Associate Professor/Professor and Executive Director of the School of Global Studies and Languages
- Employer
- University of Oregon
- Location
- Oregon, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not specified
- Date posted
- Nov 18, 2021
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Humanities, Other Humanities, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Other Social & Behavioral Sciences, Executive, Executive Directors
- Employment Level
- Executive
- Employment Type
- Full Time
The University of Oregon College of Arts of Sciences (CAS) seeks
a senior scholar and experienced administrator to serve as
Executive Director (ED) of the university’s new School of Global
Studies and Languages (GSL). The ED will report to the CAS Dean and
will oversee operations of the School’s constituent units, which
include the Department of Global Studies and four language and
literature departments/programs: East Asian Languages and
Literatures; German and Scandinavian; Russian, East European and
Eurasian Studies; and Romance Languages. The School is also home to
the Yamada Language Center, Northwest Indian Language Institute,
and six area studies programs: African Studies, Asian Studies,
European Studies, Judaic Studies, Latin American Studies, and
Middle East and North African Studies.
The ED will have the unique opportunity to guide the new School in
implementing a vision to become a top destination for students who
want global careers. The distinctive features of the School will be
an interdisciplinary curriculum that engages students in language
learning and major world issues (e.g., climate change) from a
diversity of perspectives in structured, professional pathways that
seamlessly launch students from their academic pursuits into
exciting and meaningful global careers. It will also integrate
co-curricular experiences, such as study abroad, internships, and
other experiential learning opportunities, with the curriculum and
provide advising services to help match students to these
experiences (e.g., creating study abroad programs that offer
internships connected to a student’s curricular pathway).
The ED will also be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day
operations of the School and managing resource allocations across
its units. Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are foundational
principles of the School, and the ED should be committed to and
experienced in bringing a DEI lens in all aspects of the School.
The ED will be expected to be a vigorous advocate for the School
and to pursue significant external funding.
The new School builds on a number of existing strengths. Our
language and literature departments teach 17 different languages
and related literatures in person, and we consistently rank in the
top 20 of all U.S. universities in number of annual conferred
language degrees. We already offer a popular Global Studies degree
and rank top 20 in placement of graduates into the Peace Corps. We
have a strong, research-active faculty as befitting an R1
university that is a member of the Association of American
Universities, and offer 12 graduate programs across the departments
and programs that comprise the new School.
The ED should be a tenured scholar whose scholarship will be
directly related to one or more of the disciplines that make up the
School’s extensive purview. The successful candidate must be
capable of leading by example the effort to support and strengthen
intersections of research and teaching between our language and
literature departments and the social science disciplines, as well
as have strong interpersonal skills, including demonstrated
abilities in communication and collaborative interaction with
diverse groups and populations.
Department or Program Summary
GSL aspires to draw students to UO by engaging them with cultures,
languages, histories, and ways of life across the world. The
School’s mission is to prepare graduates for their future lives and
careers by providing holistic, interdisciplinary perspectives on
critical issues and cultural developments that are global and
historical in scope. GSL provides a career-legible,
interdisciplinary curriculum, drawing on the research and pedagogic
expertise of faculty in the social sciences and humanities.
Customized curricular pathways allow students to acquire
foundational skills in the liberal arts and to translate them into
real-world abilities. The School is home to a community of students
and faculty who value the common transformational experience of
immersion in multiple languages and cultures. This shared value
forges a collective mission, while honoring the diverse histories,
cultures, and disciplines embraced by GSL.
Alongside the School’s focus on cultures and languages, GSL
immerses students in humanistic and social science perspectives and
methods of inquiry. Students will pursue language learning,
cultural studies, and engage undergraduate professional tracks,
including international law, diplomacy, human rights, global health
and development, and global environmental change, all of which
position them to bring humanities-informed cultural understanding
to careers that have global impact. The School provides students
with language and intercultural skills that align with their
individual academic and career goals and that prepare them for
future opportunities and in a 21st-century global context. Students
study abroad, engage in experiential learning that bridges
theoretical knowledge and its practical application, and
participate in career-readiness activities at every step of their
degree progress.
Minimum Requirements
• Ph.D. or terminal degree in an academic discipline related to the
vision of the School;
• Record of scholarship, teaching, and service commensurate with
the rank of Associate or Full Professor at an R1 university;
• Three years of experience in leadership and administration in
higher education;
• Demonstrated experience, knowledge, skills, and/or success in
advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion within higher
education.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience working with a diverse student body, including both
international students and domestic students from diverse
backgrounds;
• Record of success in curricular and instructional
innovation;
• Demonstrated skills in fiscal and personnel management in higher
education;
• Experience with representing a school or university to external
constituents, including in the areas of development and
fundraising;
• Full Professor rank at an R1 university;
• Demonstrated public or community engagement.
Candidates with an equivalent combination of experience and/or
education are encouraged to apply.
About the University
The University of Oregon is one of only two Pacific Northwest
members of the Association of American Universities. The UO enrolls
more than 20,000 undergraduate and 3,600 graduate students
representing all 50 states and nearly 100 countries. The College of
Arts and Sciences (CAS) is the intellectual hub of the University
of Oregon, providing academic programs that support the mission of
the entire institution and shape its identity as a comprehensive
research university. Over the past five years, increased resources
for tenure-track faculty lines, coupled with an historic wave of
retirements, has allowed CAS to hire 167 tenure-track faculty (more
than a third of its total research faculty), transforming its
faculty ranks to build diversity, as well as research expertise in
strategic areas ranging from Global Health to Black Studies to Data
Science. The UO’s 295-acre campus features state-of-the art
facilities in a beautiful Pacific Northwest setting within the
traditional homelands of the Kalapuya people. The UO is located in
Eugene, a vibrant city of 157,000, within easy driving distance of
the Pacific Coast, the Cascade Mountains, and Portland.
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