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The Humanities Core Program is seeking applicants for Unit 18 lecturer positions to teach seminars during the 2026-2027 academic year.

Humanities Core is a year-long sequence of courses. Appointments will include Fall, Winter, and Spring service (9/12 academic year appointment) with 1-3 courses per quarter, plus 1.0 instructional workload credit for lecture attendance/support for the academic year. Candidates should hold a Ph.D. in a discipline represented in the School of Humanities. Knowledge of the Humanities Core program, experience teaching writing and composition, and 3+ years of university teaching experience is preferred.

This appointment falls under the purview of the agreement between the University of California and the American Federation of Teachers. Terms and conditions of employment are subject to UC policy and the collective bargaining agreement.

Service & Pay Period Dates for 2026-2027

Fall 2026
Service Period: 09/21/26 - 12/11/26
Pay Period: 07/01/26 - 10/31/26

Winter 2027
Service Period: 01/04/27 - 03/19/27
Pay Period: 11/01/26 - 02/28/27

Spring 2027
Service Period: 03/24/27 - 06/11/27
Pay Period: 03/01/27 - 06/30/27

UCI Humanities Core

Humanities Core serves first-year undergraduate students, introducing them to the major methods and objects of study of humanistic inquiry. Led by some of the most exciting and respected scholars in their respective fields, the program puts first-year students in touch with university research through a series of engaging lectures and gives students hands-on opportunities to develop their writing, critical thinking, and research skills in smaller seminars, all led by seasoned and highly experienced instructors. A series of nine lecture units, delivered by senate faculty from a wide range of disciplines, analyze and interpret many different kinds of primary and secondary sources that speak to a shared topic; in 2026-2027, we continue a cycle on the environmental humanities called Environment | Encounter | Entanglement. Seminar instructors attend and are expected to directly engage with these lecture units in their classroom teaching. We seek Unit 18 faculty members to lead small seminar sections (~20 students) in which students practice these analytic methodologies through classroom discussion and further engagement with texts assigned for the lecture curriculum. Seminar instructors also guide students through a yearlong writing curriculum that includes numerous argumentative essays and a multimodal website, culminating in a capstone research project. These activities are designed to scaffold students’ development into interdisciplinary thinkers and researchers as they examine the topic of the course throughout the year.

Visit the Humanities Core website for more information about our program. If you have any questions about the application process or terms of employment, please contact Program Manager Samantha Engler at englers@uci.edu. Curricular questions can be directed to Professor Rebecca Davis, Director of Humanities Core at radavis@uci.edu.

The University of California, Irvine is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC anti-discrimination policy.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct.

• “Misconduct” means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant’s previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment or discrimination, as defined by the employer.
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