Part-Time Instructor, Arts, Culture & Media, Fall 2025

Rutgers University; Newark (NJ); Hybrid; USD 10,000 - 18,000; Part time

Job summary

Rutgers University-Newark's Department of Arts, Culture and Media seeks part-time instructors (Lecturer/Coadjutant) for Fall 2025 to teach a range of courses in fine art, art history, graphic design, journalism, music, theater, and film and video production.

Instructors will prepare materials, post syllabi, deliver lectures, hold office hours, respond to email, and assess students; course appointments may occur day, evening, weekend, online, hybrid, or on-site depending on department needs.

Responsibilities

• Prepare course materials and syllabus; post syllabus and assignments
• Deliver lectures and run classes including labs, studios, workshops
• Hold office hours and respond to student emails
• Assess student work and submit final grades
• Course appointments may be day, evening, weekend, online, hybrid, or on-site depending on needs

Job description

Posting Summary

The Department of Arts, Culture and Media, School of Arts and Sciences-Newark, Rutgers University-Newark (RU-N), is seeking part-time instructors (Lecturer/Coadjutant) for the Fall 2025 semester to teach fine art, art history, graphic design, journalism, music, theater, and film and video production surveys, laboratories, studios, workshops, music instruction, upper-level courses, or graduate courses focused on specific themes or topics. The successful candidate will cover the full range of duties associated with teaching, including, but not limited to, preparing course material; creating and posting a course syllabus; presenting material during the assigned course times; holding office hours and providing appropriate out-of-class time for students; responding to student e-mails; conducting and grading assessments of students through assignments, exams, and other means, in a timely manner; and submitting final grades. Course appointments may require instruction during the day, in the evenings, on weekends, off-campus, online, hybrid, remotely, or any combination of these, based on the academic needs of the department.

Overview

The School of Arts and Sciences-Newark ( SASN ) is a place where exploration, discovery, and imagination come together to form the core of a liberal arts education. We serve all undergraduates at Rutgers University-Newark (RU-N); and offer a broad selection of more than 2,000 undergraduate and graduate courses a year in more than 40 subjects. SASN combines the best of a large research university with a small liberal arts college. RU-N is a remarkably ...