2026-27 AY Lecturer Pool - Communication Studies

Apply now Job no: 556150 Work type: Instructional Faculty - Temporary/Lecturer Location: Sacramento Categories: Unit 3 - CFA - California Faculty Association, Temporary, Part Time, Faculty - Communications/Journalism

POSITION DETAILS:

Communication Studies is a broad-based discipline focused on exchanging messages in interpersonal and mediated forms and on creating those messages. Courses focus on understanding the communication process and developing skills to communicate effectively. The Department offers a wide range of courses in interpersonal, group, and organizational communication, rhetorical theory and criticism, public relations, mass communication, journalism, and film. Duties of a part-time lecturer include instruction, class preparation, grading, and office hours. Other duties may be assigned based on departmental needs. Course assignments, including dates, time, and modality, are made by the Department Chair under the direction of the College Dean. Part-time lecturers are instructional faculty with conditional appointments based on enrollment and budget. Hires from the pool of applicants are made when there are instructional needs to fill coursework offered by an academic department based on changing enrollment patterns, changes to tenure-track faculty assignments, and other factors that cannot be addressed with our existing faculty. Initial appointments are typically for one semester, but occasionally academic year initial appointments are made. Appointments may be renewed based on department needs, funding, and performance. Often appointments are made just prior to the start of the semester. Rank and Salary Initial rank and salary for lecturer faculty are based on professional experience and educational background and are determined by the hiring department. Most new lecturers are hired at the Lecturer A or B rank. As of July 2024, the classification salary ranges for the respective ranks are: The salary ranges indicated are based on a "full‐time rate" (15 weighted teaching units [WTUs]). A semester's worth of compensation is made up of six (6) payments of the given amount. To calculate your salary for a semester, the base rate would be pro‐rated based on the units worked out of 15 WTUs. If you were a Lecturer A assigned 3 units at the minimum salary, your pay would be structured as follows: $5,507 x 3/15 (3 units out of a possible 15 units total) = $1101.40 x 6 checks = $6,608.40 total for 3 units/semester.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Master’s degree in communication or a related discipline.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Doctorate in communication or a related discipline and/or teaching experience.

APPLICANT INSTRUCTIONS:

New applicants are required to submit: Unofficial transcripts of highest degree A list of three professional references with contact information In the Additional Questions section, please specify the program areas in which you think you are qualified to teach: Communication Studies (COMS), Journalism (JOUR), Public Relations (PR), or Film (FILM). Use the provided template to create the Lecturer Course Qualifications document, listing the course(s) you are qualified to teach. Complete the survey by using the link provided in the Additional Questions section of the application to provide your availability and course preferences. Incomplete files will not be considered. After establishment of the required qualifications, lecturers in the hiring pool will be asked each semester to submit teaching preferences, subject to further review of qualifications for the particular courses requested. 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