The English Department is now accepting applications for Part Time Lecturers for the 2025-2026 academic year.  These positions are non-tenure eligible with a 9-month service period (September 16 ? June 15) and an anticipated start date of September 16, 2025. Appointments are determined by program need, available funding, and the eligible pool of candidates. We will assemble a pool of qualified candidates now and anticipate making offers as soon as possible. After initial offers are made in the spring and/or summer, additional hires, quarters and courses may be added depending on available funding.

Duties:  The duties will include teaching courses in the Program in Writing & Rhetoric (PWR), the Program for Writing Across Campus (PWAC), upper division English literature and language courses, and/or creative writing courses.

Salary:  The appointment will be at 50% FTE of the full-time rate. The full-time base salary range for this position will be $6,583 - $7,241 per month, prorated based on the appointment FTE, and commensurate with experience and qualifications, or as mandated by a U.S. Department of Labor prevailing wage determination.

Eligibility:  To be eligible for an offer for Autumn Quarter 2025, applicants must have received their terminal degree by the end of Summer Quarter 2025. Priority for full year offers will be given to those who have completed their Ph.D. by the end of Spring Quarter 2025. Applicants with satisfactory progress toward the degree and demonstrated teaching excellence will be given preference.  Applicants completing their degree during Summer Quarter may receive an offer contingent on completion of the degree during summer quarter. To be eligible for appointments starting Winter Quarter 2026, the terminal degree must be completed before the end of Autumn Quarter 2025. Anyone expecting to be eligible anytime in the coming year must apply now, indicating the quarter in which they expect to be complete the degree.

Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the United States to be considered. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

All applications will be submitted through Interfolio. For course evals, please upload each of the four into its own slot under that heading. For the syllabus and supporting material, please combine into one document to upload to that required item's slot.

Applications should include:

?        Letter of application addressed to Habiba Ibrahim, Chair, and modeled on those for any college teaching position. Include all programs in which you would be interested to teach, as well as your dates of availability.

?        ABD applicants: include how many dissertation chapters are complete, how many are yet to be completed, and projected date of graduation.

?        Curriculum vitae including areas in which the applicant is prepared to teach.

?        A one-page list of courses taught at UW or elsewhere by year.

?        A statement of teaching philosophy (1-2 pages).

?        Quantitative student course evaluations from four recent courses (include, if possible, a range of courses taught at UW over the last two years), along with, if desired, a contextualizing document.

?        A sample syllabus from one recent course, accompanied by no more than 6 pages of supporting material (goals for the course, reading list, assignments, classroom exercises, etc.).

?        Three confidential letters of recommendation dated within the past 12 months.                                                                                      

Review of applications will begin on May 19, 2025. For more information about the Department of English please visit this link.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or protected veteran status.

Benefits Information

A summary of benefits associated with this title/rank can be found at https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/benefits-orientation/benefit-summary-pdfs/. Appointees solely employed and paid directly by a non-UW entity are not UW employees and are not eligible for UW or Washington State employee benefits.

Commitment to Diversity

The University of Washington is committed to building diversity among its faculty, librarian, staff, and student communities, and articulates that commitment in the UW Diversity Blueprint (http://www.washington.edu/diversity/diversity-blueprint/). Additionally, the University?s Faculty Code recognizes faculty efforts in research, teaching and/or service that address diversity and equal opportunity as important contributions to a faculty member?s academic profile and responsibilities (https://www.washington.edu/admin/rules/policies/FCG/FCCH24.html#2432).

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Disability Services

To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Disability Services Office at 206-543-6450 or dso@uw.edu.

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