Adjunct Faculty-Department of Integrative and Global Studies

The Department of Integrative and Global Studies (DIGS) at WPI has a continuing need for adjunct professors to teach a unique course in social methods. In this class, students to work in teams to prepare a research proposal to guide work for external sponsors in the following term.  Students must learn to function in teams to set goals, complete background research, understand appropriate research methods, think critically, and write and present effectively.  Experience in social research and in teaching social research methods is highly desirable.  A Ph.D. in a relevant social science discipline is also desirable, but not required.

The Global Experience Office (GEO) manages WPI’s Global Perspective Program through which most of WPI’s juniors complete interdisciplinary projects off campus each year.  In this project, the Interactive Qualifying Project, student teams work with external sponsors on a problem addressing some aspect of science, technology and human needs, broadly defined.  For more information on the program, please see our website at http://www.wpi.edu/academics/GPP/index.html .

The WPI calendar is based on four 7-week terms, two in the fall and two in the spring.  Our project preparation course is offered only in the evenings, Mondays & Thursdays, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. for seven weeks each. Instructors must be available at other times for office hours and consultation with students.