Job Description
Department of English Temporary Faculty Pool
The Department
See Department website here: https://english.humboldt.edu
Courses/Areas of Specialization
Courses offered by the department include Composition, Rhetoric, Creative Writing, Literature, Linguistics, and more. See full listing of course offerings here: https://registrar.humboldt.edu/catalog/
Qualifications
Please see each area below for required and preferred qualifications. Courses listed below may not be offered, or available every term.
Courses
ENGL 102 Composition & Rhetoric A
ENGL 103 Composition & Rhetoric B
ENGL 104 Accelerated Composition & Rhetoric
Minimum Qualifications
Degree: Earned M.A. in appropriate field.
Experience: Successful teaching experience with developmental writers and academic or professional work related to appropriate fields within the last five years. Teaching experience includes ability or experience in developing knowledge through different modes of communication, learning, and language use; and working collaboratively with students to explore divergent, antiracist and intersectional understandings of writing and literacy development.
Preferred: Evidence of teaching effectiveness, evidence of having worked with diverse student populations, background and experience in teaching English Language Learners.
Courses
ENGL 110 Academic Literacies Support and Seminar
Minimum Qualifications
Degree: Earned M.A. in appropriate field.
Experience: Successful teaching experience with college-level writers; relevance of training or teaching experience to this course; area of specialization, evidence of having worked with diverse student populations. Teaching experience includes ability or experience in developing knowledge through different modes of communication, learning, and language use; working collaboratively with students to explore divergent, antiracist and intersectional understandings of English Studies; developing students' understanding of the discipline and critique of it as a collaborative conversation.
Preferred: Evidence of teaching effectiveness in the area of composition studies, evidence of having worked with diverse student populations and with classes composed of various ability levels.
Courses
ENGL 105 Literature, Media and Culture
ENGL 107 Critical Writing
ENGL 304W Writing in the Public Sphere
ENGL 212 Topics in Writing
ENGL 313 Critical Topics in Writing
Minimum Qualifications
Degree: Earned M.A. in appropriate field.
Experience: Successful teaching experience with college-level writers; relevance of training or teaching experience to this course; area of specialization, evidence of having worked with diverse student populations. Teaching experience includes ability or experience in developing knowledge through different modes of communication, learning, and language use; working collaboratively with students to explore divergent, antiracist and intersectional understandings of English Studies; developing students' understanding of the discipline and critique of it as a collaborative conversation.
Preferred: Earned Ph.D. in appropriate field.
Courses
ENGL 305 Postcolonial Literature/Decolonizing Perspectives
ENGL 306 Contemporary Texts
ENGL 308 Gender in Literature
Minimum Qualifications
Degree: Earned M.A. in appropriate field.
Experience: Successful teaching experience with college-level writers; relevance of training or teaching experience to this course; area of specialization, evidence of having worked with diverse student populations. Teaching experience includes ability or experience in developing knowledge through different modes of communication, learning, and language use; working collaboratively with students to explore divergent, antiracist and intersectional understandings of English Studies; developing students' understanding of the discipline and critique of it as a collaborative conversation.
Preferred: Earned Ph.D. in appropriate field.
Courses
ENGL 450 Tutoring Developing Writers
Minimum Qualifications
Degree: Earned M.A. in appropriate field.
Experience: Successful teaching experience with college-level writers; relevance of training or teaching experience to this course; area of specialization, evidence of having worked with diverse student populations. Teaching experience includes ability or experience in developing knowledge through different modes of communication, learning, and language use; working collaboratively with students to explore divergent, antiracist and intersectional understandings of English Studies; developing students' understanding of the discipline and critique of it as a collaborative conversation.
Preferred: Experience in a college-level writing center; previous collaborations with faculty across the curriculum.
Courses
ENGL 344 Young Adult Literature
ENGL 426 Teaching Secondary Writing
Minimum Qualifications
Degree: Earned Ph.D. or Ed.D. in appropriate field.
Experience: Successful teaching experience with college-level writers; relevance of training or teaching experience to this course; area of specialization, evidence of having worked with diverse student populations. Teaching experience includes ability or experience in developing knowledge through different modes of communication, learning, and language use; working collaboratively with students to explore divergent, antiracist and intersectional understandings of English Studies; developing students' understanding of the discipline and critique of it as a collaborative conversation.
Preferred: Evidence of having worked with diverse student populations and with classes composed of various ability levels; relevance of training and teaching experience to this course; area of specialization; single subject credential.
Courses
ENGL 211 Introduction to Creative Writing
ENGL 311 Creative Writing for Environmental Justice
ENGL 314 Creative Writing: Nonfiction
ENGL 315 Creative Writing: Fiction
ENGL 316 Creative Writing: Poetry
ENGL 318 How Writers Persuade: Cross-Cultural Rhetorics
ENGL 319 Podcasts, Social Media, and Web-Based Writing
Minimum Qualifications
Degree: Earned Ph.D. or M.F.A. in appropriate field.
Experience: Successful teaching experience with college-level writers; relevance of training or teaching experience to this course; area of specialization, evidence of having worked with diverse student populations. Teaching experience includes ability or experience in developing knowledge through different modes of communication, learning, and language use; working collaboratively with students to explore divergent, antiracist and intersectional understandings of English Studies; developing students' understanding of the discipline and critique of it as a collaborative conversation.
Preferred: Relevance of training and teaching experience to this course; area of specialization. Preference will be given to candidates that are bilingual in Spanish and have relevant experience and/or research history relating to these courses.
Courses
ENGL 218 Conceptualizing English Studies
ENGL 220 Representation Matters: Literature and Identity
ENGL 232 U.S. Literature and Social Change
ENGL 336 U.S. Writers of Color
ENGL 406 Theories and Technologies of Writing
Minimum Qualifications
Degree: Earned Ph.D. in appropriate field.
Experience: Successful teaching experience with college-level writers; relevance of training or teaching experience to this course; area of specialization, evidence of having worked with diverse student populations. Teaching experience includes ability or experience in developing knowledge through different modes of communication, learning, and language use; working collaboratively with students to explore divergent, antiracist and intersectional understandings of English Studies; developing students' understanding of the discipline and critique of it as a collaborative conversation.
Preferred: Relevance of training and teaching experience to the344 course; area of specialization.
Courses
ENGL 327 Linguistic Diversity and Language Analysis
ENGL 240 Topics in World Literatures
ENGL 330 Topics in Literatures of the Americas
Minimum Qualifications
Degree: Earned M.A. in appropriate field.
Experience: Successful teaching experience with college-level writers; relevance of training or teaching experience to this course; area of specialization, evidence of having worked with diverse student populations. Teaching experience includes ability or experience in developing knowledge through different modes of communication, learning, and language use; working collaboratively with students to explore divergent, antiracist and intersectional understandings of English Studies; developing students' understanding of the discipline and critique of it as a collaborative conversation.
Preferred: Earned Ph.D. or M.F.A.; Bilingual; Multilingual teaching experience; expertise in translation or literatures in translation.
Courses
ENGL 230 Survey of British Literature I
ENGL 231 Survey of British Literature II
Minimum Qualifications
Degree: Earned M.A. in appropriate field.
Experience: Successful teaching experience with college-level writers; relevance of training or teaching experience to this course; area of specialization, evidence of having worked with diverse student populations. Teaching experience includes ability or experience in developing knowledge through different modes of communication, learning, and language use; working collaboratively with students to explore divergent, antiracist and intersectional understandings of English Studies; developing students' understanding of the discipline and critique of it as a collaborative conversation.
Courses
ENGL 325 History of English as a Global Language
ENGL 328 Structure of American English
ENGL 342 Special Topics in Shakespeare
ENGL 394 Oregon Shakespeare Festival
ENGL 350 Topics in British and Postcolonial Literatures
ENGL 410/510 Topics in Queer and Trans Studies
ENGL 471/571 Body, World-building, and Environment
ENGL 417 Second Language Acquisition
ENGL 420/620 Advanced Topics in Critical Theory
ENGL 435/535 Introduction to English as a Second/Foreign Language
ENGL 436 Career Preparation for Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language
ENGL 465B/C Multicultural Issues in Literature/Languages
Minimum Qualifications
Degree: Earned Ph.D. in appropriate field.
Experience: Successful teaching experience with college-level writers; relevance of training or teaching experience to this course; area of specialization, evidence of having worked with diverse student populations. Teaching experience includes ability or experience in developing knowledge through different modes of communication, learning, and language use; working collaboratively with students to explore divergent, antiracist and intersectional understandings of English Studies; developing students' understanding of the discipline and critique of it as a collaborative conversation.
Preferred: Relevance of training and teaching experience to this course; area of specialization.
Courses
ENGL 422 Professional Research Pathways: Research, Libraries, and Graduate School Planning Advanced Research Writing
Minimum Qualifications
Degree: Earned Ph.D. in appropriate field, or Master’s of Library & Information Sciences (MLIS)
Experience: Successful teaching experience with college-level writers; relevance of training or teaching experience to this course; area of specialization, evidence of having worked with diverse student populations. Teaching experience includes ability or experience in developing knowledge through different modes of communication, learning, and language use; working collaboratively with students to explore divergent, antiracist and intersectional understandings of English Studies; developing students' understanding of the discipline and critique of it as a collaborative conversation.
Preferred: Relevance of training and teaching experience to this course; area of specialization.
Courses
ENGL 460 Literary Editing & Publishing
ENGL 461 Professional Concerns in Writing & Editing
Minimum Qualifications
Degree: Earned M.A. in appropriate field.
Experience: Successful academic and/or professional work experience in the field(s) of publishing and/or editing in the last three years. Relevance of training, work history, or teaching in the areas of editing and publishing, audiobook production, podcasting, social media, and/or marketing. Successful teaching experience with college-level writers; evidence of having worked with diverse student populations. Teaching experience includes ability or experience in developing knowledge through different modes of communication, learning, and language use; working collaboratively with students to explore divergent, antiracist and intersectional understandings of English Studies; developing students' understanding of the discipline and critique of it as a collaborative conversation.
Preferred: Earned Ph.D. or M.F.A.; Bilingual in Spanish.
Courses
ENGL 307 Arts in Health
ENGL 309W Narrative Medicine
Minimum Qualifications
Degree: Earned M.A. in appropriate field.
Experience: Successful academic and/or professional work experience in a health-related field in the last three years. Successful teaching experience with college-level writers. Teaching experience includes ability or experience in developing knowledge through different modes of communication, learning, and language use; working collaboratively with students to explore divergent and intersectional understandings of English Studies; developing students' understanding of the discipline and critique of it as a collaborative conversation.
Preferred: Earned Ph.D. or M.F.A.; Bilingual in Spanish
Position Type: Lecturer
Availability: As needed
First Review Date: Applications received by April 1st annually are given first consideration. Early response is encouraged.
Salary: Dependent on qualifications and experience.
The salary schedule information for the Lecturer - Academic Year Classification is available based on the following ranges:
Lecturer A $5,507 - $6,677
Lecturer B $6,221 - $13,224
Lecturer C $6,825 - $14,523
Appointees are typically placed at the beginning of the range . The full-time (15 units per semester) monthly base salaries indicated in the schedules above are prorated to the number of units worked and are paid in six monthly payments for each full semester.
For more information on how Academic Year faculty are paid, see the Explanation of the Distribution of Pay .
The University: Cal Poly Humboldt is committed to eliminating opportunity gaps for marginalized student groups by adopting dynamic, student-centered practices and policies. We value serving students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities, and orientations.
The ideal candidates will demonstrate a shared commitment to the academic and professional success of our diverse student body. We will prioritize applicants who demonstrate knowledge of and commitment to diversity and its value in professional and educational communities. The successful candidate will be an equity-minded educator who is committed to collaborating with faculty, classified staff, administration, and students on closing opportunity gaps.
Cal Poly Humboldt sits on the traditional homelands of the Wiyot people in what is currently called Arcata, CA. The Wiyot people call the area Goudi'ni (over in the woods). The Cal Poly Humboldt campus in Northern California is in close proximity to several thriving Native American tribes and communities. Humboldt currently has the largest percentage of Native American students in the CSU system and has over 30 Native American faculty and staff, many from local area California Indian tribes. Cal Poly Humboldt is home to a number of leading Native American programs including the Indian Tribal Education and Personnel Program (ITEPP) and the Indian Natural Resource, Science and Engineering Program (INRSEP). There are also many opportunities at Humboldt to conduct research, teaching and community work on Native American history and cultures, with resources in Special Collections at the Cal Poly Humboldt library. The Humboldt Room in the Library has fantastic resources for tribally focused archive materials from the region. Humboldt strives to build a supportive and inclusive Native community and engages with Native communities through initiatives and opportunities like the annual California Indian Big Time, Indigenous People's Week, and a chance to network with other faculty and staff as part of the Cal Poly Humboldt Council of American Indian Faculty and Staff. For more information, please visit: http://www.humboldt.edu/nativeprograms/
It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide complete and accurate employment information. Evidence of required degree(s), certification(s), or license(s) will be required prior to the appointment date. A background check (including a criminal records check, employment verification, and education verification) must be completed satisfactorily as a condition of employment with the CSU. Certain positions may also require a credit check, motor vehicle report, and/or fingerprinting through Live Scan service. Adverse findings from a background check may affect the application status of applicants or continued employment of current CSU employees who apply for the position. All CSU employees are obligated to respond to and report incidents of sexual harassment and sexual violence. The successful candidate for this position will be mandated to receive relevant training on an annual basis. The person holding this position is considered a ‘mandated reporter’ under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment. Working in the state of California is a condition of employment for this position. Pursuant to the California State University (CSU) Out-of-State Employment Policy (effective January 1, 2022), hiring employees to perform CSU-related work outside of the state of California is prohibited. The employee must be able to accept on-campus instruction, as assigned, and come to campus when needed. The CSU also prohibits hiring and retaining employees working permanently from a business location outside of the United States. Maintaining eligibility to work in the United States is a condition of employment. Cal Poly Humboldt does not sponsor H-1B visas for staff, management, or temporary faculty positions and we are not an E-Verify employer. See the policy and other resources located here: https://hraps.humboldt.edu/faculty-immigration-resources . Please contact aps@humboldt.edu if you have questions. New employees hired by the CSU for the first time who first become CalPERS members on or after July 1, 2017 are subject to a 10 year vesting period for retiree health and dental benefits. Cal Poly Humboldt is a Title IX/Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, medical condition, disability, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected status. If accommodations need to be made during the recruitment and interview process, please contact Human Resources at (707) 826-3626 or hr@humboldt.edu
Advertised: Feb 28 2025 Pacific Standard Time
Applications close: Feb 22 2026 Pacific Standard Time
