APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process . Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday. CURRENT PENN STATE STUDENT (not employed previously at the university) and seeking employment with Penn State, please login to Workday to complete the student application process. Please
do not apply here, apply internally through Workday. If you are NOT a current employee or student, please click “Apply” and complete the application process for external applicants . Approval of remote and hybrid work is not guaranteed regardless of work location. For additional information on remote work at Penn State, see Notice to Out of State Applicants . This is a term position; length of the term will be
discussed during the interview process. Continuation past the term length discussed will be based on university need, performance, and/or availability of funding. POSITION SPECIFICS The Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures at Penn State (University Park) invites applications for a full-time Assistant or Associate Teaching Professor position in German (non-tenure-track), to begin in August 2027,
with flexibility. Responsibilities include coordinating our residential basic German language program and supervising graduate teaching assistants who teach in the basic language program, as well as teaching introductory, intermediate and advanced German language classes, and any combination of literature and culture (including visual culture), business German, or linguistics courses based on expertise. Teaching load
is three courses per semester, with reductions for coordination duties. Applicants must have native or near-native fluency in English and German and have completed a Ph.D. in German or in a related field by the appointment date. Demonstrated excellence in teaching German is required, as well as knowledge of current approaches and theories of foreign-language pedagogy. Rank will be determined based on education and
experience. Please submit, electronically, a cover letter, curriculum vitae and the names/contact information of three references. A summary of recent teaching evaluations and teaching philosophy (2 pages maximum) will be requested for candidates invited for an interview. For more information on our program, please consult https://german.la.psu.edu/ . Review of applications will begin November 2, 2026 and continue
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