Job Description

Lecturer or Senior Lecturer, Deaf Studies/Educational Interpreting (Disability/Psychoeduc Studies) Posting Number
req24726 Department
Disability Psychoeduc Studies Department Website Link
https://education.arizona.edu/disability-psychoeducational-studies Location
Tucson Campus Address
Tucson, AZ USA Position Highlights

This requisition has been updated from "Lecturer, Deaf Studies/Educational Interpreting" to "Lecturer or Senior Lecturer, Deaf Studies/Educational Interpreting."

The Department of Disability and Psychoeducational Studies (DPS) in the College of Education (COE) invites applications for a full-time appointment as an Lecturer or Senior Lecturer, Deaf Studies/Educational Interpreting.

This appointment begins in August 2026.

This career-track appointment is not eligible for tenure.

Individuals who apply should be committed to working with faculty members in advancing scholarship and practice. The program faculty places a high value on collaboration both within the program and across disciplines. We seek individuals who bring enthusiasm, leadership, and a deep commitment to academic excellence, within the scholar-practitioner tradition. We are particularly interested in candidates who are able to work with varied students, stakeholders, and colleagues and are informed by principles of disability studies/independent living/universal design.

Outstanding U of A benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; sick leave and holidays; U of A/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; retirement plans; access to U of A recreation and cultural activities; and more!

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Duties & Responsibilities

• Teach courses per semester.
• Actively participate in
  departmental, college and university service activities.
• Engage in outreach at the local
  and national professional level.
• Mentor
  and advise students.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent communication, collaboration, organization, and interpersonal skill.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's in Deaf Studies, Deaf Education, or a closely related field.
• Interpreter Certification (NIC, NAD, RID, CDI, or equitable qualification) required; interpreting experience expected.
• Experience with direct engagement and/or professional services with varied communities.
• Experience with the discipline of Deaf Studies and Educational Interpreting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with course, curriculum, and program development.
• Experience with accreditation processes and standards for interpreter education programs.
• Membership in various interpreter, deaf, and interpreter training organizations.
• Record of effective teaching and professional activity.
• Teaching, service, and applied research experiences that contribute to a variety of opportunities in higher education and that engage with various populations that may have differing needs; potential to teach in multiple formats (face to face, hybrid, online).
• Experience/commitment to fostering an engaging faculty, staff, and student environment.

Rank
To be Determined Tenure Information
Career-Track (CT) FLSA
Exempt Full Time/Part Time
Full Time Number of Hours Worked per Week
40 Job FTE
1.0 Work Calendar
Academic Job Category
Faculty Benefits Eligible
Yes - Full Benefits Rate of Pay
DOE Compensation Type
salary at 1.0 full-time equivalency (FTE) Type of criminal background check required:
Name-based criminal background check (non-security sensitive) Number of Vacancies
1 Target Hire Date
Expected End Date
Contact Information for Candidates
Alex Lynch

xander@arizona.edu
Open Date
12/12/2025 Open Until Filled
Yes Documents Needed to Apply
Curriculum Vitae (CV), Cover Letter, and Two Additional Documents Special Instructions to Applicant
Applicants must submit the following four documents.

1. Cover Letter.
2. Current Curriculum Vitae.
3. Personal statements should describe how candidates’ research, teaching, and service promote and contribute to our shared goals of Deaf Studies and Education (to be uploaded into an “Additional Document” slot).
4. Name and contact information of THREE References (phone and email) in one PDF document (to be uploaded into an “Additional Document” slot).

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