Lecturer - Environmental Communication, Risk Communication - Department of Communication

Academic Job Description

Department of Communication

Lecturer

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) is a pioneer of purpose-driven science and Cornell University's second largest college. We work across disciplines to tackle the challenges of our time through world-renowned research, education, and outreach. The questions we probe and the answers we seek focus on three overlapping concerns: We believe that achieving next-generation scientific breakthroughs requires an understanding of the world's complex, interlocking systems. We believe that access to nutritious food and a healthy environment is a fundamental human right. We believe that ensuring a prosperous global future depends on the ability to support local people and communities everywhere. By working in and across multiple scientific areas, CALS can address challenges and opportunities of the greatest relevance, here in New York, across the nation, and around the world.

Department of Communication

Cornell University's Department of Communication is an international leader in the study of communication as a social science. Our faculty and students are dedicated to understanding the role and enhancing the effectiveness of communication processes, systems, and infrastructure in society. We explore communication in its many forms and contexts as a fundamentally social phenomenon. Current work in the department related to these positions includes a focus on public opinion about environmental issues, public engagement with emerging technologies, rural communities, migration issues, and risk perception and policy. Our faculty members are recognized for developing and applying novel theoretical perspectives to the most pressing social and policy issues of the day. The department is housed in a state-of-the-art office space that encourages collaborative work. Department faculty participate actively in Cornell's interdisciplinary community, such as through the Cornell Center for Social Sciences, the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research, Cornell Tech, Brooks School of Public Policy, and the Weill Cornell Medical College, and they collaborate with faculty in other departments, such as Information Science; Science & Technology Studies; Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; the S.C. Johnson College of Business, among many others. We welcome candidates who understand the barriers facing women and other marginalized identities who are underrepresented in the classroom and in higher education careers (as evidenced by life experiences and educational background), and who have experience in equity and diversity with respect to teaching, mentoring, research, outreach, life experiences, or service towards building an equitable and diverse scholarly environment.

Position Function

The Department of Communication at Cornell University invites applications for a 9-month, full-time Lecturer position at 100% FTE. We seek a colleague to join our dynamic program and make strong teaching contributions to our curriculum. This position requires an experienced instructor in the field of communication or related field to teach 4 courses across 2 semesters: 2 sections of Environmental Communication (COMM 3210), Risk Communication (COMM 4860), and Persuasion & Social Influence (COMM 2760), courses critical to our risk/environmental comm concentration.

Anticipated Division of Time

Teaching 25%

Prep 40%

Grading 30%

Office hours 5%

Requirements

The successful candidate will have earned a Ph.D. in communication or related field with at least one year of undergraduate teaching experience in risk and environmental communication, and persuasion and social influence. Candidates must have excellent oral and written communication skills.

Supervision Exercised

The position requires supervision of teaching assistants.

This is a one-year term appointment with the possibility of extension that is contingent upon available work, funding, and performance.

CALS hiring salary for this title is $60,000.

To apply:

Please apply via Academic Jobs Online (https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29929).

Qualified candidates should submit a short cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching statement, contact information for three references, and a statement supporting diverse communities (this can be a stand-alone document (preferred) or the information can be embedded in other parts of the application materials) outlining how, through research, teaching, service, mentoring, extension, and/or outreach, the candidate has and will contribute to support Cornell's historical mission of "any person ... any study," via the website.

Applications will be reviewed as received, continuing until a suitable applicant is identified.

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Life. Changing.

Cornell University is an innovative Ivy League and Land-grant university and a great place to work. Our inclusive community of scholars, students, and staff impart an uncommon sense of larger purpose and contribute creative ideas to further the university's mission of teaching, discovery, and engagement.

Cornell's regional and global presence includes state-wide Cornell Cooperative Extension programs and offices in all counties and boroughs, global partnerships with institutions and communities engaged in life-changing research and education, the medical college's campuses on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and Doha, Qatar, and the Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island in the heart of New York City.

Cornell is an equal opportunity employer. For more information click here.

Pay Range:

Pay Ranges:

The hiring rate of pay for the successful candidate will be determined considering the following criteria:

• Prior relevant work or industry experience.

• Education level to the extent education is relevant to the position.

• Academic Discipline

• Unique applicable skills.

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