Adjunt Instructor - Higher Ed
About The Position
The Rex and Margaret Fortune School of Education invites qualified faculty to apply to teach EDU 690: Migrants, Refugees, and Human Rights in the Master of Arts in Education & Social Justice program for the Fall 2026 quarter. This course examines how migration and population displacement shape relationships between citizens and states. Drawing from historical and contemporary cases, this course explores the challenges refugees face and the political responses to their arrival in other nations. Students will also analyze these political responses through the lenses of human rights, democratic stability, and international cooperation. This course also discusses the impacts of climate-induced displacement and transnational organized crime. The course is 3 graduate units and has prerequisites of EDU 615 and EDU 650. The term is Fall Quarter 2026, running from October 1 – December 10, 2026. Meetings are typically on Thursdays from 6:00–9:30 p.m., with two exceptions on Wednesday, October 21 and Wednesday, November 18, to accommodate FSE Board of Directors meetings. There will be no class the week of Thanksgiving (November 26). The format is live evening instruction with online student support during independent coursework, including readings, discussion, and writing.
Requirements
- A master’s degree is required
- Subject-matter expertise in migration, refugee studies, human rights, or a closely related field
- Ability to deliver academically rigorous, graduate-level instruction aligned to approved course and program learning outcomes, across synchronous and asynchronous modalities consistent with FSE’s quarter-credit-hour policy
- Proficiency (or willingness to develop proficiency) in FSE’s learning management system, Populi
Nice To Haves
- A doctorate in a relevant field is preferred
Responsibilities
- Deliver all scheduled class sessions and facilitate graduate-level discussion
- Finalize the course syllabus using the program’s updated template, Program Learning Outcomes, and accreditation-aligned elements
- Assess and provide timely feedback on student work
- Support the program’s ongoing WSCUC self-study by collecting representative student work samples for this year’s Program Learning Outcome assessment focus (PLO 2: Scholarly Communication, Research Fluency, and Evidence-Based Practice; and PLO 4: Reflective Scholar-Practitioner Integration)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
