Lecturers
The COLLEGE program at Stanford University provides recent Ph.D.s from Stanford and beyond with the opportunity to guide small groups of first-year students in their earliest stages of intellectual formation.
Love teaching undergraduates? COLLEGE Lecturers connect with first-year students through small seminar-style classes and discussion sections. All courses are team-taught, offering additional opportunities to hone and explore new teaching methods. Courses are interdisciplinary and lecturers come from a range of disciplines. Explore COLLEGE courses.
Where can the COLLEGE program take you?
Past lecturers have moved from the first-year requirement program to tenure-track faculty positions, academic staff roles, and industry. See Alumni Listing.
Lecturer Search
Lecturers are selected each year in a competitive search that runs approximately from December-April, with a deadline in January. The program offers a full-time, benefits-eligible position with a fixed term of three years.
Benefits to Lecturers
- Professional development funding and support
- Cohort of PhD lecturers in a team-teaching environment
- Status as full-time academic staff with health insurance and all the usual university staff benefits