Instructor, Communication - Tenure Track - Fall 2026

Instructor, Communication - Tenure Track - Fall 2026

Job Description

Diversity Statement

About the College of Southern Nevada

Founded in 1971 and situated in the greater Las Vegas metropolitan area, the College of Southern Nevada is the most ethnically diverse college in Nevada and the first to receive the HSI designation. We've prioritized providing an affordable, collaborative, and welcoming environment that allows all students to shine. CSN is a fully accredited institution offering hundreds of degrees and certificates in 70 academic programs. CSN proudly hosts students from all 50 states and over 60 countries with a student population that mirrors Clark County Nevada, one of the most diverse counties in the US. More than one-third of our students are first-generation, half are Pell Grant eligible, and nearly three-fourths are part-time.

The College of Southern Nevada, a Minority Serving Institution designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI) provides associates and select bachelor's degrees. Consistent with CSN's mission, vision, and values we are passionate about fostering an environment where our highly diverse students achieve, succeed, and prosper.

Institutional Commitment to Diversity

The College of Southern Nevada recognizes that embracing diversity maximizes faculty and staff contribution to our goals and provides the best opportunity for student achievement. We seek faculty who demonstrate their commitment to our communities and value diverse perspectives. Faculty are intentional about providing culturally responsive instruction to promote creativity, innovation, growth, and academic excellence.

We strive to uphold our mission, to create, and preserve an environment that is dedicated to achieving educational access, equitable resources, inviolable dignity, and opportunity for all to participate, prosper, and reach their full potential.

We ensure that all our work and efforts are transformative and build a truly Students First institutional culture. We commit to the journey ahead, embrace difficult conversations, examine implicit biases, and remain steadfast in our continuous process of improvement. We do this by creating, uplifting, and centering all the voices and experiential knowledge of our students, employees, and campus communities. CSN is committed to providing a place of work and learning free of discrimination based on race, color, national origin, disability, religion, age, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, and veteran status in the programs or activities which it operates.

Why Live and Work in Southern Nevada?

Benefits of Working at CSN

• Grant-in-Aid: Tuition & fee assistance for employees and their families at NSHE institutions.
• Time Off: CSN provides a variety of time off options to help employees manage their work-life balance.
• Holidays: All CSN employees receive 12 paid holidays per year.
• Benefits: CSN offers attractive and customizable health insurance plans for employee and dependents.
• Retirement Plan: Participants contribute 19.25% with 100% employer match.
• On-site Early Childhood Education Center services available
• Learning & professional development opportunities.
• Active CSN Affinity Groups that focus on campus-wide diversity initiatives to create a welcoming campus climate.

For more information about the benefits offered at CSN

Position Description

The primary role of this position is to teach the general education communication competency course COM 101 Oral Communication in support of degrees and professional certificates at the College of Southern Nevada. The workload consists of 5 sections each fall and spring semester. Summer teaching is available.

Candidates should be able to work congenially across departments and be ready to describe their vision for a communication program that will fit with the mission, needs, and character of the School of Arts & Letters at the College of Southern Nevada. Additionally, candidates must have the willingness to be active in service to the college and community.

Primary job responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Teach multiple sections of COM 101 Public Speaking within the Communication Department in-person, online, and/or in hybrid format, dependent upon departmental and institutional need.
• Provide an excellent teaching experience to a diverse student body using effective teaching strategies.
• Teach at multiple campuses at times, locations, & modalities to be determined by the department chair including evenings.
• Evaluate student mastery of skills and competencies by assessing performance based on stated course learning outcomes.
• Participate in department/school meetings and activities.
• Participate in appropriate professional development activities.
• Submit relevant course records to the Communication Department.
• Present materials through virtual meeting software if needed.

Required Qualifications

• Master's degree in Communication, Communication Studies, Journalism, or Mass Communication from an accredited college/university.
• 3 years of teaching college-level Communication courses.
• 2 years of experience using online teaching platforms.
• Experience with CANVAS.

Preferred Qualifications

• Quantitative summary of student evaluations.
• Demonstrated ability to incorporate and utilize a variety of teaching techniques.
• Evidence of continual professional development within the past 5 years.
• Ability to develop syllabi and course materials that may be taught on-ground, online, or hybrid.
• Ability to work well with a diverse, multicultural student and employee population.

Starting Salary Information Initial salary placement is based on educational level and total years of full-time equivalent teaching experience. For example, for an instructor with a Master's degree the salary range would be $58,046 to $74,304 annually. The entire salary range is up to $89,166 annually with a Doctorate and 10 years' experience. A maximum of 10 years of experience will be considered for the initial salary placement purposes.

This position is contingent upon ongoing and available funding.

Bargaining unit Faculty members hired are eligible for relocation expenses reimbursement in accordance with the College of Southern Nevada NFA Contract 2022-2025.

Exempt Yes

Full-Time Equivalent 100.0%

Required Attachment(s) To be considered for this position, please upload the following documents to your application:

• Resume/CV
• Cover Letter
• Contact information for three professional references (Name, email, and phone number)
• Unofficial Academic Transcripts (Applicants who have earned their degrees outside of the United States must have their educational transcripts evaluated by an approved evaluator if their college or university is not listed in the most recent edition of the Higher Education Directory, published by Higher Education Publications, Inc. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact the Office of Human Resources, Talent Acquisition & Classification Team).

Posting Close Date 04/13/2026

To apply, visit https://nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/CSN-External