The UCLA Undergraduate Education Initiatives unit seeks a 50% lecturer to teach Spring 2026 in Academic Year 2025-26 for a lower division undergraduate course as part of the General Education UCLA Cluster Program. The course, ALL IN YOUR HEAD? BRAIN, BODYMIND, AND SOCIETY, draws on several disciplines -- including disability studies, literary and film analysis, neurobiology, philosophy, and psychology -- to develop an interdisciplinary account of how we relate our increasingly sophisticated knowledge of brain to contexts and meanings of subjectivity, mental health, and disability. This position includes developing and teaching a seminar course (Cluster 73CW) for freshman students with varied backgrounds. The seminar should cover a topic related to the interdisciplinary exploration of food, nutrition and agricultural systems as these connect to scientific, technological and cultural understandings of the body-mind in global health.

UCLA has a diverse student population in one of the more diverse cities in the nation; we particularly seek candidates who have taught similarly diverse students in a major research university.

Required Qualifications:
· An earned doctorate from an accredited university
· College-level teaching experience, especially to a General Education population
· Knowledge and training in philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, disability studies, literature, film, or related field
· Experience in teaching writing and composition

Preferred Qualifications:
· At least three years of college-level teaching experience
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills
· Must be capable of delivering high-quality instruction to a diverse student body

Requirements:
· Cover letter
· Curriculum vitae
· Statement of teaching
· Proposed syllabus
· Names and contact information of two references

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.

This position is represented by the University Council – American Federation of Teachers: https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/labor/bargaining-units/ix/contract.html. Internal applicants will be considered for reappointment prior to the consideration of external applicants.

Contact:
Sally Gibbons
Cluster 73 Coordinator, UCLA Cluster Program
UCLA Undergraduate Education
sgibbons@college.ucla.edu