The Department of Demography at the University of California at Berkeley is generating an applicant pool of qualified temporary instructors to teach a range of departmental courses should openings arise. The department invites instructors who can teach broadly accessible topics and introductions to formal demographic methods, social demography, fertility, mortality, migration, population and environment, family and gender, demography of race and ethnicity, history of population thought, demographic implications of climate change, international migration and refugees, political demography, economic demography, and demography and development. Duties cover undergraduate and graduate teaching, and general duties may include managing graders and graduate student instructors, holding office hours, assigning grades, advising students, preparing course materials such as a syllabus, maintaining a course website, and writing exams. The basic qualification is an advanced degree or enrolment in an advanced degree program at the time of application; a PhD or equivalent international degree at the time of appointment and two years of university-level teaching are preferred. Appointments run for semesters or summer sessions at 8.5% to 100% time and the posted estimate is $70,977 - $95,388. Applications are typically reviewed for summer session needs in March, fall needs in April, and spring needs in October; the most recent review date was 24 July 2026 and applications are accepted until the final date of 9 July 2027. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire and visa sponsorship is not available.
- Career stageDoctoral candidate, Postdoctoral
- DegreePhD candidate (ABD)
- Work authorization requirementApplicants must be authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire.
- StatusOpen
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