Metro New York & Southern Connecticut

Suffolk County Community College is the largest community college in the State University of New York (SUNY) system, enrolling more than 26,000 students at its three campuses in Selden, Brentwood, and Riverhead, as well as its Culinary Arts Center in Riverhead. Established in 1959, the college offers a wide array of transfer-oriented associate degrees in the liberal arts and sciences; business; communications and the arts; computing and cybersecurity; health sciences; and many other areas. Career-facing degrees and certificates are offered in allied health professions, automotive technology, culinary and baking, manufacturing, and many other areas. The college provides high school concurrent enrollment opportunities to thousands of students each year through both Suffolk’s Beacon program and through on-campus early college classes. Designated by the U.S. Department of Education as a Hispanic Serving Institution, Suffolk enrolls thousands of students in English Language Learning courses, and also serves more service veterans and military-connected students than any other college in the SUNY system. 

SUNY Suffolk is searching for a full-time, 10-month tenure-track faculty Instructor/Assistant Professor for Communication Studies beginning Fall 2026, at the Ammerman campus in Selden, NY.

This position is a Unit III position, covered under the Faculty Association of Suffolk County Community College collective bargaining agreement with the college. The exact salary will be determined by prior teaching experience and placement on the salary scale negotiated by the Faculty Association of Suffolk County Community College. The college offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision plans, generous vacation days, deferred compensation plans and a defined benefit (pension) plan.

This position is for a communication generalist with background in basics of communication, and expertise in one or more areas of: rhetorical studies, interpersonal communication, intercultural communication, organizational communication, performance studies, and/or health communication.  The successful candidate will primarily teach lower level courses, but will be called upon to teach occasional higher-level courses based on their specialization and student needs.

SUNY Suffolk is a comprehensive community college committed to open access, equity, and student success, and applicants for faculty positions should be prepared to demonstrate their commitment to these values.  Faculty are scheduled to teach based on the needs of students and their department and may have the option to teach in different course preps in more than one modality. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Planning and delivering high-quality student-centered instruction appropriate to an open-access community college.
• Participating in curricular development, assessment, and revision at the course, discipline, and program levels, including assessment of student learning outcomes.
• Engaging in assessment of college-wide learning outcomes and demonstrating the use of the results of these assessments in courses.
• Ensuring that principles of equity and inclusion are integrated in curriculum and instructional practice.
• Ensuring that student knowledge, skills and abilities are aligned with current academic and workforce best practices.
• Incorporating engaging and appropriate academic technology into all modes of instructional delivery.
• Maintaining a commitment to ongoing and research-based professional development in pedagogy and subject matter.
• Teaching assigned courses in accordance with the description published in the college catalog and the approved course outline.
• Providing academic advising and actively participating in collegewide recruitment, student engagement and retention strategies (e.g. early alerts).
• Scheduling required time to meet with students outside of class.
• Active participation in departmental, campus and college committees/meetings.
• Participating actively in the life of their department, home campus, and the college.
• Fulfilling all contractual requirements related to faculty.
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum

• Master’s Degree in Communication Studies.
• Minimum of two years of college-level teaching experience.

• Demonstrated commitment to principles of equity and student success.
• Familiarity with a learning management system and willingness to use the college’s LMS (i.e. Brightspace).

Preferred

• Ph.D. in Communication Studies.
• Community college teaching experience.
• Experience teaching face-to-face, online, hybrid, and/or blended learning.

About Suffolk County Community College

Suffolk County Community College is the largest community college in the State University of New York (SUNY) system and primarily serves an audience of more than 1.5 million residents of Suffolk County. The region benefits from an exceptionally high quality of life, with access to world-class arts, sports, New York City, and the natural resources of Long Island.

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