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The University of North Carolina Asheville Department of Languages and Literatures invites applications for a Lecturer in Spanish to begin Fall 2025. Candidates should be capable of teaching a full range of courses in Spanish language, literature, and culture, with an emphasis on introductory Spanish. We are eager to hire a candidate with experience and enthusiasm to engage with the growing heritage speaker population on our campus (approximately 10% of the total headcount), and who is willing to lead development of a heritage speaker curriculum. We are also particularly interested in a candidate able to teach in French as well. Willingness to engage in the Humanities or other cross-disciplinary programs a plus; commitment to teaching excellence a priority.

The successful candidate will be expected to teach 3-4 courses (12 contact hours) per semester, engage in service to the institution, the community and the profession, and ideally work with our students in some area of the discipline specific to their expertise. Individuals with a passion for undergraduate teaching and interest in a career at an institution focused on the liberal arts are strongly encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will be excited to engage a diverse community of learners, including first-generation college students and students from under-represented groups and/or under-resourced high schools, through varied, innovative, and student-focused pedagogies.

UNC Asheville is a leading public liberal arts and sciences institution with a deep commitment to teaching. It is the designated liberal arts and sciences university of the UNC system and is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. The faculty at UNC Asheville teach across our required interdisciplinary core curriculum, in courses that include first-year seminars; courses that engage scientific perspectives, and a capstone course that demonstrates the relevance of the liberal arts on contemporary issues.

Furthermore, UNCA has been and continues to be a national leader in undergraduate research. Over 67% of our students graduate each year having been engaged in this important learning experience and the University embraces the mentoring of undergraduate research as one of the highest forms of teaching. This commitment makes it essential for all faculty to be engaged in the current trends of their disciplines and this is demonstrated in the outstanding research and scholarship produced by the faculty.