Interested applicants should submit their CV and cover letter as one document through umjobs.org and also via email to [email protected].
The cover letter should be addressed to the HSSP Search Committee and must include:
- Your name, email address, and phone number
- Your University of Michigan affiliation, and the name and typical length of your graduate program
- Your current year in graduate studies and your expected graduation date
- Description of any previous teaching experience at the University of Michigan or elsewhere
- A brief explanation of your teaching philosophy, if you have one, and/or your approach to anti-racist teaching or pedagogy
- Any experience/expertise in health-related work, public health, healthcare, or health systems
- Prior teaching evaluations, if available
- Two professional references (name, phone number, and email address for each)
- Please indicate if you will be available during typical class lecture hours (Monday 4-5:30)
- Please indicate that you can teach all lab sections. (Wednesday 8:30-10am, Thursday 8:30-10am, Friday 1-2:30pm, Friday 2:30-4pm)
The Health Sciences Scholars Program (HSSP) is recruiting for a full-time (1.0) FTE) Lecturer position for Applied Liberal Arts (ALA) 106 for Fall 2026 term.
- Participation in course planning with the HSSP faculty. This occurs prior to the start of the semester, and can be done remotely. Participation in Lecturer trainings and orientation as determined by LSA is also expected.
- Attend all weekly lectures
- With the instructor's guidance, plan and facilitate weekly team-based learning (TBL) lab and discussion sessions. The Lecturer will lead four 90 minute lab/discussion sessions each week.
- Assist in maintenance of the primary course Canvas website, including posting slides, recordings, readings, relevant campus event announcements, and other class content
- When a class community platform is part of the course (eg. Yellowdig), monitor community activity on the site and provide comments and accolades.
- Attend all evening speaker sessions
- Grade all assignments and provide feedback in a timely fashion
- Complete any requested Academic Progress Reports requested by LSA or Student Academic Affairs
- Design weekly quizzes based upon the lectures and assigned materials
- Meet weekly with the HSSP ALA 106 instructors
- Hold office hours (in person and virtual recommended)
- Work with individual students as needed
- Participate in debriefing sessions on the course as a whole at the conclusion of the semester
- Respond to occasional student requests for letters of recommendation, and (typically) write letters for students, often in conjunction Dr. Harris. Often these requests come after the conclusion of the semester, sometimes even years after.
- The candidate must hold a Master's level degree or higher in a field related to health, healthcare, public health, health systems, nursing, health law, global health, or health-related social sciences or humanities.
- They must also have experience in college undergraduate teaching, and evidence of excellence in teaching and instruction.
- Interest in and/or experience with university living-learning programs.
- Experience in student coaching, academic counsel and advising, and student supervision
This position is covered under the collective bargaining agreement between the U-M and the Lecturers Employee Organization, AFL-CIO, which contains and settles all matters with respect to wages, benefits, hours and other terms and conditions of employment.
The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background checks. Background checks are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Brandon Veal
Health Sciences Scholars Program
1300 East Ann St., Suite 1300
Couzens Hall
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2016
[email protected]
https://lsa.umich.edu/hssp
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