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Director/Professor--School of Literatures, Cultural Studies & Linguistics (Job ID #25040)
Liberal Arts & Sciences
Faculty
Chicago
11/14/2012

The University of Illinois at Chicago seeks an admin­istrator/scholar who can provide energetic and visionary leadership to serve as Director of the School of Literatures, Cultural Studies and Linguistics.  The School is housed in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the director reports to the dean of the College.  The School (http://www.uic.edu/las/lcsl/) serves as the administrative body over the following departments: Classics and Mediterranean Studies, French and Francophone Studies, Germanic Studies, Hispanic and Italian Studies, Linguistics/TESOL, and Slavic and Baltic Languages and Literatures.  This School also houses several undergraduate minor programs, including Moving Image Arts, International Studies, and Jewish Studies, as well as the Language and Culture Learning Center. The School is staffed by approximately 40 tenure-line faculty members, and a similar number of lecturers.  It serves nearly 6,000 students annually through its Basic Language Program and has approximately 700 majors and minors as well as 130 graduate students. The Directorship is a nine-month, full-time position involving administration, teaching, and continuing scholarship.  The director serves as the chief executive officer of the School and centrally oversees all personnel, curricular, financial, and administrative functions of the departments within it. Additionally, the director is charged with fostering interdisciplinary research and teaching among the units of the School in literary, cultural, and linguistics theories and practices, and instruction in those areas as well as in the many languages covered. UIC is a leading urban public research I university with 17,000 undergraduates, 8,000 graduate students, and 2,500 professional students, located in the heart of Chicago.

 

The Directorship is a nine-month, full-time position involving administration, teaching, and continuing scholarship.  The director serves as the chief executive officer of the School and centrally oversees all personnel, curricular, financial, and administrative functions of the departments within it. Additionally, the director is charged with fostering interdisciplinary research and teaching among the units of the School in literary, cultural, and linguistics theories and practices, and instruction in those areas as well as in the many languages covered.

To be eligible for the position an applicant must qualify for the rank of full professor in one of the School’s departments at the time of the appointment and have substantial administrative experience.  The successful candidate should possess an outstanding record of achievement in research and teaching, as well as demonstrable administrative skills.

Inquiries should be directed to Marya Schechtman, Associate Dean, (Schooldirectorsearch@las.uic.edu).

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