[Sehefac] Associate-In positions in SEHE 2025-26

[Dana Simmons]

Dear SEHE friends,
Please share the announcement below with qualified advanced grad students
who might be interested in teaching for SEHE next year. CHASS students are
prioritized but I believe that we may be able consider others if a
qualified CHASS student is not available. Thanks for sharing with your
networks!
Happy rest of summer,
Dana

ASSOCIATE-IN POSITIONS

The Department of Society, Environment and Health Equity seeks to hire
currently enrolled CHASS graduate students to teach one or more of the
following classes as Associate Instructor (Associate-In):

SEHE 174 Eugenics, Disability and Social Justice (Fall 25)
SEHE 005/STAT 005 Statistics, Society and Health (Winter 26)
SEHE 173/ HIST 107 Disease and Society (Winter 26)
SEHE 175 Transforming Toxic Jobs: Health and Work in the United States
(Winter 26)
SEHE 162 Giving Birth (Spring 26)

Initial Review Date of Applications to begin: July 25, 2025.
Final Review Date: March 30, 2026 or until recruitment is complete.
Positions will remain open until filled.
For full consideration, a complete application must include the following 3
items which should be sent via email to all three members of the Search
committee (Juliann.allison at ucr.edu, dana.simmons at ucr.edu,
ellen.reese at ucr.edu) by July 25, 2025 for full consideration.

1) A cover letter that contains the following information (1 document):
a.The list of courses from the list above that you wish to teach and which
quarter you are available to teach each course;
b. A description of your breadth of knowledge in the relevant course
subject matter, relevant fields, and pedagogical approach;
c. A statement attesting that you meet the minimal and other requirements
for this position (as stated in this job ad below);
d. A list of 3 references (names, email addresses and phone numbers) that
can provide information about your knowledge of relevant fields or subject
matter and/or teaching quality.
2) Your current CV
3) Teaching evaluations from your 3 most recent teaching experiences

4) For applicants to SEHE 005 only: please include evidence of advanced
training and teaching experience in statistics/ quantitative methods, via
an unofficial transcript in addition to student evals.

Minimum Requirements:
According to Graduate Division at UCR: “An Associate Instructor, also known
as “Associate In _,” is a full-time registered (12 units) graduate student
who should be competent to work independently and without supervision to
conduct the entire instruction of a lower division course.   The minimal
qualifications for appointment to the title shall be possession of a
master's degree or equivalent training and at least one year of teaching
experience.  Instructors of record will normally receive a 50% appointment
for a regular academic course.”

Other requirements: Must possess a master’s degree or equivalent training
in humanities, social science, public health, environmental science, or
related fields and be currently enrolled in a graduate program within
College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHASS).
Additional information or documentation may be required from applicants
selected by the SEHE Department Search Committee in order to meet
university hiring requirements for Associate In positions.
Training or research specialization related to social inequities, health
disparities, health and disability justice, is preferred.

Applicants for SEHE 005 (Statistics, Society and Health) are required to
show advanced training and teaching experience in statistics/ quantitative
methods, via an unofficial transcript and student evals.

Time commitment: 50% FTE

Compensation: The 100% salary scale for Associate Instructors at UCR in
2025-2026 can be found here; this position is for a 50% position (half of
the salary shown in this scale):
https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2025-26/represented-oct-2025-scales/t19.pdf



-- 
Dana Simmons
Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Society, Environment and
Health Equity
Cooperating Faculty, Department of History
University of California, Riverside

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