Adjunct Faculty- Psychology (Oakland)
- Employer
- Northeastern University
- Location
- California, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not specified
- Date posted
- Jan 23, 2025
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- Position Type
- Administrative, Student Affairs, Multicultural Affairs
- Employment Level
- Adjunct
- Employment Type
- Part Time
Job Details
Adjunct Faculty- Psychology (Oakland)
About the Opportunity
About the Opportunity:
The College of Professional Studies (CPS) at Northeastern University invites applicants to teach undergraduate courses in the content area of Psychology. Working adults, international students, and traditionally underserved students around the globe are reaching their goals and advancing their careers through CPS' innovative educational options. The College's dynamic online instruction, fast-track programs, and on-ground courses are designed to meet the needs of today's students and to help ensure access and opportunity for transformational learning within today's competitive market.
Responsibilities:
The undergraduate Psychology Degree at the College of Professional Studies prepares students with the knowledge, skills and dispositions needed to serve individuals, groups, organizations and communities in a global 21st century. The degree provides students with a strong foundational knowledge within the discipline of psychology, including relevant theory and research that promotes social consciousness and intellectual and interpersonal growth. With an emphasis on scientific thinking, ethical behavior, and respect for diversity, students cultivate insight about human behaviors and mental processes, and demonstrate concern for the wellbeing of their surrounding and global communities. Students can opt to major or minor in the degree and choose from specific tracks in the Verified Course Sequence for applied behavioral analysis or to work across a wide range of settings and populations.
Course content includes behavioral science, applied behavioral analysis (I and II), autism spectrum disorders, behavioral measurement and evaluation, opioid crisis, contemporary theoretical perspectives, research methods, and concepts of the human behavior and development; offering students the opportunity to explore a wide range of topics such as scientific inquiry, behavioral and mental processes, cognition and language, learning and memory, social interactions, personality, diagnosis, measurement and intervention.
Applicants should submit materials including a letter of interest, vitae, teaching evaluations, and contact information for three professional references. In your cover letter, please discuss how you can support our commitment to fostering an inclusive environment for all faculty, staff, and students
The per credit rate is $2387.03
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.
To apply, visit https://northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/careers/job/Oakland-CA/Part-Time-Lecturer---Psychology--Oakland-_R109866
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Company
Northeastern University, nationally recognized for its cooperative education program, is a private, non-sectarian university located in the heart of historic Boston, Massachusetts. It is an integral part of the city's thriving educational and cultural life, is dedicated to excellence in research and scholarship, and highly committed to individual and community needs. Northeastern is dedicated to fostering gender equity, cultural and ethnic diversity among its faculty and staff, and is proud of its diverse student/resident population.
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