Lecturer - Openness to Opposing Views (Berkeley Changemaker) - Letters and Science

The College of Letters & Science at the University of California, Berkeley invites applications for a lecturer to teach L&S 4/L&S 104: Openness to Opposing Views (Berkeley Changemaker) in summer 2025 or fall or spring semester. L&S 4/104: Openness to Opposing Views (Berkeley Changemaker) is a course that emphasizes the Berkeley Changemaker themes of critical thinking, effective communication, and productive collaboration. The course is fully online-asynchronous.

Teaching L&S 110 includes managing communications over bCourses, supervising readers, holding office hours, assigning grades, advising students, and working with disability accommodations and late assignments. The instructor of record for this course is a senate faculty member but the lecturer will serve as the primary point of contact for all aspects of the course.

Program: https://changemaker.berkeley.edu/letters-sciences-ls-4104-berkeley-changemaker-openness-opposing-views

Basic qualifications (at time of application): must have an advanced degree or be enrolled in an advanced degree program at the time of application.

Additional qualifications (by start date): Completion of advanced degree or an equivalent international degree. Candidates must already be authorized to work in the United States.

Preferred qualifications: A Ph.D. or equivalent international degree, and experience working with a diverse student population is preferred. College-level teaching experience is preferred. Knowledge of accessible technologies and universal design in instruction is preferred.

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Reference letters may be requested of finalists.

UC Berkeley is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. The excellence of the institution requires an environment in which the diverse community of faculty, students, and staff are welcome and included. Successful candidates will demonstrate knowledge and skill related to ensuring equity and inclusion in the activities of their academic position (e.g., teaching, research, and service, as applicable).

The University of California, Berkeley 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, disability, age, or protected veteran status.

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As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.

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