Assistant Teaching Professor/ Associate Teaching Professor/ Full Teaching Professor

About the Opportunity

The College of Social Sciences and Humanities and its nine tenure units are the home of the Experiential Liberal Arts. Through its research, teaching, and engagement missions, the college collaborates across the university, the Northeastern network, and partners around the globe. We are strongly committed to fostering excellence through diversity and enthusiastically welcome nominations and applications from members of groups underrepresented in academia. Successful faculty in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities will be dynamic and innovative scholars with a record of research and teaching excellence and a commitment to improved equity, diversity, and inclusion. Strong candidates for this position will have the expertise, knowledge, and skills to build their research, pedagogy, and curriculum in ways that reflect and enhance this commitment.

Responsibilities:

The School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs seeks to fill a full-time non-tenure track job opening for an Assistant Teaching Professor, Associate Teaching Professor, or Full Teaching Professor in Public Administration. The appointment will be on Northeastern’s Boston campus to begin in Fall 2025.

Responsibilities include teaching six courses per academic year (three courses in each semester), including such topics as:

• Public Budgeting and Financial Management
• Techniques of Policy Analysis
• Quantitative and/or qualitative methods courses in the core curriculum
• Other graduate and undergraduate courses in Public Policy & Urban Affairs and related fields depending on campus and program needs.

This position will support the Master of Public Administration (MPA), Master of Public Policy (MPP), and related programs in person on Northeastern’s Boston, Massachusetts campus and online in Northeastern’s global network. 

The successful candidate will also participate actively in the life of the Policy School and the Boston campus, including graduate recruitment, co-curricular activities, and community partnerships.

Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in Public Policy, Public Administration, Economics or related fields in hand by the employment start date is required.
• Candidates should provide evidence of teaching excellence, including student evaluations and sample course materials.
• Candidates should have demonstrated commitment to fostering diverse and inclusive environments and to promoting experiential learning, both of which are central to a Northeastern University education.
• Public sector (government or nonprofit) work experience and/or a relevant professional degree (MPP, MPA) is strongly preferred.

Documents to Submit:

Applicants should submit a cover letter that addresses the applicant’s interest in and qualifications for the position, curriculum vitae, a teaching statement, evidence of teaching effectiveness, sample syllabi, a diversity statement, and the names and contact information for at least three individuals who can provide a letter of recommendation.

In the diversity statement, please describe how you can support Northeastern’s commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Describe how your teaching, service, research, and/or leadership (as applicable) has supported the success of students and/or colleagues; and/or describe the impact others have had on you as relating to diversity, equity and inclusion.

Review of applications will begin on February 15, 2025, and will continue until the position is filled.

Please address nominations and questions to Nishith Prakash, Search Committee Chair at n.prakash@northeastern.edu

Position Type

Academic

Additional Information

Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience, education and skills when extending an offer. 

Northeastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees. This includes medical, vision, dental, paid time off, tuition assistance, wellness & life, retirement- as well as commuting & transportation. Visit https://hr.northeastern.edu/benefits/ for more information. 

Northeastern University is an equal opportunity employer, seeking to recruit and support a broadly diverse community of faculty and staff. Northeastern values and celebrates diversity in all its forms and strives to foster an inclusive culture built on respect that affirms inter-group relations and builds cohesion. 

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

To learn more about Northeastern University’s commitment and support of diversity and inclusion, please see www.northeastern.edu/diversity.

Read Full Description