What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of UC Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI) position at UC Irvine?
Position Overview
Salary range: The Director is a Faculty Administrator with a stipend and course relief.
Application Window
Open date: March 7, 2025
Next review date: Monday, Apr 7, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Monday, Jun 30, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
Position Description
The University of California Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI), established in 1987, facilitates innovative interdisciplinary scholarship in the humanities through competitive grants and fellowships, collaborative research partnerships, conferences and workshops, and multi-campus initiatives across the UC system, nationally, and internationally. Located on the campus of the University of California, Irvine, UCHRI serves the entire UC system.
Under the leadership of its Director, UCHRI incubates scholarship and collaboration in areas of critical concern to the humanities, the humanistic social sciences, and the arts. Key to UCHRI’s work is a focus on creating dynamic multicampus engagements involving the campus humanities centers/institutes – the University of California Humanities Network – as well as individual faculty and graduate students across all ten campuses of the UC system, national and global partners in the humanities, foundations, and community-based partners.
The Director is appointed by the President or designee for a renewable five-year term. The appointment is governed by the policies of the systemwide Academic Personnel Manual and systemwide guidance for Multicampus Research Units. As director of a Multicampus Research Unit, the Director reports both to the UC systemwide Vice President for Research and to the campus Vice Chancellor for Research at the host campus. The Director is a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Research in the Humanities (PACRH) which, per the UCHRI Bylaws, functions as the Steering Committee of the UCHRI.
The Director is a Faculty Administrator with a stipend and course relief . The Director maintains an academic appointment in an Academic Senate faculty position in an appropriate academic department. Applicants should be current UC faculty at the Full Professor level. The position is subject to all the rules, regulations, and requirements, including both regular administrative reviews and faculty merit reviews, represented by the University of California’s Academic Personnel Manual.
UCHRI’s Director oversees and is responsible for the operation of the Institute and its multiple programs and initiatives involving the 10 campuses. The Director has direct oversight of various research funds and programs for the humanities and is responsible for fundraising to support the Institute’s diverse and innovative programming. Supported by an endowment currently valued at roughly $20 million, UCHRI receives monies from various grant supported programs and receives significant support (some in-kind) from the UC Irvine campus, including space and facilities support. An additional subsidy from the Office of the President is guaranteed for a finite period of time so growing the endowment and generating external support from foundations, funding agencies, and philanthropy to support both UCHRI operations and programs is a key goal.
Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
Current UC faculty at the Full Professor with tenure level in a Humanities or Humanistic Social Science discipline.
Application Requirements
Document requirements
About UC Irvine
The University of California, Irvine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC anti-discrimination policy.
As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.
Job location
Irvine, CA
Salary range: The Director is a Faculty Administrator with a stipend and course relief.
Application Window
Open date: March 7, 2025
Next review date: Monday, Apr 7, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Monday, Jun 30, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
Position Description
The University of California Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI), established in 1987, facilitates innovative interdisciplinary scholarship in the humanities through competitive grants and fellowships, collaborative research partnerships, conferences and workshops, and multi-campus initiatives across the UC system, nationally, and internationally. Located on the campus of the University of California, Irvine, UCHRI serves the entire UC system.
Under the leadership of its Director, UCHRI incubates scholarship and collaboration in areas of critical concern to the humanities, the humanistic social sciences, and the arts. Key to UCHRI’s work is a focus on creating dynamic multicampus engagements involving the campus humanities centers/institutes – the University of California Humanities Network – as well as individual faculty and graduate students across all ten campuses of the UC system, national and global partners in the humanities, foundations, and community-based partners.
The Director is appointed by the President or designee for a renewable five-year term. The appointment is governed by the policies of the systemwide Academic Personnel Manual and systemwide guidance for Multicampus Research Units. As director of a Multicampus Research Unit, the Director reports both to the UC systemwide Vice President for Research and to the campus Vice Chancellor for Research at the host campus. The Director is a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Research in the Humanities (PACRH) which, per the UCHRI Bylaws, functions as the Steering Committee of the UCHRI.
The Director is a Faculty Administrator with a stipend and course relief . The Director maintains an academic appointment in an Academic Senate faculty position in an appropriate academic department. Applicants should be current UC faculty at the Full Professor level. The position is subject to all the rules, regulations, and requirements, including both regular administrative reviews and faculty merit reviews, represented by the University of California’s Academic Personnel Manual.
UCHRI’s Director oversees and is responsible for the operation of the Institute and its multiple programs and initiatives involving the 10 campuses. The Director has direct oversight of various research funds and programs for the humanities and is responsible for fundraising to support the Institute’s diverse and innovative programming. Supported by an endowment currently valued at roughly $20 million, UCHRI receives monies from various grant supported programs and receives significant support (some in-kind) from the UC Irvine campus, including space and facilities support. An additional subsidy from the Office of the President is guaranteed for a finite period of time so growing the endowment and generating external support from foundations, funding agencies, and philanthropy to support both UCHRI operations and programs is a key goal.
Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
Current UC faculty at the Full Professor with tenure level in a Humanities or Humanistic Social Science discipline.
Application Requirements
Document requirements
- Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
- Cover Letter - Please submit a cover letter that addresses your interest in the position; your relevant administrative and leadership experience; your experience with humanities research programs, especially collaborative and interdisciplinary work.
- Inclusive Excellence Activities Statement - Statement addressing how past and/or potential contributions to inclusive excellence will advance UCI's Commitment to Inclusive Excellence . See our guidance for writing an inclusive excellence activities statement .
- 3 required (contact information only)
About UC Irvine
The University of California, Irvine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC anti-discrimination policy.
As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.
- “Misconduct” means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant’s previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer.
- UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy
- UC Anti-Discrimination Policy for Employees, Students and Third Parties
- APM - 035: Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment .
Job location
Irvine, CA
