Human Genetics Guest Faculty Position Spring 2026
Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville, NY
Job posting number: #7309792 (Ref:ej-6279469)
Posted: June 5, 2025
Job Description
Human Genetics Guest Faculty Position Spring 2026
Rank: Guest Faculty
Tenure Information: Non-Tenure Track
Job Description
Sarah Lawrence College Graduate Program in Human Genetics seeks an experienced professional to teach our 2-credit Research Methods course, a foundational component of our genetic counseling curriculum. This course introduces students to the research process while directly supporting their thesis project development. Students are encouraged to become better consumers of the scientific literature, including the use of search engines, a reference program, and critical reading skills in the construction of a literature review as a first step toward study design and publication. The course includes a review of qualitative and quantitative research models, development of surveys, focus groups, and questionnaires, and the basics of data analysis and working in SPSS. The course meets once a week for 2 hours.
Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae; a cover letter addressing their teaching and scholarship.
Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae; a cover letter addressing their teaching and scholarship.
Dates of employment: 1/21/26-5/4/26
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
Applicants should have experience in quantitative and qualitative data analysis as applied to social/behavioral research. Applicants with experience in genetic counseling and teaching graduate-level students are preferred.
Preferred Qualifications
Posting Number: F00191P
Open Date:
Close Date:
Open Until Filled: Yes
Salary: $6000
Special Instructions to Applicants
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
To apply, visit https://slc.peopleadmin.com/postings/2402
Sarah Lawrence College is a liberal arts college with a strong commitment to intellectual and civic engagement, personalized course of study, independent research, and close collaboration between students, faculty, and staff. Sarah Lawrence is an Equal Opportunity Employer and has as one of its goals the recruitment and retention of a racially and culturally diverse administration, staff and faculty. To that end, every job opening is seen as an opportunity to increase diversity and every effort will be made to expand the applicant pool in accordance with these goals.
The college is located in southern Westchester County, 25 minutes by train from midtown Manhattan, NYC. For information on Sarah Lawrence College, our curriculum, teaching methods, and philosophy of education, please see our website at https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/.
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Sarah Lawrence College is committed to sustaining a diverse and inclusive learning, working, and living community. This requires students, faculty, administration, and staff who reflect the diversity of our society; that people from different backgrounds and with different views be prepared to treat one another with mutual respect and honest curiosity so that they can engage and learn from one another; and that diversity infuse all aspects of the life and mission of the College. These conditions enable a genuine liberal arts education, in which the presence of people with different experiences and ideas, engaged in critical dialogue, overcomes ignorance and builds trust and knowledge.
