Open date: August 29, 2025
Review date: September 29, 2025 at 11:59pm PT (Please apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee)
Final date: March 31, 2026 at 11:59pm PT (Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.)

Position Description
The Health Justice and Community initiative at the University of California, Santa Barbara invites applications for qualified lecturers with strong research training and innovative pedagogic experience to teach courses in critical health justice. This initiative is currently housed in the Department of Exercise and Sport Studies, which is undergoing curricular transformations and focusing on the social, cultural, and political foundations of health justice.

Ideally, the successful candidate will be hired to develop and teach both small and large courses as part of the Department’s new curricular offerings, including an introductory course on health justice & community. We are especially interested in candidates whose scholarly interests go beyond standard biomedical and public health approaches to teach interdisciplinary health justice centered courses on such topics as: critical disability studies, food justice, environmental/climate justice, health disparities/policy, reproductive care, indigenous knowledge production, community healing practices, migrant health care, medical racism/apartheid, colonial medicine, etc.
And, while an on-going research agenda is not expected of this position, candidates must show evidence of strong research training in order to teach research methods (qualitative/humanistic or quantitative) as part of their teaching repertoire.
This posting will remain open until March 2026 to accommodate department needs.

Qualifications
Basic: Ph.D. or ABD (all but dissertation) trained in a social science or relevant interdisciplinary field such as feminist, queer, global, ethnic and/or American studies is a minimum requirement. Candidate must have at least one year of teaching experience.
Preferred: More than one year of teaching experience and a strong record of innovative, community-engaged teaching desired. Evidence of strong research training in critical health justice in order to teach research methods (qualitative/humanistic or quantitative) as part of their teaching repertoire.

A reasonable estimated full-time rate for this position at 100% time is $75,301-$101,198/year. Percent appointment may vary.

See full job description and application instructions at:
https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02982

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.