CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH, DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

PART-TIME LECTURER OPENINGS

California State University, Long Beach, is a large comprehensive university with a student body exceeding 34,000 and 1,900 full and part-time faculty, offering 85 baccalaureate and 67 master's degrees in the liberal arts, applied and professional fields. Unless stated otherwise, part-time lecturer appointments are for one semester.

POSITION: Part-Time Lecturer in Political Science

RECRUITMENT NO.:               517

EFFECTIVE DATE:       August 25, 2008 - Fall Semester;  January 23, 2009 - Spring Semester

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: In Political Science or related discipline, an ABD (toward Ph.D.) with progress toward completion of dissertation required or a Bachelor’s and Master’s with extensive leadership experience in the proposed area of teaching.  Ability to communicate effectively with an ethnically and culturally diverse campus community.

DESIRED/PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:   Preference will be given to those whose education and teaching experience best qualify them for the particular courses to be staffed.

DUTIES: Teach up to a maximum of 12 units of undergraduate or graduate courses in a variety of subfields in Political Science.

SALARY: Commensurate with training and experience.  Probable range for one 3-unit course, $724-812 in six monthly installments. 

REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION: Letter of application, resume including e-mail address, three recent letters of recommendation, and official transcript from institution awarding highest degree.

POSITION OPEN UNTIL FILLED (or recruitment canceled.)  Review of applications to begin April 28, 2008, for Fall 2008, and October 1, 2008, for Spring 2009.  Applications, required documentation, and/or requests for information should be addressed to:

Dr. Charles Noble, Chair, Dept. of Political Science

California State University, Long Beach

1250 Bellflower Boulevard

Long Beach, CA 90840-4605

e-mail:  posc@csulb.edu

(562) 985-4705

In addition to meeting fully its obligations of nondiscrimination under federal and state law, CSULB is committed to creating a community in which a diverse population can learn, live, and work, in an atmosphere of tolerance, civility, and respect for the rights and sensibilities of each individual, without regard to economic status, ethnic background, political views, or other personal characteristics or beliefs.  EO Employer.