Part-time Faculty, Museum Studies - Humanities and Social Sciences
Location
Multiple Locations
Job Type
Part-time Faculty
Job Number
202600112
Division
Academic Affairs
Department
History
Opening Date
04/09/2026
Closing Date
4/9/2027 11:59 PM Eastern
Bargaining Unit Status
Excluded from Any Bargaining Unit
Salary Grade
PF
Additional Information
Part-time faculty are pooled positions; appointments are made on an as-needed/rolling basis.
Summary of Position
Teach upper-level courses on museum curation, interpretation, and public history. Work alongside public history interns, offering guidance and oversight when appropriate. Collaborate with the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor (YHCIL) as well as campus and community partners. Must be able to provide regular in-person instruction as assigned.
Position Information
Plans, organizes, teaches, and provides feedback to promote and direct student success. Responds to students in a timely manner. Communicates with students, departments, and university officials via university provided tools and resources.
An Institution of Opportunity: YSU inspires individuals, enhances futures, and enriches lives.
As a student-centered university, Youngstown State University's mission is to provide innovative lifelong learning opportunities that will inspire individuals, enhance futures, and enrich lives. YSU inspires individuals by cultivating a curiosity for life-long learning; enhances the futures of our students by empowering them to discover, disseminate and apply their knowledge; and enriches the region by fostering collaboration and the advancement of civic, scientific, and technological development. YSU's culture of enrichment flourishes in our intellectually diverse, accessible, and quality education.
Work Schedule: Typically, Monday through Friday. Teaching assignments may be remote or at various locations. Locations include Youngstown Campus and YHCIL.
Primary Location: Youngstown
Qualifications and Competencies
Required Certifications, Training, and/or Licensures: None
Sponsorship and/or Work Authorization Status: Must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Minimum Qualifications: At least a master's degree in public history, museum studies, or library and information science (MLIS) with a focus on curation or collections; or a bachelor's degree in museum studies or history plus at least five years of professional experience. Must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Preferred Qualifications: Collections management and curation experience. Ability to teach best practices and methods in 3-D and archival curation. Teaching in person on site. Background using Past Perfect and other comparable collections management software. Familiarity with digitization of collections.
Physical Requirements: In accordance with the U.S. Department of Labor physical demands strength ratings, this position will perform medium.
Medium: work involves exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, or an amount greater than negligible and up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.
Supplemental Information
Please upload all transcripts as one PDF file.
At time of hire, all candidates must provide official transcripts. Official transcripts must be provided in an unopened, sealed envelope and must bear the embossed or raised college seal, date and Registrar's signature.
This position is not eligible for benefits.
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Do you have a bachelor's degree in museum studies or history plus at least five years of professional experience?
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Do you have at least a master's degree in public history, museum studies, or library and information science (MLIS) with a focus on curation or collections?
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What is the highest level of education that you have attained?
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Please describe your related experience, including information describing how you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.
Required Question
Employer Youngstown State University (OH)
Address 1 Tressel Way
Youngstown, Ohio, 44555
Phone 330-941-1508
Website http://www.ysu.edu