Job Details

Adjunct Faculty Search at Northeastern University-NYC

Position Number: 7333337
Location: New York, NY
Position Type: Communications - Media & Communication Studies

Adjunct Faculty Opportunities at Northeastern University-NYC (NU-NYC)
for Fall 2026 Semester
July 2026

Northeastern NYC seeks part-time faculty instructors for the following in person, undergraduate, 4-credit courses at our Upper East Side Campus at 221 East 71st Street for the Fall semester (Sept 9- Dec 20, 2026). Must have graduate degree in related area completed.

Four contact hours. Pay rate is $6,284.40 per course.

Course Information

MSCR 1220
Media, Culture, and Society
Tuesdays and Fridays, 3:25-5:05pm
(Twice a week)
Up to 20 students

Introduces the study of media, including print, radio, film, television, and digital/computer products. Explores the ideological, industrial, political, and social contexts that impact everyday engagements with media. To accomplish this, students examine how media products are developed, how technological changes impact the production and consumption of media, how political processes are influenced by media, how people interpret and interact with media content, and how media influence cultural practices and daily life.

MSCR 1420
Media History
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, 4:35-5:40pm
(Three times a week)
Up to 20 students

Examines the historical relationships between media, culture, and society with a focus on the role of media technologies as tools of communication. Emphasizes the broad social and cultural conditions that shape media and the ways in which people experience culture and understand meaning. Introduces the concept of mediation to analyze how different forms of communication have emerged in different historical moments. Critically examines past interactions between media and culture, and also examines the emergence of historically specific conceptions of audience, identity, content, industry, information, perception, and so forth.

MSCR 3420
Digital Media Culture
Mondays and Wednesdays, 2:50-4:30pm
(Twice a week)
Up to 20 students

Investigates social and cultural dynamics emerging parallel to the spread of digital technologies, from the 1960s to the present. Analyzes the impact of technologies (such as computers, mobile phones, and video games) on media products and practices (such as remix culture, social media, and surveillance). Offers students an opportunity to develop the skills that are necessary to critically examine and write about digital media content and the technologies necessary for their consumption.

If interested please contact Sarah Wright, swright@mmm.edu