Health

Position overview

Position title: Lecturer
Salary range: A reasonable salary range estimate for this position is $70,977 to $76,814. The posted UC academic salary scales (https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/compensation/index.html) set the minimum pay determined by rank and/or step at appointment. See the following table for the salary scale for this position: https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/compensation/index.html

Application Window

Open date: September 15, 2025

Most recent review date: Tuesday, Sep 30, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the search committee if the position has not yet been filled.

Final date: Wednesday, Aug 26, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Position description

The Global Health Program (GHP) at UC San Diego is committed to academic excellence and diversity within the faculty, staff, and student body. GHP invites applicants for an opportunity for temporary, non-tenure track, lecturer (Unit 18) positions to teach GHP courses for the upcoming academic year.

GHP is looking for Lecturers with demonstrated teaching experience in related disciplines ranging from medical anthropology, public health, global health, epidemiology, and medical social sciences. Courses may be at the graduate or undergraduate level and are in the area of global health related topics.

The position is expected to be in-person and classes will be held on the UC San Diego Campus.

Job responsibilities:
• Teach assigned courses during the scheduled time on the schedule of classes.
• Outside of course time and as needed, develop syllabi, pedagogically effective assignments, lecture slides, lesson plans, exams, and/or other course materials and/or prompts for student work.
• Responding and providing feedback to students and their assignments.
• Hold regularly scheduled office hours.
• Academic responsibility per Article 3 of the current UC-AFT MOU bargaining agreement.
• Potentially provide instruction and guidance to teaching assistants, instructional assistants, and readers.

Department: https://globalhealthprogram.ucsd.edu/

Qualifications

Basic qualifications (required at time of application)

Candidates applying must be at ABD or have a doctorate degree (PhD, MD, ScD/DSc, Ed. D, MD).

Have professional or teaching experience in the fields of medical anthropology, public health, global health, epidemiology, or a medical social science.

Additional qualifications (required at time of start)

Doctorate degree (PhD, MD, ScD/DSc, Ed. D, MD)

Preferred qualifications
  • Candidates with a Phd and at least 1 year of teaching or mentoring experience

  • Candidates with PhD and at least 3 years of professional experience in the fields of medical anthropology, public health, global health, epidemiology, or a medical social science

Application Requirements

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

  • Cover Letter/Statement of Teaching - Indicate the field (s) you can teach, your qualifications and what courses you may be able to teach based on our catalog. State the quarter(s) you may be able to teach.

  • Teaching Evaluations - Recent teaching evaluations. If evaluations are from more than 5 years ago, please provide an explantion for why more recent evaluations were not submitted. An english translation of the teaching evaluation must be provided if it is not in English.

    (Optional)

  • Sample Syllabi - Upload up to two sample syllabi
    (Optional)

Apply link: https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04342

Help contact: antsocap@ucsd.edu

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Job location

La Jolla, California

Teaching Assistant, Reader and Undergraduate

Instructional Apprentices (UGIAs) Positions

The Global Health Program occasionally has opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to apply for teaching assistant and reader positions as well as Undergraduate Instructional Apprentices (UGIAs). If there are open positions they will be posted on the ASES page.

For more information on positions, please see our IA resource page

Students should apply through the ASES portal.

For questions regarding IA positions, please contact Ma-globalhealth@ucsd.edu