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The US still has lecturers (who normally have PhDs), but the title is different from the UK one.
by tnecniv 9y ago
The US still has lecturers (who normally have PhDs), but the title is different from the UK one.
- scott_s 9y agoI have never seen the title "lecturer" used in the US. Can you recall where you saw it? The title "instructor" is quite common when the person does not have a PhD.
- pgbovine 9y agoLecturers are part- or full-time teaching faculty (usually not tenure-track, but some schools like UC's have tenure-track Lecturer tracks) e.g., https://profiles.stanford.edu/48960 https://profiles.stanford.edu/48960
- scott_s 9y agoInteresting, it was not a title used in the schools I attended (Virginia Tech, William and Mary) or have I seen it used elsewhere. I just checked Harvard, and they use it, too, so it's not just a west coast thing.
- wl 9y agoLecturer is used at the University of California for instructors with a PhD and no research responsibilities. Some of them even have a form of tenure, "security of employment."
- schoen 9y agoA prominent example in computer science was Brian Harvey https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~bh/ https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~bh/ who designed and then taught the introductory computer science course (CS 61A) for many years and is now retired.
- rifung 9y agoI believe lecturer is used even if they don't have PhDs. At least this was the case at UCSD where we had several.
- erikpukinskis 9y agohttps://www.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk=69c67db832c84ca4&from=serp https://www.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk=69c67db832c84ca4&from=se...