Activist or Scholar in Residence, Southwestern University

Southwestern University seeks an Activist or Scholar in Residence for publicly engaged humanities (PEH). This in-person residency is funded by a grant from the Mellon Foundation to support, enhance, and inspire publicly engaged work across campus and in the broader community, with a focus on social justice. The Activist or Scholar in Residence will work collaboratively with the grant PIs (Dean of the Faculty and Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs) as well as a faculty leadership team.

While Southwestern University is open to any candidate and project that fits the goals and priorities of Southwestern and the Mellon PEH grant, it is particularly interested in candidates who have some familiarity with any of the following:

• Digital archives;
• Oral histories;
• Audio and/or visual production;
• Working with community partners;
• Institutional support for publicly engaged scholarship;
• Advocacy and organization for social justice;
• Racial justice;
• Diversity, inclusion, belonging, and equity;
• Border studies;
• Migration and refugee studies;
• Indigenous studies;
• Labor rights and organization;
• Food security;
• Other relevant areas of publicly engaged scholarship that align with the goals
  and priorities of Southwestern and the Mellon PEH grant.

The Activist or Scholar in Residence will:

• Be resident on our campus for the 2025-26 academic year (note that we are
  willing to consider proposals for a semester-long, 4-month, residency, but that
  only 9-month positions are benefits eligible);
• Pursue a project of their own design during the residency that connects to social
  justice themes, topics, or initiatives;
• Collaborate with a diverse set of students, faculty, staff, and community members
  on activities related to that project and/or other ongoing campus initiatives;
• Organize at least five workshops during the residency that offer concrete skills,
  methods, and models of publicly engaged work;
• Mentor faculty, staff, and students involved in publicly engaged work;
• Present, perform, or exhibit work developed during the residency;
• Document their work on campus and in the community; and
• Further Southwestern’s commitment to its core purpose and values, particularly “fostering a liberal arts community whose values and actions encourage contributions toward the well-being of humanity” and “encouraging activism in the pursuit of justice and the common good.”

The application deadline is December 13. For additional information, including application instructions, please visit the full job ad at: https://www.southwestern.edu/human-resources/career-opportunities/.