Lecturer - Psychedelics Education - Berkeley School of Education
The University of California, Berkeley
About this position
Position Overview
Position title: Lecturer Salary range: The UC academic salary scales set the minimum pay at appointment. The current salary scale for this position [ Salary Scale] A reasonable salary estimate for full-time Lecturer positions is $73,817 to $122,008. Percent time: 11%-100% FTE based on the number or courses and/or additional duties assigned. Anticipated start: Applicants will be selected from this pool to be appointed in the spring semester and/or the fall semester and some applicants may have an opportunity to teach in our Summer Sessions. Position duration: Initial appointments will be for a single semester or single academic year and or summer sessions (6-10 weeks depending on session) with the possibility of reappointment based on program needs.
Application Deadline
Open date: October 1, 2026 Next review date:Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee. Final date: Friday, Oct 1, 2027 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
Position Description
We are seeking outstanding part-time lecturers who can teach or co-teach EDUC 125: Psychedelics Education and the Persistent Taboo on Alternative Ways of Knowing. This introductory course uses psychedelics as a three-part case study to examine: How educational institutions and broader society have adjudicated among competing ways of knowing (i.e., epistemologies, or worldviews). How this process of adjudication has limited psychedelics education and risk reduction efforts that stand to equip students with critical knowledge and scientifically-based tools. How comprehensive knowledge and appropriate campus-based and other tools might support the navigation of complex, real-world contexts safely, rather than assuming pure avoidance of psychedelic substances. Knowledge about and knowledge from psychedelics resides at the intersection of many epistemic traditions and communities of practice, each with their own set of debates, shared agreements, and norms for producing knowledge: neuroscientists, clinical researchers, Indigenous and spiritual collectives, policymakers, and educators. All members of educational institutions - students, families, instructors, curriculum designers, and educational decision-makers - have to decide which communal knowledge traditions they will embrace and which they will reject and, in the ideal cases, reflect on why some traditions count more than others. This course ultimately identifies the unique epistemic, legal, ideological, and practical tensions and alignments that shape teaching and learning about psychedelics. Much like the perennial debates about whether schools should teach abstinence or comprehensive, evidence-based curricula with respect to sex education, alcohol and cannabis education, suicide education, and most recently, digital literacy education, this course is premised on the belief that evidence-based, risk-reduction curricula increase safe decision-making. It is education in the public interest - one of the central tenets of the mission of a public university. In addition to teaching responsibilities, duties include holding office hours, assigning grades, advising students, preparing course materials, and collaborating with program leadership, and other BSE Faculty members. School: https://bse.berkeley.edu/ Program: https://psychedelics.berkeley.edu/facilitation-certificate-program/
Qualifications
Basic qualifications(required at time of application)Master's Degree, or equivalent international degree. Additional qualifications(required at time of start)Five or more years of experience in facilitating pychadelic care in a professional setting.
Application Requirements
Document requirementsCurriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V. Teaching Statement - Please discuss prior teaching experience, teaching approach, and future teaching interests. This can include, for example, specific efforts, accomplishments, and future plans to support the success of all students through inclusive curriculum, classroom environment, and pedagogy. Reference requirements 3 required (contact information only) Reference names are collected but may not be contacted depending on the size of the recruitment pool and needs of the review committee. If references are requested, they will be requested for all applicants who are still under consideration at that time. Apply link:https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05493 Help contact:bse_academicpersonnel@berkeley.edu