Limited Term Adjunct Lecturer – Retailing and Consumer Science

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The successful candidate will be expected to do the following:

• Teach one or more of the following courses for the fall 2025 semester with potential opportunity for subsequent semesters (based on existing syllabi and learning objectives)
  RCSC205 – Merchandise Planning and Control
  RCSC240 – Consumer Behavior
  RCSC260 – Shopper Data and Business Information
  RCSC330 – Food Retailing
• Courses will be delivered via a variety of methods including face-to-face/in-person, fully online, and hybrid delivery.
• Participate in retailing and consumer science faculty meetings as requested by the Director.

At a minimum, the successful candidate will possess the following:

• Master’s degree in retailing, business, marketing or other related discipline.
• Five years or more of industry experience in retailing, business, or other related discipline with progressively increasing responsibilities and/or training of personnel or significant teaching and student-mentoring experience in traditional classroom settings at a college or university level.
• Experience withinspiring, engaging, and motivating students/colleagues in their academic and/or professional journey.

The successful candidate will ideally possess one or more of the following:
• Strategic experience (five years or more with progressively increasing responsibilities) in a retail or business setting which may include strategic decision-making responsibility, store/operations management, marketing, product development, merchandising, or others.
• Demonstrated experience at designing and delivering university-level instruction in an engaging manner using student-centered learning strategies. Examples of such strategies include promotion of student engagement in and out-of-class, shared responsibility of instruction, creation of inquiry-based/discovery-oriented curriculum, and encouragement of a community of learning.
• Strong experience in instructional design and delivery.