Associate Director for Research

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Job:

Associate Director for Research

Job Summary:

The Associate Director for Research oversees the major research projects and publications of BCRW. The Associate Director for Research reports regularly to the Senior Associate Director of BCRW and ultimately to the Director of BCRW. The Associate Director for Research works with faculty members, students, and community partners in building BCRW research projects, which will include partners at Barnard and Columbia, locally in Morningside Heights and New York City, nationally, and transnationally. The Associate Director for Research serves as Editor of the Center’s web journal, The Scholar and Feminist Online, and works closely with BCRW faculty research groups to bring research projects to fruition. The Associate Director for Research also works closely with both members of BCRW’s Advisory Board and all members of BCRW’s staff to develop BCRW’s research program and lines of work through programming and public engagement, as well as publication. The Associate Director for Research also teaches two courses in a department relevant to their research field.

Job Description:

Duties & Responsibilities: 

Oversees research projects of the Center:

• Works with Faculty Director and Senior Associate Director to coordinate and carry out overall research strategy for BCRW. 

• Develops specific projects with Barnard faculty members, students, scholars at other institutions, and community partners. 

• Maintains step-by-step management of these projects and ensures completion of research projects and fulfillment through publication (in print, online, through video or other media). 

• Collaborates with Program and Public Engagement Manager to promote projects once published. 

• Helps to develop funding sources for research projects. 

Serves as Editor for The Scholar & Feminist Online: 

• Solicits new work for the journal, manages the queue of new journal issues so that there is consistent publication, and maintains publication schedule.

• Manages guest editors for thematic issues. 

• Corresponds with guest editors throughout editing and production, including at the proposal stage, as contributions are submitted, through the peer review process, through development editing, and through production. 

• Manages the peer review process and provides editorial feedback and suggestions for development of articles to authors based on peer review. 

• Stays current with newest scholarship in intersectional social justice feminism, particularly as it pertains to upcoming journal issues and BCRW’s lines of work. 

• Works with Faculty Director and Senior Associate Director to maintain the journal’s editorial board, recruiting members, corresponding with them to ensure their involvement in the journal, and coordinating meetings with the BCRW Director, the Editorial Team, and the Editorial Board. 

• Assesses and potentially redesigns the process for the journal, takes a leadership role in longer-term planning for the journal, and ensures connections between the journal and BCRW’s lines of work. 

• Collaborates with Director and Senior Associate Director to develop funding for innovations in the journal. 

Sustains collaborative relationships: 

• Develops meaningful working relationships with Barnard faculty and students across departments and programs. 

• Works with other academic centers at Barnard and Columbia and with community organizations and activist/artist partners. 

Lead Planner Scholar & Feminist Conference:

• Works with Director and Senior Associate Director to determine next year’s topic and researches connections between lines of work and possible conference topics.

• Assumes primary responsibility for all research components of the S&F Conference and coordinates with Program and Public Engagement Manager on all logistics.

• Develops potential formats, program, and speakers with Program and Public Engagement Manager. 

Individual Research and Teaching: 

• Develops a collaborative research project, based on their own areas of interest and expertise, to complement or supplement current proje