This is a general posting that will serve to create a pool of applicants for adjunct faculty openings throughout the 2024-2025 academic year. Should we have an opening and be interested in pursuing your application, we will contact you with specific information.

As the University’s largest and most varied academic unit, the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) is comprised of artists, learners, performers, scholars, scientists, and teachers across 21+ departments, programs, schools, and centers and acts as a central hub where many of the University's disciplines intersect. Nearly all 6,000 undergraduates at the University take liberal arts courses with us, and about one-third of these students declare a first major in a CAHSS program. Most of our departments, programs and schools offer master's or doctoral programs. CAHSS scholars, artists, instructors, staff, and students collaborate in a shared quest for knowledge about the human condition and the development of skills to improve our local and global communities. The diverse scope of CAHSS allows our students to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed at nearly any career in today’s global society. 

Department Summary

The Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies Program  offers undergraduate students a vibrant and rigorous course of study that cultivates a critical understanding of the role that gender, and sexuality plays in the construction of identities and the social and political organization of culture. It welcomes students who are eager to explore the connections between and among the many meanings that gender – as well as race, class and disability – has in our lives, our scholarship, our communities, and our politics.

Position Summary

The Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies Program at the University of Denver requests applications for Adjunct Instructors for the academic year 2024-2025 to teach our two, two-credit colloquia courses:

• GWST 2981 Colloquium in Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies, Winter term 2025 (2 credits, course runs from early January to mid-March)
• GWST 2982 Colloquium in Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies, Spring term 2025 (2 credits, course runs from late March to mid-June)

In general, these courses reflect current trends within the field of gender and women’s studies, draw on multiple disciplines, and are engaging for undergraduate students. They should be unique to GWST and not resemble courses taught in other departments at DU. For the two credit colloquia series, we encourage courses that integrate applied learning, service-learning and community engagement pedagogies that help students better understand how feminist, gender and queer theory informs the world around them. 

Because this course only meets once a week, we encourage topics and pedagogies that lend themselves to active, engaged learning.

Our colloquiums are taught in- person on our campus in Denver and are currently scheduled for an hour and fifty minutes on Fridays.

Essential Functions

Job requirements include teaching a 10-week course on campus (i.e., one weekly class for 110 minute), holding weekly office hours (either on campus or virtually, via Zoom video-conferencing), assigning and evaluating papers and exams as appropriate, and being available to assist students with course requirements.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Evidence of a commitment to incorporate inclusive teaching methods to engage diverse student populations effectively.
• Willingness to complete DU training on Canvas if not already experienced in using many features of this program, including assignment submissions, discussion boards, quizzes, and the gradebook.

Required Qualifications

• Master's degree or ABD in gender/feminist/queer/ethnic studies or related field
• Previous college/university teaching experience
• Experience using any course management software in teaching online or conventional classes previously (e.g. Blackboard, Canvas, or similar)
• Availability to teach classes “face-to-face” in physical classrooms at the University of Denver.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Gender/Feminist/Queer Studies or  related field
• Previous experience teaching a college-level course  as the primary instructor.
• Experience interacting with and effectively teaching diverse communities of students.
• Experience using the following features of the Canvas course management system: Assignment submission, discussion boards, quizzes, announcements, files, and the gradebook.

Work Schedule

While the University’s administrative offices are open Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm, faculty schedules vary from term to term and are based on courses taught, service commitments, and research agendas. The University’s academic calendars are posted on the registrar’s website: https://www.du.edu/registrar/calendars-deadlines

Application Deadline

For priority consideration, please submit your application materials by 4:00 p.m. (MST) August 15, 2024. 

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. 

Special Instructions

Candidates must apply online through jobs.du.edu to be considered. Only applications submitted online will be accepted.

For questions about this position, please contact the program admin at gwst@du.edu.

Course Rate

The 2024-2025 adjunct faculty pay rate is $1,265 per credit, 2-credit courses will pay $2,530.

The University of Denver has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what the University may pay for the position at the time of posting. The University may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal salary equity considerations, and available market information, but not based on a candidate’s sex or any other protected status.

Benefits

The University of Denver offers some benefits for non-benefited employees. The University of Denver is a private institution that empowers students who want to make a difference. Learn more about the University of Denver.

Please include the following documents with your application:

1. Cover Letter that includes qualifications and relevant university teaching experience and a detailed description of the colloquium course you would like to teach
2. Evidence of quality university level teaching
3. CV
4. List of References
5. Syllabus from a course previously taught OR sample syllabus for proposed colloquium  

The University of Denver is an equal opportunity employer.  The University of Denver prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, age (40 years and over in the employment context), religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, marital status, veterans status, and any other class of individuals protected from discrimination under federal, state, or local law, regulation, or ordinance in any of the university’s educational programs and activities, and in the employment (including application for employment) and admissions (including application for admission) context, as required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended in 2008; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; and any other federal, state, and local laws, regulations, or ordinances that prohibit discrimination, harassment, and/or retaliation. For the university’s complete Non-Discrimination Statement, please see https://www.du.edu/equalopportunity/non-discrimination-statement.

All offers of employment are contingent upon satisfactory completion of a criminal history background check.