Lecturer - Environment & Society

University of Wisconsin Stout • Stevens Point, WI

7h • $48,000

About The Position

This is a full-time, academic year (9-month) instructional academic staff lecturer position. The individual is responsible for classroom, online, and/or laboratory instruction and assists with instructional development and design for a single course or series of courses within an academic discipline to support the delivery of quality instruction. Serves as an instructor of record for courses such as NRES 320 – Natural Resources Communication and Public Relations. Teaches 12 credits or the equivalent each academic semester. The potential exists for teaching during summer and winterim sessions for additional compensation. Full position description is available upon request.
The Environment & Society (ES) discipline is in the College of Natural Resources (CNR) at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Major options in the ES discipline include Conservation & Community Planning, Conservation Law Enforcement, Environmental Education and Interpretation, and Environmental Science and Management. The College supports premier undergraduate natural resources programs. The CNR has approximately 1,585 undergraduates, 50 graduate students, and over 120 faculty and staff. The college supports undergraduate natural resource programs with disciplines in Environment & Society, Fisheries and Water Resources, Forestry, Soil and Waste Resources, Wildlife Ecology and the Department of Paper Science and Chemical Engineering.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or higher earned by the start of the position, with an applied emphasis on public communication in a relevant Natural Resources field, Education, Communication, Public Relations, Media Studies or another related field.
• Knowledge of appropriate social science methods to inform natural resource management decisions
• Knowledge of public relations and media engagement in natural resource settings

Nice To Haves

• Experience teaching in an undergraduate setting
• Experience with meeting facilitation techniques
• Experience implementing techniques for managing conflicts in a natural resource or local government setting

Responsibilities

• Facilitates classroom, online and/or laboratory instruction for one or more courses, including assessment of student performance
• Serves as an initial point of contact for students as it relates to specific course or series content and expectations
• Develops instructional design and curriculum relevant to a course of instruction
• Serves as an instructor of record for courses such as NRES 320 – Natural Resources Communication and Public Relations.
• Teaches 12 credits or the equivalent each academic semester.
• The potential exists for teaching during summer and winterim sessions for additional compensation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level