Part-Time Faculty in Economics
Position Summary
The Department of Law, Society, & Sustainability seeks to hire adjunct faculty to teach in-person sections of Macroeconomics (ECON 101) and/or Microeconomics (ECON 102) this Spring 2025 semester at Roosevelt University's Chicago Campus. Available course sections include ECON 101 (Tu & Th 9:30-10:45am) and ECON 102 (Tu & Th 11am-12:15pm). The Spring 2025 semester runs from 1/21/24 to 5/12/24. Please be sure to indicate your availability for these days and times in your application letter.
Our faculty are dedicated to using economics to address problems of unemployment, poverty, income and wealth inequality, social justice, global climate change, the racial wealth gap, and statistical methods, among others. RU's economics students explore the economy and how it works with a focus on issues of equality and equity as well as the more traditional emphasis on efficiency. Roosevelt is one of the few universities in the United States where students can study institutionalist, Post-Keynesian, and Marxist theories, as well as standard Neoclassical and Keynesian economics.
Reflecting the ideals of its founders in 1945, Roosevelt University is a private, nonsectarian community of educators, scholars and learners committed to academic, creative and service excellence, who value differences in personal experiences and perspectives; ask difficult questions; and promote mutual understanding, inclusion, social consciousness and action toward social justice. Recognizing that difference broadens perspectives, Roosevelt University seeks and serves a diverse, promising student body from metropolitan Chicago and around the world. We invite you to contribute your talents to our community.
Title IX Contact Information: Federal Title IX policy requires that all colleges and universities make known the contact information for the person responsible for coordinating its efforts to comply with Title IX regulations. At Roosevelt University, the Title IX Coordinator is Natasha Robinson. Her office is located in the Auditorium Building of the Chicago campus, 430 S. Michigan Avenue, AUD 476B. She can be reached at 312-281-3245 or TitleIX@roosevelt.edu.
Do not contact this email address for inquiries about your job application; if you have questions, you may email hrquestions@roosevelt.edu .
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required
Successful applicants must have at least a master's degree in economics, experience teaching macro and/or microeconomics at the college level, and evidence of strong student and/or peer teaching evaluations.
Knowledge of and prior experience with the Blackboard Learning Management system is a plus.
Years of Experience Required: Prior experience teaching micro and/or macro at the college level
Required Education: Masters Degree
Minimum Qualifications
Masters degree in economics; prior experience teaching micro and/or macroeconomics at the college level; effective communication skills; ability to teach in-person at RU's Chicago Loop Campus on Tu and Th mornings
Preferred Qualifications:
At least one year teaching ECON 101 and/or 102 at the college level; knowledge of and facility with the Blackboard course management system; demonstrable ability for and interest in teaching advanced economics classes, if need be.
Equipment Operated: Desktop computer, laptop, classroom projector, copier
Working Conditions: Normal climate-controlled office environment is provided. Job is largely sedentary, but there is a need to move
