Assistant Teaching Professor/ Associate Teaching Professor/ Full Teaching Professor (Open)

Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach to integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact.    

Our global university system provides our community and academic, government, and industry partners with unique opportunities to think locally and act globally. The system—which includes 14 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 300,000-plus alumni, and 3,000 partners worldwide—serves as a platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions.

The College of Social Sciences and Humanities and its ten 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. Successful faculty in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities will be dynamic and innovative scholars with a record of research and teaching excellence. 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.

The School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs is home to a Ph.D. and nine master’s and joint degree programs, including a NASPAA accredited Master of Public Administration program. Our programs are offered in Boston, MA; Arlington, VA; and Oakland, CA. This position is based in Boston.

The School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs seeks to fill one full-time non-tenure track job openings at the Assistant Teaching Professor, Associate Teaching Professor, or Full Teaching Professor faculty levels. This is an academic year teaching faculty position with opportunities for promotion through an established track from Assistant Teaching Professor to Associate Teaching Professor to Full Teaching Professor. Reappointment letters are issued prior to July 1 of the applicable year. This is a full time, benefits-eligible position with an expected start date of August 17, 2026.   

Responsibilities:

Duties include a teaching load of six courses for the academic year (three courses per semester) in core master’s degree courses, with a specific need in public budgeting and finance, at the national, state, and local levels. Additional teaching areas might include administrative ethics, policy analysis, principles of public administration, personnel management, and related comparative or international areas. Courses will be offered on campus in Boston or online.

 Student advising, professional development, and service are also expected.

Qualifications:

Ph.D. in Public Administration, Public Policy or a related field in hand by the employment start date is required.

Applicants should submit a cover letter that addresses their interest in and qualifications for the position, a curriculum vitae, a teaching statement, sample syllabi, teaching evaluations, and names and contact information for at least three professional references from whom letters of reference can be solicited as needed.

The teaching statement should summarize your past instructional and mentorship experiences, your pedagogical philosophy, and what you would like to teach at Northeastern. Please highlight any pedagogical innovations, experiential learning activities, or strategies for teaching a global student population. We welcome candidates who can demonstrate the inclusion of AI tools and ethics into the curriculum. Experience with or interest in developing community partnerships for experiential learning projects is highly valued.

Review of applications will begin on February 23, 2026 and will continue until the position is filled.

Please address questions to Linda Kowalcky, Search Committee Chair, at [email protected].