LECTURER, GENERAL EDUCATION UCLA CLUSTER PROGRAM ALL IN YOUR HEAD? BRAIN, BODYMIND, AND SOCIETY Apply now to LECTURER, GENERAL EDUCATION UCLA CLUSTER PROGRAM ALL IN YOUR HEAD? BRAIN, BODYMIND, AND SOCIETY Job #JPF10150 + EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES / L&S Undergraduate Education / UCLA Position overview Position title: Lecturer Salary range: Determined by rank and step at appointment (https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/\_files/2024-25/july-2024-scales/t15.pdf) Application Window Open date: January 31, 2025 Next review date: Monday, Mar 3, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee. Final date: Monday, Mar 3, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Applications will continue to be accepted until this date. Position description LECTURER, GENERAL EDUCATION UCLA CLUSTER PROGRAM ALL IN YOUR HEAD? BRAIN, BODYMIND, AND SOCIETY The UCLA Undergraduate Education Initiatives unit seeks a lecturer for Spring Quarter (AY 2024-25) to teach a seminar as part of the General Education UCLA Cluster Program. This position includes developing and teaching a seminar course (Cluster 73CW) for freshman students with varied backgrounds. The seminar should cover a topic related to understanding the brain, memory, learning, consciousness, mental illness, and disability through disciplines such as disability studies, literary and film analysis, neurobiology, philosophy, and psychology. UCLA has a diverse student population in one of the more diverse cities in the nation; we particularly seek candidates who have taught similarly diverse students in a major research university. Required Qualifications: • An earned doctorate from an accredited university • College-level teaching experience, especially to a General Education population • Knowledge and training in psychology and neuroscience, with special focus on memory • Experience in teaching writing and composition Preferred Qualifications: • At least three years of college-level teaching experience • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Must be capable of delivering high-quality instruction to a diverse student body Requirements: • Cover letter • Curriculum vitae • Statement of teaching • Proposed syllabus • Names and contact information of two references The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: Contact: Sally Gibbons Cluster 73 Coordinator, UCLA Cluster Program UCLA Undergraduate Education sgibbons@college.ucla.edu Qualifications Basic qualifications • An earned doctorate from an accredited university • College-level teaching experience, especially to a General Education population • Knowledge and training in psychology and neuroscience, with special focus on memory • Experience in teaching writing and composition Preferred qualifications • At least three years of college-level teaching experience • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Must be capable of delivering high-quality instruction to a diverse student body Application Requirements Document requirements + Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V. + Cover Letter + Statement of Teaching + Statement on Contributions to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion - An EDI Statement describes a faculty candidate’s past, present, and future (planned) contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion. To learn more about how UCLA thinks about contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion, please review our EDI Statement FAQ document, and Sample EDI Statements. + Reference check authorization release form - Complete and upload the reference check authorization release form + • Proposed syllabus Reference requirements + 2 required (contact information only) Contact information only Apply link: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10150 Help contact: cyulius@college.ucla.edu About UCLA As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy, please visit https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/\_files/apm/apm-035.pdf. For the University of California’s Anti-Discrimination Policy, please visit https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination. 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, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer. + “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, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer. + UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy (https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000385/SVSH) + UC Anti-Discrimination Policy for Employees, Students and Third Parties + APM - 035: Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment (https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/\_files/apm/apm-035.pdf) Job location Los Angeles, CA