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Director of the Newark Earthworks Center

Department: Newark | General

The Ohio State University at Newark invites applications for Director of the Newark Earthworks Center at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor with tenure. We seek a scholar whose research employs Native American and Indigenous Studies methodologies, foregrounding Indigenous peoples’ intellectual traditions, histories, aesthetics, geographies, and other ways of knowing. We welcome applications from publicly engaged scholars with leadership and administrative experience whose research and teaching demonstrates accountability to Indigenous communities.

The mission of the Newark Earthworks Center is to promote and support research, teaching and engagement by faculty, students, scholars, Indigenous peoples, and other stakeholders with an interest in the ancestral and contemporary Indigenous places, peoples, cultures and experiences within and around Ohio.

In addition to serving in the leadership role, the director will also be a dedicated teacher and productive scholar.

The departmental home of the position is Comparative Studies. Scholars from a variety of disciplines are encouraged to apply, including, but not limited to Anthropology, English, Geography, History, and History of Art.

At The Ohio State University, while faculty teach primarily on their home campus, all faculty members’ Tenure-Initiating Units are based in Columbus.

The director will have the opportunity to collaborate with the American Indian Studies program in the Center for Ethnic Studies in developing programming. The director will have a unique opportunity to contribute to the efforts of World Heritage Ohio to celebrate Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks UNESCO World Heritage Site. The new director will be expected to develop a clear research focus, based on the NEC mission and the recognition of the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks as a serial World Heritage Site (2023); to collaborate across disciplines, universities, and other Indigenous World Heritage sites; and to communicate the NEC mission effectively with media and constituencies.

Performance Objectives

• Lead the Newark Earthworks Center, building its profile at The Ohio State University as an academic research center and its profile on campus connecting with stakeholders beyond the campus, and bringing attention to the Midwest Indigenous cultures who created the earthworks at the core of the Center’s mission;
• Expand meaningful research and outreach opportunities for students on the campus;
• Develop impactful, productive scholarship consistent with the ongoing missing of the Newark Earthworks Center;
• Cultivate productive relationships with tribal governments;
• Collaborate with scholars across departments and engage diverse constituencies (including Indigenous communities) inside and outside of the university;
• Teach and advise graduate and undergraduate students; and
• Seek out external funding that emphasizes the strengths of the NEC’s research and outreach efforts (as directed by the Office Academic Affairs).

Tenure faculty (regardless of rank)

Persons with the titles of professor, associate professor, assistant professor and instructor who serve on appointments totaling 50% or more service to the university and who are eligible for tenure or who have obtained tenure. Duties and responsibilities are assigned in accordance with the workload guidelines laid out in the pattern of administration of each faculty member’s tenure initiation unit (TIU) and, as appropriate, regional campus; obligations will include research, service and/or teaching or clinical practice. These faculty will have earned doctorate or other terminal degree in the relevant field of study or possession of equivalent experience.

Qualifications Required

• A PhD in Indigenous Studies or American Indian Studies or PhD in an allied field (including but not limited to Anthropology, Comparative Studies, English, Geography, History, and History of Art), with a research specialization in Indigenous or American Indian Studies;
• Prior academic experience at a research-intensive university;
• Demonstrated track record of academic leadership, management and collaboration;
• A record of teaching excellence.

Desired

• Demonstrated ability to facilitate, articulate, execute and/or steward a strategic vision;
• Familiarity working with campus administrators and leaders;
• Demonstrated experience working with external stakeholders to establish and maintain collaborations;
• Experience collaborating with alumni, campus leadership, and external stakeholders to expand financial resources.

How To Apply

To be considered, please submit your application electronically via Workday. Application materials must include the following required documents:

• Cover letter
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Statement of Research
• Statement of Teaching and Mentoring

Final candidates are subject to successful completion of a background check. A drug screen or physical may be required during the post offer process.

The university is an equal opportunity employer, including veterans and disability. As required by Ohio Revised Code section 3345.0216, Ohio State will: educate students by means of free, open and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth; equip students with the opportunity to develop intellectual skills to reach their own, informed conclusions; not require, favor, disfavor or prohibit speech or lawful assembly; create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth and tolerates differences in opinion; treat all faculty, staff and students as individuals, hold them to equal standards and provide equality of opportunity with regard to race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.