Job Description

Location : Lawrenceville
Job Type: Part-Time
Job Number: Rider00170
Division: Academic Affairs
Department: Government Politics and Law
Opening Date: 07/06/2025
FLSA: Exempt
Bargaining Unit: AAUP


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Position Overview
The Department of Government, Politics and Law at Rider University seeks an adjunct instructor of Homeland Security for the Fall 2025 semester beginning September 3, 2025. This position is to teach HLS 203 Homeland Security. This course meets in-person on the Lawrenceville campus on Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:30pm-6:00pm.

Course Description:

The course is designed to help students increase their knowledge and understanding of homeland security policy. The course will consider why and how homeland security problems impact the public agenda, why some solutions are adopted and others rejected, and why some policies appear to succeed while others appear to fail. The course will primarily examine policy making at the national level in the United States but will also analyze examples at the state and local level, as well as placing U.S. policy in a comparative perspective.

Salary is $4,133.31 for a 3 credit course.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• MA, JD, or PhD in Political Science, Homeland Security, or a related field.
• Previous experience teaching at the college level or in a professional capacity.
• Satisfactory background and/or DMV checks required.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Work experience within the security field (in a government agency or private entity)

Rider University is consistently highly ranked as a best college by U.S. News and World Report and The Princeton Review for student success, academic programs, veteran friendliness, and its sustainability efforts.

Rider University is committed to fostering an inclusive, vibrant living and learning community that embraces students, faculty, and staff of all backgrounds and enables them to achieve success.

Rider University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
This position is not eligible for benefits. Rider University

Job Tags

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