Graduate Lectureships

The Pozen Center awards up to three lectureships per academic year to advanced UChicago doctoral students to teach an undergraduate Human Rights course of their own design. The proposed course should address human rights from a disciplinary, thematic, or regional perspective.
 
Graduate lecturers receive the 2025-2026 graduate student contracted minimum salary of $5,318. Lectureships in fulfillment of a teaching requirement will receive a $2,000 stipend in addition to the divisional stipend. This amount may change depending on your Division. Lecturers can hold office hours and use office space at the Pozen Center.

Read a recent Pozen News story introducing the 2024-2025 lecturers and their courses.

• Applicants must be UChicago PhD students.
• All graduate students must receive approval from their Dean of Students to teach beyond their academic funding or funding requirements. 

• Applications are due on March 23, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. CST.
• Submit your applications online.
• Applications must include the webform, CV, course outline or syllabus (including title, description, student learning goals, assignments, and reading list), and one letter of recommendation. Incomplete applications are not considered. 
• Recommendation Letters: Each applicant must obtain a recommendation letter from a faculty member familiar with your scholarly work or experience as a teaching assistant or instructor. Submit your recommendation online.
• See the Course Design Tools provided by the Center for Teaching and Learning for help with course construction and developing student learning goals.

For more information, please contact Deputy Director, Adam Avrushin.