Lecturer/Senior Lecturer of Operations, Technology & Information Management

School of Hotel Administration

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business Cornell University

The Cornell SC Johnson College of Business invites applicants for a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer, 3-year renewable term position in our Operations, Technology & Information Management area, with a specialization in Food and Beverage Management. The intended placement for this position is in the School of Hotel Administration, with an intended start date of July 1, 2022. This position will be based in Ithaca, NY.

The position includes teaching and/or team-teaching both lecture-and laboratory-based courses in the area of food and beverage operations and management. Applicants should be able to teach/co-teach food and beverage operations management courses including, but not limited to our three current core courses: Introduction to Food service Operations, Food service Management: Theory and Practice, Restaurant Management, and other specialty elective courses. Duties will include but will not be limited to, instruction in lecture and laboratory sessions, preparing course materials, grading, advising students, conducting classroom instruction, and performing general service duties for the Operations Technology and Information Management Area, the Hotel School, and the College of Business.  

The candidate should have extensive knowledge and notable practical experience in the area of food and beverage management broadly defined, including restaurant management, food production management, beverage management, food safety, and restaurant related technology and systems. A Master’s degree or equivalent and relevant teaching experience (or equivalent) are the minimum qualifications required for the position. Rank and salary are competitive, negotiable, and will be based on experience.

The School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University is the top-ranked hospitality management program worldwide, with undergraduate, masters, and Ph.D. programs. The School of Hotel Administration (SHA) has approximately 950 undergraduates and 150 graduate students. Founded in 1922, SHA is an AACSB accredited business school, with a resident faculty of 65 and over 13,000 alumni worldwide. Important resources available to faculty include extraordinary access to industry leaders, excellent research funding, the Center for Hospitality Research (CHR), and the cultural and intellectual resources of the Cornell University community.

SHA is housed within the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, which includes SHA, the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, and the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management. The college is one of the most comprehensive business schools in the country with 214 faculty and nearly 2,900 undergraduate, professional, and graduate students. The combination of these schools into the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business allows Cornell to achieve the full potential of its business programs by integrating Cornell business faculty and students at all levels and coordinating programmatic collaborations that span Cornell's campuses.

Rank and Salary: The position’s teaching responsibilities begin in the Fall 2022 semester, and appointment is for three years, renewable. A new hire will be considered for promotion from lecturer to senior lecturer after appropriate quality and length of service. Salary is commensurate with qualifications.

Application process:

For full consideration please ensure that your application is complete by December 1, 2021. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position has been filled. Applications received after December 1, 2021 will be reviewed if the position has not been filled.

The following materials are required:    

1. Curriculum vitae;
2. Letter of interest highlighting teaching and food and beverage operations experience and research, if applicable;    
3. Three letters of recommendation;
4. Publications and working papers;
5. Syllabi for two recent courses taught;
   
6. Corresponding teaching evaluations; and
7. Statement on Contributions to Diversity

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