Clinical Assistant Professor in Applied Public Health or Social Services

Cornell College, a private undergraduate liberal arts institution known for its distinctive One Course At A Time (OCAAT) curriculum, invites applications for a three-year renewable full-time Clinical Assistant Professor in Applied Public Health or Social Services in the Department of Sociology, beginning August 2026.

We seek an educator-practitioner committed to undergraduate teaching, inclusive pedagogy, and community engagement.

The successful candidate will bring an applied, experiential focus and an intersectional, sociological analysis of social inequalities to teaching and mentoring students preparing for careers in sociology, public health, social services, nonprofit work, and related fields.

Teaching Responsibilities

The clinical instructor will teach a full-time load (6 courses per year) within Cornell’s OCAAT block plan, including:


* SOC 101: Sociological Thinking


* CPH 115: Fundamentals of Community and Public Health


* SOC 200: Community Health and Social Equality (Second-Year Seminar in the Ingenuity Core)


* SOC/CPH 395: Professionalism and Practice in Public Health, Nonprofits, or Social Services


* Courses addressing social inequality, equity, and applied social analysis contributing to the Sociology major/minor and Community and Public Health major

Advising, Mentoring, and Career Engagement


* Advise and mentor Sociology and Community and Public Health students


* Support students in practicums, internships, and career pathways


* Develop and sustain community-based partnerships

Required Qualifications


* Master’s degree or higher in Sociology, Community Health, Public Health, Social Work, Human Services, or related applied field


* Substantive academic background in Sociology


* Minimum of two years professional work experience and/or college/university teaching experience 


* Demonstrated commitment to equity and inclusion

Preferred Qualifications


* Experience teaching applied or experiential courses, mentoring students and/or  working with community partners

Cornell’s One Course At A Time academic calendar is divided into eight 3½ week blocks in which students take and faculty teach a single course.

Full-time faculty teaching load is 6 block courses during the academic year with the other 2 blocks reserved for professional development, course preparations, or travel to academic meetings; further opportunities for summer teaching and research supervision may also be available. 

Candidate will be expected to participate in service to their department and to assist in their department’s support of the college’s Ingenuity core curriculum.

  The college encourages interdisciplinary interests among its faculty and the development of teaching strategies that capitalize on our distinctive academic calendar.

One Course At A Time allows us the freedom to take students off-campus without impinging on other course commitments.

In addition, class size is limit...