Job #	078062
Job Title	Part-Time Faculty: Faculty-Communications Law for ADV and PRL (Spring 2025)
Location	Syracuse, NY
Pay Range	$1,420 - $1,700 per credit hour
Pay Determination	Salary offers at Syracuse University will be based on education, experience, and relevant skills, as well as the academic or professional discipline of the position in the context of the home department, school, or college. Salary offers may also be influenced by prior relevant work or industry experience, where applicable. Faculty pay ranges are for 8.5 months’ salary unless otherwise specified.
FLSA Status	Exempt
Hours	Spring 2025 Semester. Class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:00pm-6:20pm. Office hours required.
Job Type	Part-time
Rank	PTI/Adjunct
Campus	Syracuse, NY
Unionized Position Code	UA
Job Description	The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University is seeking an individual to teach COM 507.3 Communications Law for ADV and PRL on Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:00pm-6:20pm in the Spring 2025 Semester (3 credits). Course Description: This survey course covers several communications law topics of which advertising, public relations, and other strategic communications professionals need to be aware. Topics covered include: First Amendment, Corporate and Commercial Speech, Intellectual Property, Defamation, Privacy, and Regulation of Media. The course meets twice a week and typically has an enrollment of between 40 and 50 undergraduate students.
Qualifications	Bachelor’s degree required; law degree preferred.
Job Specific Qualifications	Instructor should have legal experience or expertise. Priority given to applicants with university level teaching experience.
Responsibilities	It is understood that teaching assignments may include the following: • Developing and/or updating a class syllabus. • Ordering the appropriate books and materials in advance of the class start date. • Preparation of lectures, projects or other student assignments. • Maintaining regularly scheduled office hours. • Presenting instruction based on the competencies and performance levels of the course. • Meeting all designated class periods. If you are unable to meet your class due to illness or emergency, you should exercise your best effort to reschedule the class or to obtain a substitute. You must also notify the department chair of your absence and of your plan to cover the class. • Submitting completed mid-semester progress reports and final grades according to University regulations. • Grading student assignments and exams in a timely manner. • Providing departmentally sanctioned forms for completed student evaluations.
Physical Requirements	• Ability to instruct the class on the days and times it is designated to meet. • Ability to hold office hours on campus. • Ability to grade all assignments and examinations.
Tools/Equipment	• Ability to operate standard classroom instructional technology, which may include computer, projector, document camera, etc.
Application Instructions	In addition to completing an online application, please attach a curriculum vitae and cover letter.
About Syracuse University	Syracuse University is a private, international research university with distinctive academics, diversely unique offerings, and an undeniable spirit. Located in the geographic heart of New York State, with a global footprint, and over 150 years of history, Syracuse University offers a quintessential college experience. The scope of Syracuse University is a testament to its strengths: a pioneering history dating back to 1870; a choice of more than 200 majors, 100 minors, and 200 advanced degree programs offered across the University’s 13 schools and colleges; over 15,000 undergraduates and over 6,000 graduate students; more than a quarter of a million alumni in 160 countries; and a student population from all 50 U.S. states and 123 countries. For more information, please visit http://www.syracuse.edu.
About the Syracuse area	Syracuse is a medium-sized city situated in the geographic center of New York State approximately 250 miles northwest of New York City. The metro-area population totals approximately 500,000. The area offers a low cost of living and provides many social, cultural, and recreational options, including parks, museums, festivals, professional regional theater, and premier shopping venues. Syracuse and Central New York present a wide range of seasonal recreation and attractions ranging from water skiing and snow skiing, hiking in the Adirondacks, touring the historic sites, visiting wineries along the Finger Lakes, and biking on trails along the Erie Canal.
EEO Statement	Syracuse University is an equal-opportunity, affirmative-action institution. The University prohibits discrimination and harassment based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law to the extent prohibited by law. This nondiscrimination policy covers admissions, employment, and access to and treatment in University programs, services, and activities.
Commitment to Supporting and Hiring Veterans	Syracuse University has a long history of engaging veterans and the military-connected community through its educational programs, community outreach, and employment programs. After World War II, Syracuse University welcomed more than 10,000 returning veterans to our campus, and those veterans literally transformed Syracuse University into the national research institution it is today. The University’s contemporary commitment to veterans builds on this historical legacy, and extends to both class-leading initiatives focused on making an SU degree accessible and affordable to the post-9/11 generation of veterans, and also programs designed to position Syracuse University as the employer of choice for military veterans, members of the Guard and Reserve, and military family members.
Commitment to a Diverse and Inclusive Campus Community	Syracuse University maintains an inclusive learning environment in which students, faculty, administrators, staff, curriculum, social activities, governance, and all other aspects of campus life reflect a diverse, multi-cultural, and international worldview. The University community recognizes and values the many similarities and differences among individuals and groups. At Syracuse, we are committed to preparing students to understand, live among, appreciate, and work in an inherently diverse country and world made up of people with different ethnic and racial backgrounds, military backgrounds, religious beliefs, socio-economic status, cultural traditions, abilities, sexual orientations and gender identities. To do so, we commit ourselves to promoting a community that celebrates and models the principles of diversity and inclusivity.
Quick Link	https://www.sujobopps.com/postings/107211
Job Posting Date	11/08/2024
Application Deadline	12/06/2024
Open Until Filled	No
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Job Category	Faculty
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