Teaching Track Faculty: Adjunct, Lecturer, Sr, Lecturer, or Professor of Practice, School of Science (Fall 2025)
Teaching Track Faculty: Adjunct, Lecturer, Sr, Lecturer, or Professor of Practice, School of Science (Fall 2025)
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Job Summary
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is pleased to invite applications for Adjunct Lecturer Sr. Lecturer and Professor of Practice anticipated openings in several areas. These appointments may be made for one to three years and are renewable contingent upon available funding enrollment satisfactory performance and the business needs of the School of Science. Adjunct appointments are made for a single semester. All appointments are contingent upon enrollment and are renewable.
Minimum Qualifications
Candidates are expected to have a terminal degree in an area related to the subject matter of their teaching. Candidates must be able to provide evidence of effective teaching or instruction.
An Adjunct classification is a nontenured temporary academic appointment. An Adjunct Faculty must have the prerequisite academic teaching experience and credentials in the course subject area and discipline.
A Lecturer must demonstrate expertise and/or experience in a specific academic course subject academic discipline area and must have had prior substantive teaching experience and/or experience as a practicing professional at a senior level. A Sr. Lecturer must also have attained a significant level of scholarly and/or research activityand/orfunding.
A Professor of Practice has obtained unique professional experience has distinguished research and/or has performed at an executive or officer level and has made a significant impact within a subject matter or discipline in a field important to Rensselaers research and academic programs. A Professor of Practice is expected to have substantial leadership experience of at least (1015 years) and generally a national or international reputation for excellence in their field of expertise.
Minimum Knowledge Skills and Abilities
Applicants must be skilled communicators in multiple settings and methods including teaching presenting writing and electronic communications
Proficient in current electronic devices and personal computing technology
Application instructions
Follow the onscreen prompts to create a short profile and contact information for three referees. Please be ready to upload your current Curriculum Vitae a cover letter evidence of effective teaching and a statement of diversity.
If you need assistance with the online application process please contact
Expected hiring ranges:
- Adjunct: $per semester
- Full time Lecturer: $per academic year
- Full Time Sr. Lecturer: $per academic year
- Full Time Professor of Practice: $academic year
Pay transparency disclosure:The selected candidates salary will be determined based on factors that include the specific discipline in which the selected candidate will teach the available budget internal equity and the final candidates qualifications experience education and other jobrelated credentials. This hiring range is provided as Rensselaers good faith estimate of the expected hiring range at the time of posting.
Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis for Fall 2025.
Rensselaer is committed to the cultivation of a community that is welcoming inclusive and above all values learning. We welcome candidates who bring a variety of perspectives to Rensselaers work and campus communities.Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation or gender identity national origin disability status protected veteran status or other characteristic protected by law.
Employment Type
Full-Time
