Temporary Lecturer - Global Health

Position overview

Position title: Lecturer

Salary range: A reasonable salary range estimate for this position is $70,977 to $76,814. The posted UC academic salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and/or step at appointment. See the following table for the salary scale for this position.

Application Window

Open date: September 15, 2025

Next review date: Tuesday, Sep 30, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Wednesday, Aug 26, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Position description

The Global Health Program (GHP) at UC San Diego is committed to academic excellence and diversity within the faculty, staff, and student body. GHP invites applicants for an opportunity for temporary, non-tenure track, lecturer (Unit 18) positions to teach GHP courses for the upcoming academic year.

GHP is looking for Lecturers with demonstrated teaching experience in related disciplines ranging from medical anthropology, public health, global health, epidemiology, and medical social sciences. Courses may be at the graduate or undergraduate level and are in the area of global health related topics.

The position is expected to be in-person and classes will be held on the UC San Diego Campus.

• Teach assigned courses during the scheduled time on the schedule of classes.
• Outside of course time and as needed, develop syllabi, pedagogically effective assignments, lecture slides, lesson plans, exams, and/or other course materials and/or prompts for student work.
• Responding and providing feedback to students and their assignments.
• Hold regularly scheduled office hours.
• Academic responsibility per Article 3 of the current UC-AFT MOU bargaining agreement.
• Potentially provide instruction and guidance to teaching assistants, instructional assistants, and readers.

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Qualifications

Basic qualifications (required at time of application)

Candidates applying must be at ABD or have a doctorate degree (PhD, MD, ScD/DSc, Ed. D).

Have professional or teaching experience in the fields of medical anthropology, public health, global health, epidemiology, or a medical social science.

Additional qualifications (required at time of start)

Doctorate degree (PhD, MD, ScD/DSc, Ed. D, MD)

Preferred qualifications

• Candidates with a PhD and at least 1 year of teaching or mentoring experience
• Candidates with PhD and at least 3 years of professional experience in the fields of medical anthropology, public health, global health, epidemiology, or a medical social science

Application Requirements

Document requirements

• Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
• Cover Letter/Statement of Teaching - Indicate the field (s) you can teach, your qualifications and what courses you may be able to teach based on our catalog: State the quarter(s) you may be able to teach.
• Teaching Evaluations - Recent teaching evaluations. If evaluations are from more than 5 years ago, please provide an explantion for why more recent evaluations were not submitted. An english translation of the teaching evaluation must be provided if it is not in English.
• (Optional) Sample Syllabi - Upload up to two sample syllabi

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Job location

La Jolla, California