Lecturer in History

University of Wisconsin Madison, United States

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Location: Madison, WISCONSIN

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Posted: 21-May-25

Location: Madison, Wisconsin

Type: Full-time

Categories:


Education/Training
Staff/Administrative

Internal Number: 314836-AS



Job Summary:

Teach the following courses in Fall 2025:
This position will teach History of Science 212: Bodies, Diseases, and Healers: An Introduction to the History of Medicine. This is a 3-credit lecture course with an enrollment cap of 144 and includes the supervision of two teaching assistants.
This position will also teach History of Science 211: The Historian's Craft: Science, Medicine, and Technology. This is a 3-credit seminar course with an enrollment cap of 15. The specific topic must be within the history of science, medicine, or technology, but it can be determined by the instructor, based on their own expertise and interest.
This position is responsible for preparing all course materials, administering and grading exams and homework. This position is expected to create assignments, exams, homework and hold office hours to meet with students.

Responsibilities:
Facilitates classroom, online, and/or laboratory instruction and assists with instructional development and design for a single course or series of courses within an academic discipline to support the delivery of quality instruction. Provides for-credit instruction in formats such as classroom, online and/or laboratory settings, including grading. Serves as an instructor of record.
  • 80% Facilitates classroom, online and/or laboratory instruction for one or more courses, including assessment of student performance
  • 10% Develops instructional design and curriculum relevant to a course of instruction
  • 10% Serves as an initial point of contact for students as it relates to specific course or series content and expectations

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.
For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion


Education:

Preferred
Terminal Degree
Ph.D. or other terminal degree required in history or related field

Qualifications:

Demonstrated record of or potential for superior scholarly accomplishments and previous college/university-level teaching experience preferred.

Work Type:

Part Time: 66.7%
It is anticipated this position requires work be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location.

Appointment Type, Duration:

Terminal, 4 month appointment.
This position has the possibility to be extended or converted to an ongoing appointment based on need and/or funding

Salary:

Minimum $50,000 ACADEMIC (9 months)
Depending on Qualifications

Additional Information:

There is a possibility this position could be extended in subsequent semesters to teach the same or similar courses within the department. This position could become renewable if there is a need for an ongoing appointment.

How to Apply:

Click on "Apply Now" and submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, a draft syllabus for History of Science 212, a draft syllabus for History of Science 211 (or some other undergraduate seminar course based on helping students understand the work of historians), one sample assignment for either course, and a document listing three references, including current supervisor. References will not be contacted without notice. Please submit all application materials as one complete document. Questions about draft syllabi should be directed to Scott Burkhardt (stburkhardt@wisc.edu ).

Contact:

Davis Fugate
dfugate@wisc.edu
608-263-5092
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.


Official Title:

Lecturer(TL020)

Department(s):

A48-COL OF LETTERS & SCIENCE/HISTORY/HISTORY

Employment Class:

Academic Staff-Terminal

Job Number:

314836-AS
 
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