[Hiring] Adjunct Faculty - Independent Study: Linguistic Foundations of English Acquisition @Lesley University

Role Description

Lesley University's Department of Education is seeking a highly qualified adjunct faculty member to teach: Linguistic Foundations of English Acquisition; Fall 2026 Term II. This course is taught remotely.

This independent study builds on TSLA 5420: Linguistic Foundations of English Acquisition, a master’s-level course at Fairfield University which introduces language teachers to the principles of linguistic theory and their relationship to oral language and literacy development for multilingual learners. The doctoral student will engage with this content at an advanced level through three elevations:

• Serving as a teaching assistant in the master’s course.
• Serving as a research assistant on a new educational linguistics study of multilingual educator leadership development.
• Writing a benchmark paper and designing an intervention that advance the student’s dissertation study and research trajectory.

In place of the lesson plans required of master’s candidates, the doctoral student will produce:

• Discussion syntheses that connect class conversation to the literature.
• Research documentation and analytic memos.
• A benchmark paper with an accompanying intervention design.

The elevation draws on the student’s professional expertise in speech-language pathology and dissertation interests in trauma, communication, and multimodal assessment.

Qualifications

• A PhD or terminal degree in Education, Literacy, or a closely related field (required).
• Strong supervisory, teaching, and mentorship skills.

Company Description

Located in the heart of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Lesley University is highly regarded for its graduate and undergraduate programs in the human arts of education, the arts, and applied social sciences. Lesley fosters a highly creative environment in which innovative ideas thrive, theory is integrated with practice, and its 6,400 students and 90,000 alumni are empowered to improve and enrich communities.

Lesley is committed to the ongoing pursuit of strategic diversity initiatives that help to position diversity, equity, and inclusion as fundamental to institutional and academic excellence at Lesley. In doing so, Lesley strives for a campus culture and community that fosters a true sense of belonging for all, provides opportunity for everyone to participate equally and fully in the Lesley experience, and helps to develop each individual's capacity to confidently and competently engage within and across difference.

Given an evolving national context and the rapid change in the demographic profile of our country, the University has made a significant commitment to addressing and enhancing its campus climate and diversity capabilities as an institution.