Part-Time Lecturers (Adjunct Faculty) in UX/UI Design for the Master's Program in Information (Spring 2020)

The Department of Library and Information Science seeks part-time lecturers for its master's program in Information who are experienced UX/UI designers with a passion for teaching students the skills to be UX/UI designers. Successful candidates should have expertise in the following areas:

User-Centric Design Research/Design Thinking:

Research practices;

Qualitative and quantitative;

User need identification;

Interview/focus group;

Contextual Inquiry;

Survey/questionnaire;

Personas/storyboarding/scenario; and

Affinity diagramming

Prototyping:

Sketching;

Storyboarding;

Journey map;

User flow diagrams;

Paper prototyping;

Wireframing;

Hi-fidelity prototyping; and

Rapid prototyping

User Interface Evaluation:

Heuristic metric creation;

Think aloud; and

Experimental design.

Please see the description of our program at https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/academics/graduate/master-information and the list of courses we offer at https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/academics/courses?courses=&program=32. Please submit a cover letter, resume/curriculum vitae, and names and contact information for at least three references. You may also upload any evidence of your teaching experience such as sample syllabi or course materials, results of student instructional ratings, or published work.

A bachelor's degree is required, a master's or doctoral degree is preferred. Three to five years of field experience is preferred. Professional work experience is typical for our part-time faculty.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national research university and the state of New Jersey's preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Established in 1766, the university is the eighth oldest higher education institution in the United States. More than 69,000 students and 22,500 full- and part-time faculty and staff learn, work, and serve the public at Rutgers locations across New Jersey and around the world.

The School of Communication and Information (SC&I) on the Rutgers-New Brunswick campus houses a dynamic community of scholars who conduct engaged research and teach in the areas of communication, information science and information technology, journalism, librarianship, media studies, organizational and health communication, public relations, and other professional practice areas. SC&I has about 2,500 enrolled students and teaches thousands of other Rutgers students in our five undergraduate programs, two masters degrees, an interdisciplinary doctoral program, and non-degree continuing education programs. We value our culture of collegiality and work hard to support the success of our full- and part-time faculty, staff, and students. For more about the school and its activities, see: comminfo.rutgers.edu.

The Department of Library and Information Science is characterized by a research and learning culture that is inclusive, diverse and cohesive, international in scope and local in impact. We believe that information makes a profound difference in the lives of people, communities and organizations. We undertake boundary-breaking research that seeks to understand and enhance people's lives by enabling and supporting their interactions with information in whatever contexts and forms that may happen. We educate professionals for diverse information service and technology contexts. They are prepared to design, manage, and evaluate systems and services that support people's and communities' interactions with information. Our graduates play a leading role in enabling people to create, use, and preserve knowledge. They are people-centered in their work, critical and reflective thinkers, creative problem solvers, and effective communicators.