Position Description
Professor of Practice
Paul Rubacha Department of Real Estate
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business Cornell University, New York City
The Paul Rubacha Department of Real Estate in the SC Johnson College of Business and College of Architecture, Art, and Planning at Cornell University invites applications for a Professor of Practice position with teaching and administrative responsibilities. The candidate filling this position will teach classes in the department’s Baker M.P.S. program in real estate. The position will be a part time (50% or more) non-tenure track, 5-year renewable appointment, beginning July 1, 2026. The position will be based in New York City, NY.
The Professor of the Practice’s primary teaching responsibilities will be in Cornell’s NYC facilities but could occasionally include instruction at the university’s Ithaca campus. In consultation with the department chair, the Professor of the Practice will develop and teach classes in the Baker M.P.S. that draw on the individual’s industry experience. The Professor of Practice will also help with department administrative needs.
The ideal candidate for the position should possess a professional master’s or related degree and be familiar with the needs and goals of professional master’s students in real estate. The individual should have outstanding communication skills and have experience working in complex professional environments with multiple valued constituents. Prior experience teaching in and/or directing a professional master’s program is desirable but not a requirement. We seek to build up our expertise in the development area of real estate, but candidates with expertise from all areas of real estate are encouraged to apply.
Department Details
Situated within a world-class research university, the Paul Rubacha Department of Real Estate is jointly overseen by the S.C. Johnson College of Business (SCJCB) and the College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP). The department manages a two-year professional master’s program in real estate, the Baker M.P.S., with roughly 100 students in residence. A distinguishing feature of the program is its comprehensive, multi-disciplinary approach to real estate education, reflecting the different types of skills required for many career paths in real estate. This includes expertise in urban planning, architecture, law, engineering, finance, and economics. A further distinguishing feature of the program is its blending of academic in-class instruction along with input from industry professionals and out-of-class experience.
The Rubacha department presently has a complement of six tenured faculty, one senior lecturer, and two Professors of Practice with differing expertise that supports the multidisciplinary structure of both the department and the Baker M.P.S. degree.
The department's center of operations is in Ithaca, New York, where the resources and opportunities for innovative and interdisciplinary collaborations are extensive. Beginning August 2026, the department is launching a NYC option for second-year students in the Baker M.P.S. in real estate. Second-year students will have the option to spend their second year taking classes at Cornell facilities in NYC along with Immersion opportunities in locally based real estate companies.
About the SC Johnson College of Business
The Cornell SC Johnson College of Business (established on July 1, 2016) combines three Schools: the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management (Johnson), the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management (Dyson), and the Nolan School of Hotel Administration (Nolan).
The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management offers MBA, Accelerated MBA, Executive MBA, and Ph.D. programs. Courses and programs are taught at Cornell’s main Ithaca campus, the Cornell Tech campus in New York City, and other locations across the globe.
The Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration is the top-ranked management program worldwide, with undergraduate, masters, and Ph.D. programs. The Nolan School of Hotel Administration (Nolan) has approximately 800 undergraduates and 60 graduate students. Founded in 1922, Nolan is an AACSB accredited business school, with a resident faculty of 65 and over 10,000 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.
The Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management houses a top-ranked undergraduate business program as well as graduate programs that award Ph.D., M.S. and M.P.S. degrees. Areas of faculty research include management; environmental, energy and resource economics; food and agricultural economics; and international and development economics. Faculty members in the Dyson School frequently collaborate with colleagues in Computer and Information Sciences, Economics, Engineering, Natural Resources, and other units on campus.
About the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning
The College of Architecture, Art, and Planning at Cornell University (Cornell AAP) is home to nearly 1,000 students, 120 faculty, and 65 staff members who come together from around the world to take up some of today's most urgent challenges and advance research, inquiry, and design associated with the built environment. A vital college at one of the nation's foremost research universities, Cornell AAP bridges fields and faculty with five departments, 20 degree programs, 18 faculty-led labs, and the Cornell Mui Ho Center for Cities, a platform for building partnerships that make a positive impact in cities and communities nationally and internationally.
To be considered for this position
For full consideration please ensure that your application is complete by November 30, 2025. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position has been filled. Applications received after November 30, 2025 will be reviewed if the position has not been filled.
The following materials are required:
- Letter of interest, with clear indication of position being applied for;
- Curriculum vitae;
- Three recommendation letters;
- For those with prior teaching experience, report of courses taught, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and any supporting pedagogic documents, such as curriculum development materials;
- Description of relevant professional work experience outside of academia
In compliance with New York's Pay Transparency Act, the minimum annual base salary range for this position is $120,000 - $230,000. This pay range represents base pay for 12 months at 100% full time equivalent. If the appointment is less than 100% FTE, the salary will be adjusted accordingly. Cornell University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and organizational considerations when extending an offer.
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Pay Ranges:
The hiring rate of pay for the successful candidate will be determined considering the following criteria:
- Prior relevant work or industry experience.
- Education level to the extent education is relevant to the position.
- Academic Discipline (faculty pay ranges reflects 9-month annual salary)
- Unique applicable skills.
(posted 2025/09/25, listed until 2026/02/19)