Lecturers Part-Time, English - 2026-27

School / Campus / College: College of Arts and Sciences

Organization: English

Title: Lecturers Part-Time, English - 2026-27

Position Description

The English Department is now accepting applications for Part Time Lecturers for the 2026-2027 academic year. These positions are non-tenure eligible with a 9-month service period (September 16 – June 15) and an anticipated start date of September 16, 2026. Appointments are determined by program need, available funding, and the eligible pool of candidates. Positive factors for consideration include, but are not limited to, prior teaching experience in a UW Writing Program. We will assemble a pool of qualified candidates in April 2026 and anticipate making offers as soon as possible. After initial offers are made in the spring and/or summer, additional hires, quarters and courses may be added depending on available funding.

Duties:  The duties will include teaching courses in the Program in Writing & Rhetoric (PWR), the Program for Writing Across Campus (PWAC), upper division English literature and language courses, and/or creative writing courses.

Salary:  The appointment will be at 50% FTE of the full-time rate. The full-time base salary range for this position will be $7,242  - $7,967 per month, prorated based on the appointment FTE, and commensurate with experience and qualifications, or as mandated by a U.S. Department of Labor prevailing wage determination.

Qualifications

Eligibility:  To be eligible for an offer for Autumn Quarter 2026, applicants must have received their terminal degree by the end of Summer Quarter 2026. Priority for full year offers will be given to those who have completed their Ph.D. by the end of Spring Quarter 2026. Applicants with satisfactory progress toward the degree and demonstrated teaching excellence will be given preference.  Applicants completing their degree during Summer Quarter may receive an offer contingent on completion of the degree during summer quarter. To be eligible for appointments starting Winter Quarter 2027, the terminal degree must be completed before the end of Autumn Quarter 2026. Anyone expecting to be eligible anytime in the coming year must apply now, indicating the quarter in which they expect to complete the degree.

Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the United States to be considered. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Instructions

All applications will be submitted through Interfolio. For course evals, please upload each into its own slot under that heading. For the syllabus and supporting material, please combine into one document to upload to that required item's slot.

Applications should include:

●    Letter of application addressed to Habiba Ibrahim, Chair, and modeled on those for any college teaching position. Please speak to your teaching philosophy and your areas of expertise, and provide your dates of availability. ABD applicants: include how many dissertation chapters are complete, how many are yet to be completed, and projected date of graduation.

●    Curriculum vitae 

●    A completed PTL application form, available here: PTL Application Form  

●    Quantitative student course evaluations from two recent courses (include, if possible, different courses taught at UW over the last two years), along with, if desired, a contextualizing document.

●    A sample syllabus from one recent course, accompanied by no more than 6 pages of supporting material (goals for the course, reading list, assignments, classroom exercises, etc.).

●    Three confidential letters of recommendation dated within the past 12 months.

Review of applications will begin on April 6, 2026. For more information about the Department of English please visit this link .

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