NYU’s Washington, DC Academic Center is seeking a local, part-time lecturer to teach a three-credit undergraduate course, "Social Entrepreneurship" for spring 2026.

The spring semester runs from January 20 to May 7. Classes meet once a week, for 2 hours and forty minutes. In addition to the time required for course preparation, classroom instruction, and assessment, the instructor is required to hold a minimum of one set 60-minute office hour per instruction day, during which the instructor will be available to meet with students.

The instructor role includes all preparation, delivery, and grading. Leveraging Washington, DC as a learning environment (e.g., a guest speakers, excursions) is an expectation for the course. Courses are to be intellectually challenging in content, and rigorous student assessment is required. We are especially interested in qualified candidates who share NYU Washington, DC’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and who can contribute to the diversity of intellectual life at our site.

Course Description

Social Entrepreneurship is an emerging and rapidly changing business field that examines the practice of identifying, starting and growing successful mission-driven for-profit and nonprofit ventures—that is, organizations that strive to advance social change through innovative solutions. This course, rooted in stakeholder theory, is designed to provide a socially relevant academic experience in order to help students gain in-depth insights into economic and social value creation across a number of areas including poverty alleviation, energy, health and sustainability. Students will have the opportunity to find and test new ideas and solutions to social problems, create sustainable business models, identify funding options and alternatives, learn about evolving legal and governance structures, learn how to measure social impact and scale a social enterprise to name a few. This course will provide students with a toolkit and frameworks that can be used to start a social venture, applied within a social venture or within other types of organizations to influence social change.

About NYU and NYU Washington, DC

Founded in 1831, New York University is the largest private university in the United States. The University has degree-granting campuses in New York, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai and operates 12 global academic centers, along with research programs in more than 25 countries. NYU Washington, DC is one of NYU’s global academic centers where students can participate in study away while earning credits towards their degree. To learn more about NYU Washington, DC please visit the website: https://www.nyu.edu/washington-dc.html 

We are seeking candidates with a mix of education/training and professional practice, as well as experience teaching courses at the undergraduate level, in a degree-granting program. Industry experience and terminal degree (PhD, JD, MFA, MPS, MBA) would be a plus factor for qualified candidates.The salary will be based on equivalent and appropriate part-time faculty rates for the course and location.

All applications must be made online through Interfolio at apply.interfolio.com/173811. Applications must include a cover letter and an updated CV. In the cover letter, please highlight any relevant experience you have in teaching. Please also let us know if you are interested in teaching one specific semester, both semesters, and/or the summer term. 

Consideration for applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Applications will be reviewed jointly by NYU Washington, DC and NYU New York. The salary will be based on equivalent and appropriate rates for the course. Terms and conditions will be discussed with the successful applicant. 

Please direct any questions to Kimberly Cheng, Assistant Director for Academic Affairs, at kac780@nyu.edu

Application Process

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About New York University

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