[Tlc] TLC-NIU position for SEAS director

[justinm at ucr.edu]

Please see the exciting new position below.

Thanks,
justin


Director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies

DIRECTOR:  Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern
Illinois University, effective 1 July 2008. Northern Illinois
University is seeking a Director of its Center for Southeast
Asian Studies.  The position is at a senior rank, either full
professor or senior associate professor (with promotion to
full professor anticipated in the near future).  

Qualifications: Ph.D. in a Southeast Asian field; discipline
open.  Candidates must possess dynamic leadership and people
skills; administrative experience preferred. Applicants should
have a comprehensive and clear vision for the maintenance and
enhancement of the center’s excellence and reputation within
Northern Illinois University, the nation, and the world. 
Candidates must have experience in successful grant writing
and must be able to work in the multi-disciplinary environment
of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies across departments
and in cooperation with various NIU units such as Center for
Burma Studies, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and
International Programming. 

Duties:   The Director, in collaboration with the Assistant
Director, Center Staff and Center Associates,:

-	should be a person of vision who possesses leadership
qualities that will advance the excellence and reputation of
the Center locally, nationally and internationally;

-	represents the Center at occasional scholarly conferences
and oversees weekly Center forums;

-	is responsible for promoting and encouraging Southeast Asian
studies, including the recruitment of undergraduate minors as
well as graduate students seeking degrees related to Southeast
Asian topics;

-	creatively seeks external grants for Center programs,
projects and activities;

-	oversees the writing and submission of Department of
Education, Title VI grant proposals as well as coordinating
and implementing associated projects that assist in
maintaining the Center’s National Resource Center status;

-	oversees the daily management of the Center, including the
direction of its website, the preparation of budgets,
allocation of the budget and presentations of annual reports,
assessments and expenditure summaries;

-	oversees the Center’s publications program, with the
assistance of an editor and a publications committee;

-	promotes and enhances the University Libraries’ Donn V. Hart
Southeast Asia collection;

-	teaches one course per semester in his/her home department,
preferably related to Southeast Asian studies;

-	will be involved in fund raising, improving contacts with
alumni, and promoting the visibility of the Center.


The Center.  The Center for Southeast Asian Studies was
established in 1963 at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.
Located 65 miles west of Chicago, Northern Illinois University
is a comprehensive undergraduate and graduate university with
approximately 25,000 students. NIU is included in the
Doctoral/Research Universities-Extensive category of the
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and is a
member of the National Association of State Universities and
Land-Grant Colleges. The center is a unit within the College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the director reports to the
dean of the college.

A federally funded National Resource Center since 1997, the
Center for Southeast Asian Studies provides leadership, focus,
and coordination for Southeast Asian studies at the
university. It also provides outreach and K-16 teacher
training for communities throughout northern Illinois.  One of
its most unique resources is SEAsite, a comprehensive and
varied set of interactive learning resources for studying
Southeast Asian languages, literatures and cultures on the
world wide web.  SEAsite was developed by faculty and students
and accessible from the center’s home page
(www.cseas.niu.edu). The Donn V. Hart Southeast Asia
Collection in the NIU library maintains strong collections on
Burma, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand. The
Center has 27 Faculty Associates who teach and research
primarily about Southeast Asia with expertise in Burma,
Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Vietnam, and East Timor (http://www.cseas.niu.edu/index.htm).

Application Process:  Candidates must send their statement of
interest, curriculum vitae, and three letters of
recommendation to Kenton Clymer, Search Committee Chair.
Electronic submissions are preferred and must be sent to: 
SEASDirSrch at niu.edu.  Applications may also be submitted to
Kenton Clymer, Chair of the Search Committee, College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Northern Illinois University,
DeKalb, IL 60115.  Review of complete applications will begin
on 15 February 2008 and will continue until the position is
filled.  AA/EEO Institution.



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Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
2617 Humanities Building
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
951-827-4530
justinm at ucr.edu