Part-time Adjunct Professor of Spanish

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Dickinson College is a premier four-year residential liberal arts institution chartered in 1783 and widely recognized as a leader in global and sustainability education. Dickinson College is located in Carlisle, named a “most livable city” by Forbes and is minutes from the state capital of Harrisburg. The campus is connected to a vibrant downtown that offers eclectic dining, shopping and entertainment options. Within a two-hour drive are Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.; New York City is three hours away.

Dickinson College offers full-time employees a broad range of benefits, including a comprehensive medical insurance plan, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, generous time off, parental leave, homebuyer assistance, and tuition benefits for eligible employees and dependent children under the age of 24. Upon eligibility, the College contributes 8% of an employee’s base salary to a retirement account with an additional .5% matching contribution; all money paid by the college into the employee’s retirement plan is immediately and fully vested in the employee.

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Job Summary/Basic Function

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies at Dickinson College is hiring a part-time adjunct professor to teach undergraduate-level Spanish language and culture courses for the 2025-2026 academic year and when future need arises. The ability to teach Spanish for the Health Professions and/or Spanish for Business is also desirable but not required. Candidates must teach 1-2 in-person courses per semester in Carlisle, PA.

Dickinson College is a highly selective four-year, independent liberal arts college with 2300 students. It is located 20 minutes west of Harrisburg and is a two-hour drive from Baltimore, Washington DC and Philadelphia.

A master’s degree in a related field and prior teaching experience are required.

Candidates should submit via https://jobs.dickinson.edu; please include a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, course transcript, teaching evaluations or other evidence of teaching effectiveness, and the names, addresses and email addresses of three references. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

EEO/Diversity Statement:    

The College is committed to building a representative and diverse faculty, staff, and student body. We encourage applications from all qualified persons.