Adjunct Faculty – Dancing the Biomes

Position Title: Adjunct Faculty – Dancing the Biomes
# of Positions to Fill: 1
Department/Program: Environmental Studies 11090
Remote Work Authorization: 100% On-Site
Campus Location: Arapahoe Campus
Reports to: Stephanie Yuhas, Chair
FLSA Classification: Exempt/Salaried
FTE: 15% (6 hrs/week)
Compensation: $2573.72 to $3431.55 based on Naropa experience

Application Deadline: 4/15 or until filled. 

Job Summary
The Environmental Studies BA Program is hiring an adjunct faculty to teach an undergraduate course ENV 490 in the Fall Semester 2025.

Course Description:
ENV 490: Dancing the Biomes (DTB), this is a 3 credit trans-disciplinary ecojustice-based dance course that presents a creative movement approach to ecological ethics and planetary citizenship. Environmental humanities is usually taught through cognitive-based learning methods. DTB provides a body-based approach. This ecodance course employs creative movement improvisation, somatic/mindful learning methods and reflective drawing techniques to help participants embody environmental ethics and establish a co-creative relationship with the natural world. The classes will be held both indoors and outdoors.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Teach with a professional level of preparedness for the duration of the 15-week semester.
• Grade all assignments, provide feedback to students in a timely manner and submit final grades by the deadline established by the Registrar.
• Provide one hour of office hours each week plus availability to students by appointment.
• Prepare a course syllabus according to the Office of Academic Affairs syllabi instructions on Canvas platform through the Simple Syllabi template
• Obtain permission from the copyright owner for any copyrighted material to be used in sourcebooks.
• Complete any and all faculty and staff trainings as required by the Human Resources Office or the Office of Academic Affairs within the time period set for completion by those departments.
• Completes any and all trainings as required by Human Resources or the Office of Academic Affairs within the time period set for completion by those departments.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:
• Master's Degree and/or at least several years teaching experience.
• High degree of emotional intelligence, critical thinking, and assertive communication skills.
• Ability to create and maintain a positive team environment and behave professionally with everyone encountered in the course and scope of the job duties.
• Familiarity with course content and contemplative teaching methods.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Previous teaching experience.

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.