Adjunct Instructor - Communication

The University of North Alabama invites applications for adjunct (part-time) teaching positions expected to be available in the areas of Communication. Persons holding adjunct teaching positions normally teach three to six credit hours or nine contact hours per semester. Payment for adjunct teaching is on a standardized university scale according to credit or contact hours taught.

Application for this posting is an application for entrance into an approved Adjunct Instructor pool from which adjunct instructors will be selected each semester based on enrollment and need.

A minimum of a Master's degree in communication, communication studies, or a related field + 18 graduate hours in the teaching discipline.

Applicants must upload a resume at the time of application, as well as provide contact information for at least three professional/academic references. For consideration for adjunct teaching and/or entrance to the approved pool, complete adjunct application packets include official transcripts for the highest degree attained. If any of your graduate hours in the relevant teaching discipline are taken from a degree(s) that is not your highest attained, an official transcript of that degree(s) must also be submitted.

Electronic copies, if available, of unofficial transcripts may be attached under the attachment headings of Unofficial Transcript 1, Unofficial Transcript 2, etc. Electronic copies of unofficial/official transcripts may also be requested to be sent to employment. If electronic copies of transcripts are unavailable, hard copies must be sent to:
Human Resources, One Harrison Plaza, UNA Box 5043, Florence, AL, 35632, or brought to 601 Cramer Way, Room 226. Official transcripts must be sent directly to HR from the issuing school via email or postal mail to be considered official. Transcripts with a designation of "Issued to Student", or with the student’s name listed as the recipient will not be considered official.

Your transcripts will be delivered to HR and we will upload them to your application packet at no charge to you.

The transcripts must be uploaded in the application section as SUPPLEMENTAL ATTACHMENTS. The supplemental attachment link will only appear after the required attachments have been uploaded.

If you have previously worked at UNA as an adjunct within the last five years and your transcripts are already on file, please email employment and ask that they be moved to your completed application for this position. Applications submitted without supplemental attachments will be considered incomplete. For questions, please email employment or call .

Adjuncts are typically paid $800/credit hour or $2,400 per 3-credit course however, some differences may occur based on credit/contact hours taught, and the college/department in which you will teach.