Nontenure Line Faculty Pool - World Languages & Literatures

Texas State University; Texas; Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of World Languages and Literatures at Texas State University seeks to develop a pool for temporary/nontenured faculty with expertise in world languages for positions at the rank of lecturer. Successful candidates will be able to teach courses in the language in their area of expertise.

Preference will be given to candidates with online synchronous and asynchronous teaching experience in an American university setting.

Qualifications

• Expertise in world languages.
• Online teaching experience preferred.
• Willing to teach 1–4 courses per semester.
• Eligible for temporary/nontenured lecturer appointments.

Responsibilities

• Teach courses in the language areas of expertise.
• Deliver online and in-person instruction as needed.
• Participate in departmental teaching needs and student support.

Skills

World languages

Online teaching

Course instruction

Job description

The Department of World Languages and Literatures at Texas State University seeks to develop a pool for temporary/nontenured faculty with expertise in world languages for positions at the rank of lecturer. The Department of World Languages and Literatures at Texas State offer majors and minors in Spanish, French and German, and a minor in Arabic, Chinese, Italian, and Japanese. Successful candidates will be able to teach courses in the language in their area of expertise. Preference will be given to candidates with online synchronous and asynchronous teaching experience in an American university setting.

Temporary/nontenured faculty are appointed to teach one to four courses per semester. Teaching appointments are based upon student demand on a semester-by-semester basis. Eligibility for annual reappointment is contingent upon satisfactory annual performance evaluations during the term period, in addition to continuity of funding and departmental need. Successful candidates may teach at the San Marcos and Round Rock campuses and/or online, depending on the needs of the academic department.

This posting is for the Spring 2027, Summer 2027, and Fall 2027 semesters. Please note that this posting is not intended to convey that such a need currently exists. Applicants applying for a pool faculty position will be available to the departmental search committee for consideration as the need arises.

Positions are subject to availability of funds.