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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Part-Time Lecturer (Solving Complex Problems through Systems Thinking Course) - **Company:** Tufts University - **Location:** Medford, MA, United States - **Salary:** $104,880.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Regression Analysis, Object-Oriented Software Development, Control Structures - **Published:** September 12, 2026 - **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/18252681?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F18252681%2FPart-Time-Lecturer-Solving-Complex-Problems-Through-Systems-Thinking-Course-Massachusetts-Medford ## About the Role The ideal candidate has professional experience in program management, business development and creative problem solving. An advanced STEM degree is strongly recommended. ## Description Tufts Gordon Institute has an opening for a part-time lecturer position at the graduate level to teach EM 207 Solving Complex Problems through Systems Thinking. The part-time lecturer would be teaching an existing course that already has a fully developed curriculum. The course will be taught in person on the Tufts Medford campus during approximately 7 weeks of the second half of the Spring 2027 semester (March-May). Preference is for an individual who is available to teach in a morning time slot that is once a week for a 3 hour duration, but alternative timing selections can be explored. Based within the School of Engineering at Tufts University, Tufts Gordon Institute provides students with the knowledge and skills they need to lead both teams and entire companies through programs taught by faculty who have excelled in industry. TGI develops leaders by bringing together diverse perspectives to tackle real-world challenges. This cross-disciplinary approach enriches how we teach applied business-where technical expertise meets strategic thinking meets human insight. Course Overview Barry Richmond is credited with coining the phrase "Systems Thinking" in 1994; his paper provided a crisp definition: "Systems Thinking is the art and science of making reliable inferences about behavior by developing an increasingly deep understanding of underlying structure" [1] System Dynamics/Systems Thinking: Let's Just Get On With It, Richmond, B. , 1994 International Systems Dynamics Conference EM 207 focuses on building models of individual systems, and systems-of-systems, from data about their behavior. These models use a few, simple structural concepts, and define "systems" as entities that: * Have measurable attributes * May have stocks, inventories, or collections of resources * Perform functions/actions, such as: + responding to inputs + producing outputs + producing and receiving flows * Have modes or "states" of behavior * May contain other systems Course Topics EM207 uses a variety of tools to collect, analyze, and model behavioral data: * Object-oriented analysis to build system ontologies * Stock and flow modeling with time-slice models * Regression analysis to model transfer equations * State-machine analysis * Designed experiments for building transfer equations * Control loops for harnessing and managing feedback The end goal is to "explain" past behavior, and predict future behavior, enabling the design of modifications to produce desired effects. ## Related Videos - [Making Teaching Code Less Academic and More Market-Ready - Peter Ruppel](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1911-making-teaching-code-less-academic-and-more-market-ready-peter-ruppel) - [Beyond the Benchmark: How to Evaluate AI Agents in the Real World](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100269-beyond-the-benchmark-how-to-evaluate-ai-agents-in-the-real-world) - [Coffee with Developers - Silvio Barbieri](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/897-coffee-with-developers-silvio-barbieri) - [WebMCP - Making Agents a First-Class Citizen of the Web - Andre Cipriani Bandarra & François Beaufort](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1811-webmcp-making-agents-a-first-class-citizen-of-the-web-andre-cipriani-bandarra-francois-beaufort) - [Syntax, Semantics, and Systems: From Linguistics to Software - Yasmine Kordjazy](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1940-syntax-semantics-and-systems-from-linguistics-to-software-yasmine-kordjazy) - [Intelligent Data Selection for Continual Learning of AI Functions](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/367-intelligent-data-selection-for-continual-learning-of-ai-functions) ## Related Articles - [Résumé-Driven Development: How IT trends affect the job market for software developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/59-resume-driven-development-how-it-trends-affect-the-job-market-for-software-developers) - [Best Coding Boot Camps in Germany](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/237-best-coding-boot-camps-in-germany) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Data Science & more: The Lopez dilemma](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/10-data-science-more-the-lopez-dilemma) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [From developer to manager – what does it take to become an engineering manager?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/42-from-developer-to-manager-what-does-it-take-to-become-an-engineering-manager)