Lecturer in Spanish & Portuguese

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Wisconsin - Madison welcomes applications for a position as a Short Term Staff (STS) Lecturer of Spanish, beginning in Fall 2024. The main responsibility for this position is to teach undergraduate courses at all levels. Specialization is open. We seek candidates with a dynamic teaching style who can teach and mentor a diverse student body. Particular consideration will be given to those whose teaching experience includes one or more of the following areas:
-Race, ethnicity, and indigeneity
-Gender, queer, and trans studies
-Disability studies.
-Environmental studies
-Social justice
-Digital humanities and new media
-Mexican, Central American, Brazilian, or Andean cultures
-Latinx, Afro-Latinx, and border studies
The teaching load is 3/3. (3 courses per semester)
About the Department
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese offers undergraduate Spanish and Portuguese majors and a certificate in Spanish studies for Business majors. At the graduate level we offer MA and PhD degrees in Spanish and Portuguese with concentrations in literature, cultural studies, and linguistics.

• 60% Facilitates classroom, online and/or laboratory instruction for one or more courses, including assessment of student performance
• 20% Develops instructional design and curriculum relevant to a course of instruction
• 20% Serves as an initial point of contact for students as it relates to specific course or series content and expectations

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.
For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion

Preferred
Master's Degree

Must have 1-3 years teaching Spanish 201 or higher courses at UW-Madison or another University.

Full Time: 100%
It is anticipated this position requires work be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location.

Terminal, 9 month appointment.
This position has the possibility to be extended or converted to an ongoing appointment based on need and/or funding.

Minimum $50,000 ACADEMIC (9 months)
Depending on Qualifications

There is a possibility this position can be extended into subsequent semesters or academic years to teach one or more of the course(s) listed on the PVL, or similar courses within the department.

Please click on the "Apply Now" button (http://jobs.hr.wisc.edu/ ) to start the application process.
To apply for this position, please submit three letters of recommendation that address the candidate's teaching strengths and students advising. In addition, please submit the following as one document:
1) a letter of application,
2) a curriculum vitae,
3) a statement on teaching philosophy,
4) Most recent two years of official teaching evaluations

Kory Deavers
[email protected]
608-262-2248
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.

Lecturer(TL020)

A48-COL OF LETTERS & SCIENCE/SPANISH & PORT/SPAN&PORT

Academic Staff-Terminal

294714-AS