Careers Job Description
General Description
Job Title: Haitian Scholar-in-Residence
Location: Brooklyn College, CUNY
Regular/Temporary: Regular
POSITION DETAILS:
Responsibilities for the Haitian Scholar-in-Residence
The CUNY Haitian Studies Institute (HSI), housed in Brooklyn College’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences, is recruiting a Haitian scholar in residence. The scholar in residence will initiate, continue, or complete research projects in their field and share with the academic community via lectures, seminars, and publication. The Haitian scholar in residence will also serve as a mentor for undergraduate and/or graduate students by conducting a series of seminars to discuss research techniques, how to publish in peer-reviewed academic journals, and other related academic issues. They will support, initiate, and participate in all projects and activities designed to augment the HSI’s institutional strength and to help it accomplish its academic and community service mission, goals and objectives. The Haitian scholar in residence will report to the Associate Director.
Brooklyn College serves students from over 150 countries who speak over 100 languages and dialects and thus constitutes a vibrant microcosm of the rich diversity and energy that characterizes the borough of Brooklyn and the greater New York City area itself. Its mission features “a special commitment to educate immigrant and first-generation college students from the diverse communities that make up our city and state.” The college ethos is invested in the educational and eventual career success of all of its students. We are committed to fostering a spirit of camaraderie and shared ideals across the entire spectrum of our varied constituency. By accessing a first-class and affordable college education in an inclusive and nurturing intellectual milieu, our students acquire the skills, confidence, and global mindedness that allow them to thrive in a rapidly changing, unpredictable marketplace of ideas that is increasingly mindless of borders and spans the gamut of cultures and vernaculars.
Other Duties
Qualifications
Qualifications for the Haitian Scholar-in-Residence
- Non-tenure track, temporary (1 year, with possible renewal)
- D. in the humanities or social sciences
- Experienced teacher and scholar who has done work on Haiti (literature, language, society, history, culture, politics, immigration, transnationalism, and economy, etc.)
- Knowledgeable about Haiti, Haitians, and the Haitian community in New York and beyond
- Currently conducting one or more research and writing projects
- Speaks and writes Kreyòl, French, and English
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).
RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
Full Time
Depends on Qualifications
May 31, 2022 (Or Until Filled)