Adjunct Lecturer, Communication for Global Professionals (Spring '26 - In-Person)

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description

Columbia University has been a leader in higher education in the nation and around the world for more than 250 years. At the core of our wide range of academic inquiry is the commitment to attract and engage the best minds in pursuit of greater human understanding, pioneering new discoveries, and service to society.

The School of Professional Studies at Columbia University offers innovative and rigorous programs that integrate knowledge across disciplinary boundaries, combine theory with practice, leverage the expertise of our students and faculty, and connect global constituencies. Through nineteen professional master's degrees, courses for advancement and graduate school preparation, certificate programs, summer courses, high school programs, and a program for learning English as a second language, the School of Professional Studies transforms knowledge and understanding in service of the greater good.

Job Description

Columbia University’s Strategic Communication master’s program seeks a part-time lecturer to

teach a graduate-level course in Communication for Global Professionals. This course in cross-

cultural communication offers students the specialized knowledge and skills needed to

successfully navigate global organizations in a variety of sectors and industries. Through

lectures and readings of theoretical and empirical work, students deepen their knowledge of

and respect for different cultural orientations, values, attitudes and beliefs and discover how

these variations influence communicative practices across global professional settings. Through

observation, data collection, and analysis students uncover principles that govern

communicative interaction and the social and cultural factors that influence “when to speak

and when not to speak, what to say to whom, when, where, and in what manner.”

Responsibilities

• Based on a previously designed and approved syllabus, lead class lectures, instructional

activities, and classroom discussion

Qualifications

Preferred Skills / Experience

Additional Information

Compensation

$11,145.82 (for the semester)

All applicants must provide the following :

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States and reside in the New York

metropolitan area (NY, CT, NJ, PA).

All interested should apply as soon as possible as applications will be reviewed upon receipt.

Your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran.