Sessional Lecturer – 2026W Term 2 (NSCI 210 – Research Design For the Neurosciences)
Applications are invited for a part-time Sessional Lecturer position in 2026 Winter Term 2. NSCI 210 – Research Design for the Neurosciences – 3 credits.
Course Description: The NSCI 210 3-credit second-year Neuroscience program required course will be open to second-year UBC Neuroscience Major students and provides them with an introduction to research design relevant to the neurosciences, with an emphasis on engagement with the scientific process, from question formulation to knowledge translation.
Job Description: Primary duties include teaching in-person interactive classes twice a week to undergraduate students and providing feedback and grades on assignments, as needed. Additional duties include collaborating with graduate teaching assistants and attending teaching team meetings. The course term runs from January 1, 2027 to April 30, 2027.
Candidates should have a MSc or PhD in in the field of neuroscience, and neuroscience teaching experience at the post-secondary level–ideally with experience providing students with engaging and interactive lessons. Experience with the Canvas learning management system is an asset.
Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.
Application Instructions: Applications should include an up-to-date curriculum vitae and cover letter. Names of references will be requested from short-listed candidates. The applicant deadline is August 31, 2026. Applications should be emailed to the neuroscience program director, Dr. Steven Barnes at director@neuro.ubc.ca .
Sessional Lecturer – 2026W Term 2 (NSCI 486A – Poetics and Politics of Neurosubjectivity)
Applications are invited for a part-time Sessional Lecturer position in 2026 Winter Term 2. NSCI 486A– Poetics and Politics of Neurosubjectivity – 3 credits.
Course Description: The NSCI 486A 3-credit fourth-year Neuroscience program optional course will be open to third- and fourth-year UBC Neuroscience Major students. The course examines the cultural, political, and poetic life of neuroscience. Rather than treating neuroscience only as a body of laboratory knowledge, the course considers how neuroscientific ideas move through psychiatry, therapy culture, education, social media, advertising, self-help discourse, public policy, and everyday conversation.
Job Description: Primary duties include teaching online interactive classes once a week to undergraduate students and providing feedback and grades on assignments, as needed. Additional duties include collaborating with graduate teaching assistants and attending teaching team meetings. The course term runs from January 1 to April 30, 2027.
Candidates should have a MSc or PhD in in the field of neuroscience, and neuroscience teaching experience at the post-secondary level–ideally with experience providing students with engaging and interactive lessons. Experience with the Canvas learning management system is an asset.
Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.
Application Instructions: Applications should include an up-to-date curriculum vitae and cover letter. Names of references will be requested from short-listed candidates. The applicant deadline is August 20, 2026. Applications should be emailed to the neuroscience program director, Dr. Steven Barnes at director@neuro.ubc.ca .