Lecturer - Urban Sustainability FACULTY VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT Since its founding in 1847, The City College of New York (CCNY) has been true to its legacy of access, opportunity, and transformation. To respond to the increasing demand for a workforce equipped to meet the sustainability challenges of the 21st century, The City College of New York offers the Sustainability in the Urban Environment graduate program,
offering a Master of Science Degree and an Advanced Certificate in Urban Sustainability. This innovative, hybrid, and interdisciplinary program draws upon emerging approaches in the disciplines of architecture, engineering, science, and social sciences. The program reports directly to the CCNY Provost’s Office, and academic offerings draw across four CCNY divisions and schools: The Division of Science, The Grove
School of Engineering, The Spitzer School of Architecture, and The Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership. The Sustainability in the Urban Environment Program seeks a full-time Lecturer to instruct core and elective courses in the Program and mentor capstone research projects. The Lecturer will report directly to the Sustainability Program’s Director. The Lecturer will have primary responsibility for
teaching and for research project oversight with a focus on Life-Cycle Assessment. The lecturer may contribute to the overall academic development of graduate students. The lecturer position has an annual 24-hour teaching credit workload per 9-month academic year. They will teach three courses per semester with additional administrative reassigned time for oversight of multiple capstone projects. Additional Program
and school service work is required. Lecturers receive a certificate of continuous employment (contractual tenure) upon their sixth-year reappointment. The appointment will start in the Fall 2026 semester. Given the 9-month teaching appointment, Lecturers enjoy summers off to engage in scholarly activities such as research and paid adjunct teaching, and personal time off. Duties include but are not limited to:
Teaching Deliver one core course of the Program - Industrial Ecology and Life Cycle Analysis - every semester. Each academic year, this 3-credit hour course is offered once online and once in person, both in the evening. Deliver one to three elective courses per semester with an emphasis on sustainability topics in engineering. The courses are offered in a hyflex modality in the evening. Hyflex courses include some
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