Full time Lecturer/Sr. Lecturer - Information Science

About the role

The Cornell University Department of Information Science (IS) in the Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science (Bowers CIS) invites applications for full-time, long-term Lecturer or Senior Lecturer positions. Cornell University is located in Ithaca, New York, with a county population of about 100,000 people in the heart of the Finger Lakes region. Both Cornell and Ithaca offer a wide range of cultural activities, sports, and outdoor activities with the pleasures of both city and country close at hand.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to a mix of undergraduate and masters courses in one or more of the wide range of topics covered by IS.
• Develop and teach new courses as well as existing courses.
• Teach courses ranging from smaller (40-50 students) to larger (300+ students) audiences.
• Participate in departmental life, including curriculum design, voting rights, and participation in wider faculty governance and decision-making.

Requirements

• Hold a PhD or equivalent degree by August 2025.
• Demonstrated commitment to teaching excellence.

Qualifications

Candidates must hold a PhD or equivalent degree by August 2025 and have demonstrated commitment to teaching excellence. Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vita (CV), and a teaching statement that speaks to their experience and evidence of teaching ability, skills, and strengths. We ask applicants for all faculty positions to share their experiences and/or approaches (past, current, or future) to fostering learning, research service, and/or outreach in a diverse community. Applicants may choose to submit a stand-alone statement or embed the information in other parts of their application materials. Application materials should outline aspects of the department’s courses and curricula they see as especially attractive. Candidates may optionally include recent teaching evaluations.

Skills

PhD in Information Science, Computer Science, or related areas.

Benefits

A competitive benefits package and salary.

Pay

Salary is competitive.

Schedule

A typical full-time (100%) load for a Lecturer in IS is two courses per semester. The initial appointment will be either a three-year (Lecturer) or five-year (Senior Lecturer) appointment. This is a non-tenure track position, but it is a professional teaching career track with the potential for growth, the expectation of renewal, and eventual promotion for Lecturers.