The School of Public Affairs in the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions at Arizona State University (ASU) invites applications for Faculty Associate positions during the 2026-2027 academic year to teach in our baccalaureate and graduate programs including:
Faculty Associates are part-time appointments who are hired on one-semester renewable contracts to teach one or two courses not to exceed 0.40 FTE per semester, either in-person or online. Faculty Associate positions are fixed-term appointments that are not eligible for benefits, sabbaticals, or tenure. Salary is based upon qualifications and assigned teaching load. Official transcripts are required prior to employment. Individuals employed as Faculty Associates may not hold multiple non-benefits eligible appointments at Arizona State University.
For this position, we seek to attract a pool of qualified people who are available to teach in-person courses on ASUs campuses in Downtown Phoenix, Tempe, or Glendale, as well as a pool of faculty who are also able to teach online.
About the School
The Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, located on ASUs Downtown Phoenix campus, is home to the School of Public Affairs (SPA) and three other schools focused on strengthening communities and advancing public service.
The Watts College of Public Services and Community Solutions has a student body of over 6,700 undergraduate and graduate students. SPA has a rich and active research and teaching culture within a unique and dynamic setting that strongly values research and teaching in public policy and public administration. This is evidenced by an energetic, productive, and collaborative group of faculty with deep and broad expertise in a range of areas in public policy and public administration, and a student body whose intellectual and professional interests span multiple areas of policy and management.
The School of Public Affairs program is ranked 11 in the nation in US News and World Report. US News and World Report also ranks 7 of SPAs subfields in the top ten in the nation and 2 subfields in the top 20. A unique attribute of SPA is that it is home to several research centers offering a broad range of collaborative and engagement opportunities. SPA continues to attract a growing array of students motivated by the promise of public service and drawn to the unique opportunity of an interdisciplinary public affairs education.
For more information about the School of Public Affairs and the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, please visit http://spa.asu.edu and http://publicservice.asu.edu.
Essential Functions
The successful candidates will:
About ASU
Arizona State University, ranked No. 1 "Most Innovative School" in the nation by U.S. News & World Report for 11 years in succession, has forged the model for a New American University. Repeatedly ranked No. 1, ASU has topped more than 30 lists in the last three years: No. 1 in the U.S. for global impact (Times Higher Education) and No. 1 in the U.S. for sustainable practices (Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education).
ASU is a comprehensive public research institution measured not by whom it excludes but by whom it includes and how they succeed, advancing research and discovery of public value and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural, and overall health of the communities it serves. ASU operates on the principles that learning is a personal and original journey for each student, that they thrive on experience, and that the process of discovery cannot be bound by traditional academic disciplines. Through innovation and a commitment to accessibility, ASU has drawn pioneering researchers to its faculty, even as it expands opportunities for qualified students, attracting some of the highest-quality students from all 50 states and more than 130 nations.
All we do at ASU is guided and inspired by the University Charter, which reads:
> "ASU is a comprehensive public research university measured not by whom it excludes but by whom it includes and how they succeed, advancing research and discovery of public value and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural, and overall health of the communities it serves."
Successful candidates will demonstrate throughout their materials how their work will contribute to the fulfillment of this charter.