Adjunct Faculty – Graduate Programs, School of Medicine

The Division of Epidemiology in the Department of Family Medicine and Population Health is recruiting a pool of adjunct faculty to teach our graduate public health programs. The primary need is for Instructors to teach in our Master of Public Health program, but applications from individuals holding doctoral degrees in epidemiology may be considered for positions teaching courses in our Epidemiology Ph.D. program. This pool will be used on an as-needed basis. Your credentials will remain active for one year after you submit them. After one year, if you are still interested in adjunct teaching, you must reapply to this adjunct pool. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Those selected for adjunct positions will be invited to participate in selected graduate program faculty meetings and workshops for teaching and professional development.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Develop a course syllabus (or revise an existing syllabus, as appropriate), preparing assessment rubrics for evaluating student performance on course assignments.
• Teach a graduate-level elective or required course (in the MPH or PhD program,) meeting the specific needs of the degree program, using learner-centered teaching methods that engage students in applied activities.
• Meet all designated course instruction guidelines.
• Grade assignments and exams in a timely manner based on course instructions/rubric.
• Respond to student inquiries within 48 hours.
• Follow guidelines of the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
• Submit final grades according to School of Medicine and Graduate School policies.
• Demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and student environment or commitment to do so as a faculty member at VCU.

Please note there are no clinical, research, or service duties associated with this adjunct pool – it is strictly for teaching.

Requirements:

• A completed Master’s degree in Public Health is required.
• Specialized experience in the discipline of public health and the topic to be taught.
• Demonstrated teaching and/or presentation experience.

Preferred but not required:

• PhD or other doctoral degree in the applicant’s field of expertise.
• Prior experience teaching graduate-level public health and/or epidemiology courses.

Hiring Rate: 3 credit course at $2,000 per credit, for a total of $6,000.

Please note that if you have held an hourly or adjunct position at VCU within the Standard Measurement Period, your combined number of hours may not exceed more than twenty-nine (29) hours per week on average and no more than 1,480 hours per year.

If you are currently an Adjunct Faculty member at VCU you must also receive approval from your primary role’s supervisor in order to hold a secondary assignment as an adjunct. Please discuss this with your current supervisor prior to applying.

These positions are part-time, non-benefited roles, and this pool is set to close on March 30^th, 2023. Adjunct faculty may not (a) work more than 29 hours per week on average over a twelve-month period, including classroom or other instructional time plus additional hours determined by the institution as necessary to perform the adjunct faculty’s duties; or (b) meet or exceed, on average over a twelve-month period, 75% of the course load for a full-time non-tenure track teaching faculty member at that institution.



Position Details:

Department: Family Medicine and Population Health, Division of Epidemiology
Employment Type: AJ - Adjunct
Restricted Status: Yes
FTE: .5
Exemption Status: Exempt

ORP Eligible: No

Contact Information:

Contact Name: Lauren Meyer

Contact Email: Lauren.Meyer@vcuhealth.org