College Park, Maryland, USA
75 days ago
Lecturer
The Department of Family Science is seeking to candidates to teach several courses in its newly revised undergraduate curriculumEssential Duties and Responsibilities Develop and maintain course materials through Canvas the universitys learning management system Teach the course at the scheduled time for the scheduled term Hold regular office hours with students for the scheduled term Correspond with students via university email in a timely manner eg 48 hours or less Read email addressed to Family Science Adjunct Faculty Complete the grading Supervise the grading of any assigned Teaching Assistants Calculate and submit final grades by the final deadline as designated by university policy The Department seeks instructors for the following courses FMSC110 Families in Global HealthStudents will explore define and study global health social determinants of health health inequalities gender inequality family violence and maternal and child health using a global perspectiveFMSC170 Modern FamiliesThis course is designed to introduce students to a myriad of topics related to families such as the modern family marriage and cohabitation parenthood public policies reproductive technologies LGBTQ families mass incarceration socialization of children against racism immigration divorce the economy COVID 19 vaccine decision making resilience obesity prevention mental health and intimate partner violenceFMSC310 Maternal Child and Family HealthOverview of the major issues in Maternal Child and Family Health in the US and the world The course will cover the social political environmental and economic factors that shape the health of women children and families throughout the life course It will employ the core disciplines of public health 1 epidemiologybiostatistics 2 environmental health 3 health policy and administration and 4 social and behavioral health to examine these factors The course introduces specific issues and interventions and places these issues and interventions within their broad sociohistorical contextFMSC330 Family Health Health Happens in FamiliesThe objective of this gateway course is to help you understand and apply basic theories and empirical data on family health The course is designed to provide you with skills to think critically about theories including Life Course Theory the Bio Ecological and Social Ecological Models and Systems Theory We will ask questions about the distinct qualities and intersections of contexts and characteristics that impact the functioning of families We will apply theory and research to topical issues in family health that are impacted by social structures such as conflict crisis migration incarceration and inequalitiesFMSC383 Health and Human Services Delivery and EvaluationProcesses of service delivery with special emphasis upon relationships among managers service providers and clients The impact of human service systems on familiesFMSC420 African American Families 3 CreditsExamination of the history structure cultural foundation and diversity of African American family life is the focus of this class Presentations and discussions enable students to identify analyze and assess 1 the major theoretical perspectives used in the study of African American families 2 the impact of social policy on African American families and 3 specific areas of family life eg marriage and divorce
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