Assistant Professor - World Languages & Cultures - Spanish

Assistant Professor - World Languages & Cultures - Spanish

Job ID: 290431
Location: Georgia College & State Univ
Full/Part Time: Full Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular

About Us

Georgia College & State University (GCSU) is the state's designated public liberal arts university, where students learn the essential skills to compete in a fast-paced and technology-driven global society. The university prepares students for successful careers, leadership in communities, problem solving and life-long learning through personalized attention in a residential setting with opportunities for a variety of transformational experiences through its award-winning, high-impact practices. One of only three selective universities within the University System of Georgia and a top 10 ranked public university in the Southeast, GCSU offers undergraduate degrees in more than 40 majors, more than 30 graduate programs, doctorates in education and nursing, professional certificates, and continuing education programs.

As a member of the prestigious Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC), GCSU is committed to fostering a liberal arts environment that values academic preeminence, interdisciplinary inquiry and an inclusive learning community. GCSU enjoys a strong reputation for academic excellence and nationally ranked programs according to US News & World Report, The Princeton Review and Colleges of Distinction - among other ranking sources.

Georgia College & State University takes great pride in combining the educational experience of a private liberal arts college with the affordability of a public university. Faculty and staff are dedicated to student engagement and experiential learning through high-impact practices such as internships, service- and community-based learning, leadership development, study abroad opportunities, mentored undergraduate research and a capstone project that fosters intellectual curiosity, reasoned inquiry and critical thinking.

The university's beautiful and historic campus is located downtown in Milledgeville, Georgia, a charming, diverse college town of approximately 19,000 residents in Central Georgia, and only 90 miles southeast of Atlanta. Milledgeville is also the home of noted American author and alumna, Flannery O'Connor, '45, and the college community enjoys many exciting literary arts programs at O'Connor's former home, Andalusia, a National Historic Landmark owned by the university. Milledgeville is located on the banks of beautiful Lake Sinclair and Lake Oconee, allowing faculty, staff and students to take full advantage of the environmental and recreational benefits of being part of a lake community. For cultural, educational and leisure opportunities beyond Milledgeville - Macon and Atlanta are located within easy driving distances.

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Department Information

The Department of World Languages and Cultures provides language instruction in Spanish, French, German and Italian, a minor in French and Spanish, and a unified B.A. degree in World Languages and Cultures, with concentrations in French and Spanish. We offer faculty-led study abroad programs and internships in Spain and Chile. Our work is supported by a vibrant Language Resource Center, which sponsors a peer-tutoring program, teletandem virtual exchanges with students at partner universities overseas, international coffee hours, conversation tables, and other community-building events. Our faculty work closely with students through community-engaged learning projects and mentored undergraduate research as part of Georgia College and State University's innovative GC Journeys program, which seeks to embed high-impact practices throughout a meaningful and compelling undergraduate liberal arts curriculum.

Job Summary

The Department of World Languages and Cultures at Georgia College and State University invites applications for a Spanish Tenure-track Assistant Professor position beginning fall semester 2026 (start date August 1, 2026). We seek a dynamic and creative colleague who enjoys teaching Spanish language and culture courses at all levels of the undergraduate curriculum. The incumbent will be an integral part of a group of faculty committed to curricular innovation, study abroad, mentored undergraduate research, and community-engaged curricular and co-curricular programming.

We seek applicants with native or near-native fluency in Spanish and English who have an interest in teaching and mentoring in a public liberal arts context. We seek applicants who love language teaching and are skilled at developing innovative and exciting upper-level content courses for majors and minors. We seek candidates with active research agendas who are skilled at bringing their research into the classroom and into their mentorship of undergraduate research. We seek candidates who are able to work collegially and effectively with students and colleagues of diverse backgrounds, contributing, through their unique perspectives and experiences, to the richness and academic excellence of the wider GCSU community. We seek applicants with strong teaching skills in a proficiency-based, culture-rich curriculum, and a commitment to methodological innovation and creative teaching strategies.

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements

Terminal degree in a closely related field.

Must meet SACSCOC accreditation requirements as stated in C.S.3.7.1 ( (faculty credentials)).

Required Experiences

Some teaching experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Expertise and/or experience in developing courses in Film, Media, and/or Cultural Studies.

Expertise and/or experience in developing courses in Spanish for Professional Purposes.

Experience or interest in mentored undergraduate research, study abroad, and/or community-based engaged learning.

Interest in and SACSCOC qualifications to teach another second language beyond Spanish (ie. the completion of a minimum of 18 graduate credit hours in the language to be taught.)

Required Documents to Attach

Cover Letter

CV

Teaching Statement (1-page)

Unofficial Transcripts

Contact Information for 3 References

The position closing appears on the GCSU Careers platform. Questions can be addressed to Ms. Susan Hurst, administrative assistant, Department of World Languages and Cultures: [email protected]

USG Core Values

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Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at .

Equal Employment Opportunity

Georgia College & State University (GCSU) is committed to the fundamental principle of equal opportunity and equal treatment for every prospective and current employee. No person shall, on the grounds of race, color, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or genetic information, be excluded from employment or participation in, be denied the benefits of, or otherwise be subjected to discrimination, under any program or activity conducted by GCSU.

Georgia College & State University is a national award-winning institution in areas of student success and achievement. It strives to achieve excellence in the composition of its community, educational programs, university policies, research and scholarship, campus life, employment practices, extracurricular activities, and community outreach. It is a priority of the university to be a welcoming and inclusive environment so that its campus culture will enhance the ability of its community members to succeed in their endeavors, to be respected as individuals, and to feel a sense of belonging.

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