Temporary Faculty Pool; Lecturer - Public Administration

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Work type: Instructional Faculty - Temporary/Lecturer
Location: Fresno
Categories: Unit 3 - CFA - California Faculty Association, Temporary, Part Time

Temporary Faculty Pool - Lecturer in Public Administration

The Master of Public Administration (MPA) program at California State University, Fresno, housed in the Department of Political Science, provides a professional degree to individuals seeking to serve the public through the effective and ethical administration of public programs. To accomplish this, the program faculty promote and teach the following core competencies: to lead and manage in public governance; to participate in and contribute to the public policy process;

to analyze, synthesize, think critically, solve problems, and make decisions; to articulate and apply a public service perspective; and to communicate and interact with a diverse and changing workforce and citizenry.

The MPA Program seeks part-time lecturers to teach one and three unit courses as needed. One unit courses will be practitioner seminars related to the part-time faculty member’s professional experience in Public Administration.

Note:

1-unit classes may not run for the entire semester.

The department seeks qualified candidate(s) to teach graduate courses such as:

Instructor Responsibility: Temporary faculty members are responsible for adherence to and implementation of university and system-wide policies as directed per Academic Policy Manual 306, paragraph
2. Instructors are responsible for the preparation, delivery, conducting, proctoring, and grading (as appropriate) lectures, office hours, homework assignments, quizzes, class projects, and midterm and final exams. All classes must be offered and meet as scheduled throughout the entire semester, in the mode assigned and listed in the schedule of classes (i.e. asynchronous, synchronous, in-person, or hybrid).

Conditional Appointment

Please be advised that an appointment is contingent upon budget and enrollment considerations and subject to order of assignment provisions in the collective bargaining agreement between California State University and California Faculty Association. These provisions state the “Order of Work,” or the order in which available courses must be assigned to faculty, starting with tenure line faculty and ending with new lecturer appointees.

Appointees will be required to demonstrate eligibility to work in the United States (Fresno State is not a sponsoring agency for Temporary Faculty positions).

Compensation - Commensurate by qualifications and experience within salary range placement. The salary ranges are established by the CSU Salary Schedule (Class Code = 2358 for Academic Year Lecturers). The salary range for Temporary Faculty with a Master's degree is $5,507-6,677 per a month when teaching full time (15 WTUs). Starting salaries are usually at or near the minimum of the range.

Actual monthly salary will be adjusted based on the number of WTUs assigned per an academic term.

Anticipated Semester

The temporary faculty pool is continuously open, and positions are filled as needed, based on student enrollment and funding. This is a pool of part-time lecturers for the department to draw on as necessary. The number of positions varies from semester to semester, depending on the needs of the Department. Appointments from the pool are temporary and often made just prior to the start of the academic term.

Applicants may need to be available to begin teaching on short notice. The pool will remain in place for two academic terms; those interested in remaining in the pool beyond that time must reapply.

Fall 2025:
August 18, 2025 – December 22, 2025;
Spring 2026:
January 15, 2026 – May 22, 2026

Required Qualifications:

Education (from an accredited institution or foreign equivalent): A Master's degree or PhD in…