Communication Studies; Speech Communication Instructor; Tenure-Track

Communication Studies (Speech Communication) Instructor (Tenure-Track)

Campus: Skyline College

FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary

Schedule:

80

Months Per Year: 10

Mandated Reporter: Yes

• Teach full‑time courses in the communication studies discipline, including day, evening, and hybrid/online formats, using culturally responsive pedagogical techniques.
• Engage African‑American, Latinx, Filipinx, and Pacific‑Islander students who are historically underrepresented in traditional classroom settings.
• Maintain expertise in current teaching methodologies and curricula, developing instructional materials to close equity gaps for disproportionately impacted student populations.
• Assist in new course development, curriculum revisions, and departmental and institutional assessments.
• Participate in evaluation and selection of course materials, technology, and equipment that enhance the department’s offerings.
• Serve as a member of division and college committees, and consult with students during scheduled office hours.

• Master’s degree or higher in speech, broadcasting, telecommunications, rhetoric, communication, communication studies, speech communication, or organizational communication; or Bachelor’s degree in any of the above plus a Master’s in drama/theater arts, mass communication, or English.
• Recent, successful experience teaching college‑level transfer courses related to public speaking, interpersonal communication, intercultural communication, small‑group communication, argumentation and debate, gender and communication, and health communication.
• Demonstrated cultural competence and sensitivity to the diverse backgrounds of community college students.
• Evidence of collaboration with campus programs such as learning communities, TRIO, Transfer Center, and International Student Programs.
• Willingness to expand the use of technology in hybrid and/or online teaching, and to motivate students from a broad spectrum of academic, socioeconomic, ethnic, neurodivergent, and LGBTQIA+ backgrounds.

• Recent experience working with racially minoritized and other disproportionately impacted students in the classroom.
• Understanding of historical patterns of exclusion in higher education and in the field of communication studies, and ability to remediate instructional practices.
• Experience addressing equity issues in the classroom and on campus, and expertise in culturally responsive teaching.
• Knowledge of HSI and AANAPISI designations and implications for institutional and instructional practices.

Benefits include paid holidays, vacation, sick leave, and partial coverage of monthly medical, dental, and vision plan premiums. Employees participate in the State Teachers’ Retirement System and optional tax‑deferred 403(b) and 457 retirement plans.

San Mateo County Community College District is an Equal Opportunity, Title IX, and Section 504 employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, or any other protected status under federal, state, or local law. We seek to employ individuals who reflect our community’s diversity of cultures, languages, and abilities.