Adjunct Online Course Developer – Law Human Rights and Social Changes

Position Title: Adjunct Online Course Developer – Law Human Rights and Social Changes

# of Openings: 1

Department/Program: Academic Affairs 41000

Work Location: 100% Remote

Campus Location: Arapahoe Campus

Reports to: Mary McHenry, Senior Director of Innovative Teaching & Learning

FLSA Classification: Exempt/Salaried

FTE: 25% (10 hrs/week)

Compensation: $5,000

Application Deadline: 4/1 or until filled

Job Summary
Naropa University’s Online BA program seeks an experienced curriculum/content developer to design an online version of the undergraduate-level, three-credit online course PAX 327: Law, Human Rights, and Social Change during the Spring 2026 course development cycle.

PAX 327: Law, Human Rights, and Social Change
Human rights are often invoked as universal ideals, yet their meanings, origins, and applications remain deeply contested. This course offers a multidisciplinary introduction to the politics of human rights, emphasizing their uneven global implementation and the tensions between theory and practice. Rather than treating human rights as a fixed or singular framework, we approach them as a dynamic and debated field shaped by power, history, and struggle. We will examine the philosophical foundations of human rights alongside critiques rooted in Indigenous worldviews, faith-based traditions, and anti-colonial thought, as well as challenges to liberal and Western-centric understandings. Through legal, political, and movement-based case studies-from international human rights law to the emerging recognition of the rights of nature-we’ll explore how human rights are claimed, resisted, defended, and reimagined on the ground and in the courtroom. Throughout, students will grapple with key questions about the moral and political force of human rights and evaluate their potential to address complex issues of injustice, inequality, and global power.
Supplementary Course Description: The format of this online asynchronous course includes but is not limited to: reading, video, audio, discussion, written and video assignments, experiential exercises, student learning partners, student-faculty meetings, self-directed research, and presentations.
Intellectual property rights in academic work are as follows:

• For online course development that is part of Naropa’s curriculum, copyright in the content is granted to the faculty member(s) with a non-exclusive license for future use of the material granted to Naropa. This means that both the faculty and Naropa will have rights to use, amend, and/or modify the content in perpetuity. Compensation in the form of a stipend payable for this course development is outlined below.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Create an eight-module, asynchronous online course development plan.
• Generate (in conjunction with the Office of Educational Technologies) online content, including recorded lectures, practice sessions, and experiential learning activities; textual material; assignments; and assessment rubrics; and
• Create the online course with support of the Office of Educational Technologies, including the implementation of ADA-compliant readings, study guides, threaded discussions, quizzes, links to web resources, as appropriate with the course.
• Work with the Naropa College instructional design team, develop an asynchronous online course, to be taught in Canvas, Naropa’s Learning Management System.
• Incorporate established best practices and follow essential procedures to design a quality online course.
• Create and maintain a positive team environment and behave professionally with everyone encountered in the course and scope of the job duties.

What Naropa Requires…

• All job candidates must demonstrate their level of understanding of the dynamics of privilege and oppression, and the impact these have on equity, access, and opportunity.
• All job candidates must demonstrate an appropriate level of understanding of and appreciation for the values of Naropa University and the capacity to demonstrate an integration and embodiment of these values as evidenced in work, communication, collaboration styles, and other general workplace behaviors.

Educational requirement:

• JD or MA or PhD in Political Science or a related field

Minimum length of prior applicable professional experience required:

• 2 years

Minimum Experience, Knowledge, Skills, and/or Competencies Required:

• Experience developing online learning experiences and/or teaching online
• An understanding of or experience with contemplative pedagogy

Qualifications Naropa Would Prefer in Candidates for this Position

• Familiarity with Naropa education and leadership

Physical Requirements & Environmental Conditions

Faculty members spend most of their time in their classrooms or in virtual meetings with some time in offices. In the classrooms and on campus may experience: interruptions, distractions, heat, cold, dust and/or dampness. As a faculty member, you may spend extended periods in front of students and speaking as well as:

• Reading academic texts and materials, student papers, etc.
• Operating personal computer and audio-visual equipment.
• Standing or sitting for hours at a time.
• Moving around campus for classes and meetings.

Naropa recognizes the following holidays throughout the year: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Fall Break, 4th Thursday and Friday in November, and Winter Break, the last two weeks in December encompassing the Christmas holiday as well as New Year’s.

Naropa’s health and welfare benefits include the following: medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, employer-paid short-term and long-term disability, employer-paid life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment, an employer-sponsored pre-tax retirement savings plan, which includes up to 2.5% employer matching, and a variety of voluntary, employee-paid supplemental insurance plans.

A comprehensive benefits package is available to full-time employees who work a minimum of 30 hours each week. Employees who work 20 – 29 hours each week are eligible for only the employer-paid short-term & long-term disability, employer-paid life insurance & accidental death and dismemberment, and the retirement plan, which includes up to 2.5% employer matching.

Employees who work fewer than 20 hours per week are eligible to participate in Naropa’s retirement plan only, which includes up to 2.5% employer matching.

All regular full-time and part-time faculty and staff, including student workers, accrue sick leave benefits. Full-time and part-time staff positions accrue vacation and personal time. All leave accrual rates vary based on the position, hours worked, and years of service.

The University recognizes the importance of including its employees in its organizational mission and values and welcomes employees into the classroom to “touch the magic.” Specifically, regular employees are provided generous tuition remission opportunities for themselves and their family members.

Naropa University participates in the Council of Independent Colleges Tuition Exchange Program (CIC-TEP). CIC-TEP is a network of CIC colleges and universities willing to accept, tuition-free, students from families of full-time employees of other CIC participating institutions (full-time as designated by the employer/institution). Additional information can be found here: https://www.cic.edu/member-services/tuition-exchange-program.

Naropa University is an equal opportunity, non-discriminatory employer and Title IX is a federal civil rights law that prohibits gender discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual and relationship violence. This law applies to all students, faculty, and staff.
JOB CODE: AY2526 0098