Position: Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Effective Date: August 18, 2025 (Fall Semester)
Salary: The Assistant Professor (Academic Year) classification salary range is $74,652 - $158,688/per year. The anticipated hiring range is $86,000 to $90,000/per year. Salary offered is commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Application Deadline: Review of applications to begin November 4, 2024. Position open until filled (or recruitment canceled).

California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI). It also earned the prestigious Seal of Excelencia in 2023, joining a distinctive group of colleges and universities who have been recognized for its commitment to Latine/x student success. CSULB is committed to serving diverse students and has established and actively supports the Black Excellence Collegium, dedicated to promoting Black excellence and advancing Black Student Success, and El Concilio for Latinx Success at the Beach, whose mission is to build capacity and promote inclusive servingness across initiatives and efforts towards Latine/x student, faculty, and staff success across campus. The President’s Equity and Change Commission is dedicated to achieving inclusive excellence in our community and culture and to interrogate, disrupt, and transform systemic inequities throughout the university. CSULB’s Beach 2030 University Action Plans prioritize engaging all students; expanding access to higher education; promoting intellectual achievement; building community; and cultivating resilience.

College of Liberal Arts
Department of Philosophy

Required Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in Philosophy with specialization in ethics and a proficiency in AI ethics. Degree at time of application or official notification of completion of the doctoral degree by August 1, 2025.
• Record of, or demonstrated potential for, effective teaching at the college level
• Record of, or demonstrated potential for, successful research and publication
• Demonstrated commitment to working successfully with a diverse student population, including Black/African American, Latine/x, Native American/Indigenous, low-income, first-generation, and minoritized students             

Preferred Qualifications:

• Broad training in philosophy
• Ability to teach courses and develop cross-disciplinary initiatives, programming, and curriculum in AI ethics
• Ability to teach and supervise students in value theory broadly construed (e.g., ethical theory, applied ethics, legal and political philosophy)
• Ability to lead department’s Applied Ethics Forum with regular events and programming
• Experience with, or demonstrated potential for, effective participation in faculty governance and service to the department, college, university, profession, and community
• Experience with, or demonstrated potential for mentoring and supervising Master’s level students
• Experience of successfully working with populations demographically and/or socioeconomically similar to the CSULB student body
• Experience mentoring or supporting students with minoritized identities or experience using inclusive and culturally relevant teaching strategies in a diverse classroom

Duties: 

• Teach at various levels, including general education, lower- and upper-division, and Master’s level [Mode of instruction may include in-person, hybrid, online, and/or any combination thereof.]
• Advise and mentor students in one-on-one supervisory courses, including the supervision of honors and Master's students taking comprehensive exams and writing theses
• Engage in research leading to scholarly presentations and publications, conference organization, and grants
• Participate in faculty governance
• Participate in service to the department, college, university, profession, and community

The Philosophy Department construes AI ethics to include various social and normative approaches to emerging technologies and human futures. These may include, as examples, research and teaching on the safety and reliability of artificial intelligence and machine learning, big data, algorithmic bias and decision-making, ethical concerns with privacy and sustainability, or biomedical applications. This recruitment is part of a collaborative hiring initiative across departments to further both AI expertise at California State University, Long Beach and the digital humanities in the College of Liberal Arts (CLA). The successful applicant will join a growing community of digital scholars in the CLA. Two CLA departments—Linguistics and Philosophy—will hire new faculty with digital expertise in Fall 2025. The dean has made it a strategic priority to ensure these new tenure-track colleagues can connect with each other as well as with faculty from other disciplines who are dedicated to digital scholarly and creative activities.

CSULB seeks to recruit faculty who enthusiastically support the University’s strong commitment to the academic success of all of our students, including students of color, students with disabilities, students who are first generation to college, veterans, students with diverse socio-economic backgrounds, and students of diverse sexual orientations and gender expressions. CSULB seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the People of California, to maintain the excellence of the University, and to offer our students a rich variety of expertise, perspectives, and ways of knowing and learning.

Information on excellent benefits package available to CSULB faculty is located here: CSU Employee Benefits

How to Apply - Required Documentation:

• An Equity and Diversity Statement about your teaching or other experiences, successes, and challenges in working with a diverse student population (maximum two pages, single-spaced). For further information and guidelines, please visit: Equity and Diversity Statement
• Letter of application addressing the required and preferred qualifications
• CV
• Names and contact information for three references (to be contacted for confidential letters of recommendation should you reach the semi-finalist stage)
• Evidence of research and publication: writing sample(s) related to the candidate’s area of research
• Evidence of effective teaching, if applicable (i.e. teaching portfolio, student evaluations)
• Research Statement
• Syllabi sample(s) for various course level(s), if applicable (maximum of three samples)
• Copy of transcript from institution awarding highest degree (be prepared to submit should you reach the semi-finalist stage)
• Finalists should be prepared to submit an official transcript (e-transcript preferred, if available)

How to Apply: Click Apply Now icon to complete the CSULB online application

Requests for information about the position or process should be addressed to:

N. Wieland
California State University, Long Beach
Department of Philosophy
1250 Bellflower Boulevard
Long Beach, CA 90840–2048

(562) 985–4331 or E-Mail: nellie.wieland@csulb.edu  

EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS:

A background check (including a criminal record check and telephone reference check with most recent employer) must be completed satisfactorily before any candidate can be offered a position with the CSU. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the application status of applicants or continued employment of current CSU employees who apply for the position.

The person holding this position is considered a “mandated reporter” under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 Revised July 21, 2017 as a condition of employment.

Pursuant to the California State University (CSU) Out-of-State Employment Policy, hiring employees to perform CSU-related work outside of California is prohibited effective January 1, 2022. By prohibiting employment outside of California, the CSU also prohibits hiring and retaining employees working permanently from a business location outside of the United States. Exceptions to the Policy are limited to approved and documented purposes for conducting CSU business outside of California.

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Additionally, per the CSU COVID19 Vaccination Policy, all faculty, staff, administrators, and students who are accessing campus facilities are recommended to receive immunization against COVID 19 but are not required to be vaccinated at this time. The systemwide COVID19 questions may be sent to fahr@csulb.edu.

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