Overview
Clinical Assistant Professor in Applied Public Health or Social Services
Department of Sociology Cornell College | Mount Vernon, Iowa
Cornell College, a private undergraduate liberal arts institution known for its distinctive One Course At A Time (OCAAT) curriculum, invites applications for a three-year renewable full-time Clinical Assistant Professor in Applied Public Health or Social Services in the Department of Sociology, beginning August 2026.
We seek an educator-practitioner committed to undergraduate teaching, inclusive pedagogy, and community engagement. The successful candidate will bring an applied, experiential focus and an intersectional, sociological analysis of social inequalities to teaching and mentoring students preparing for careers in sociology, public health, social services, nonprofit work, and related fields.
Teaching Responsibilities
The clinical instructor will teach a full-time load (6 courses per year) within Cornell’s OCAAT block plan, including:
SOC 101: Sociological Thinking
CPH 115: Fundamentals of Community and Public Health
SOC 200: Community Health and Social Equality (Second-Year Seminar in the Ingenuity Core)
SOC/CPH 395: Professionalism and Practice in Public Health, Nonprofits, or Social Services
Courses addressing social inequality, equity, and applied social analysis contributing to the Sociology major/minor and Community and Public Health major
Advising, Mentoring, and Career Engagement
Advise and mentor Sociology and Community and Public Health students
Support students in practicums, internships, and career pathways
Develop and sustain community-based partnerships
About Cornell College
About Cornell College
Cornell College is a national liberal arts college committed to excellence in teaching and the creation of a welcoming community in which all individuals are respected and included. Our innovative curriculum includes a focus on the essential abilities of writing, quantitative reasoning, and intercultural literacy as well as experiential learning. The One Course At A Time approach fosters strong student engagement and close faculty-student relationships while allowing faculty freedom to design and carry out their classes, on campus or off.
Founded in 1853, Cornell was the first college west of the Mississippi to graduate both men and women. Academic immersion, real world experience requirements through Ingenuity in Action, and unparalleled flexibility attract an ambitious student body from around the world.
Seventy percent of our students are from outside Iowa, representing nearly 50 states and 26 foreign countries. Students of color comprise one-fourth of the student body.
Cornell’s picturesque hilltop campus is a National Historic District and was the first campus listed in its entirety on the National Register of Historic Places. Mount Vernon is a small, college-centered town in the Cedar Rapids-Iowa City corridor, home to nearly half a million people. It has two additional National Historic Districts and a classic Main Street a short walk from campus. Mount Vernon attractions include boutique shopping; walking paths; a dedicated sledding hill; and 13 annual festivals and events including Chalk the Walk, Chili Cookoff, and Magical Night.
