Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies Interdisciplinary Humanities

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Job Summary:

Manage and plan academic affairs operations including faculty support, curriculum management and training.

Job-Specific Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Assistant Dean for Arts & Humanities Education, the Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies manages and plans academic affairs operations in the interdisciplinary humanities encompassing three academic units, including: the Committees on Degrees in History & Literature;
Ethnicity, Migration, Rights; and Folklore & Mythology. The individual manages academic advisers in each concentration and oversees undergraduate programming.

• Administrative team leadership
  • Responsible for effective academic staff management, including hiring, onboarding, training and development, workflow, and performance management, and the promotion of an inclusive and innovative work environment
• Strategic partnership
  • Acts as lead contact for all aspects related to the interdisciplinary undergraduate programs under their purview, working with faculty committees and chairs on curricular initiatives, requirements, and long-term planning
  • Provides guidance and input on teaching assignments and course support, as well as non-instructional educational activities
  • Contributes to course development, which may include recommendation and implementation of course sequencing, scheduling, and grading processes
  • Acts as an advising resource for faculty and other academics regarding educational strategies and formats, training new instructors in the programs
  • Contributes to curriculum development, which may include developing new courses and assessing curricular offerings
• Teaching and Advising
  • Sets up and monitors sophomore, junior, and senior tutorials in collaboration with academic staff in the concentrations, assigning advisers and readers for students’ written work, and organizing senior oral examinations
  • Hosts regular office hours for students, meeting regularly with concentrators for mentoring, advising, and general support
  • Reviews, approves, and manages all concentrator requirements/requests
• Administrative Collaboration and Institutional Engagement
  • Organizes undergraduate summer research opportunities by working with faculty and other College funding offices; communicates IRB requirements and training
  • Establishes and monitors administrative systems and leads the implementation of process redesigns; updates various documents, guides, and websites, as needed
  • Develops specialized reports to analyze statistics pertaining to course development, teaching efforts, and student progress
  • Represents the concentrations…