Program Director for Social Justice Curricular Initiatives, UCLA Center for Community Engagement, Undergraduate Education (Academic Administrator)
University of California Los Angeles


Requisition Number: JPF06394


Reporting to the Director of the Center for Community Engagement, the Program Director works strategically to develop and implement the Mellon Foundation funded “UCLA Mellon Social Justice Curriculum.” The UCLA Mellon Social Justice Curriculum encompasses multiple curricular elements, including a three-quarter long, team-taught course for first-year students, digital humanities program and course development, a new masters program in Data & Society, and summer institutes—all built on a commitment to community-engaged teaching, learning, and research.

Job responsibilities include but not limited to providing intellectual leadership for development of new courses, curricula, and programs, as well as building partnerships with faculty in existing and emerging UCLA academic units whose curricula connect with data-focused social justice teaching and research. The incumbent will also develop relationships with nonprofit organizations and governmental agencies with which the UCLA Mellon Social Justice Curriculum works as community partners. The Program Director teaches courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels that contribute to the Social Justice Curriculum and work with the Faculty Advisory Committee on all aspects of program development and implementation. The Program Director also prepares grant reports required under the terms of the Mellon Foundation grant.

The UCLA Social Justice Curriculum will bring scientific fields like engineering, computer science, and medicine together with a humanist-led social justice curriculum. The curriculum explores transdisciplinary theories, concepts, and research methods, while affording students unique learning opportunities supported by our community partnerships. A defining feature of the UCLA Social Justice Curriculum is the recognition of data and technology as a critical nexus for research and training in the humanities and humanistic social sciences.

The Program Director will develop and implement the following curricular components, in coordination with the UCLA Mellon Social Justice Curriculum Faculty Advisory Committee.

1. A First Year Cluster on “Data, Society, and Social Justice”
2. Enhanced curricular offerings in the Experimental Humanities (digital, urban, environmental, and health humanities) focusing on: Racial and spatial justice: Democracy, urbanization, and just cities Data justice: Computation, big data, and networked societies Environmental and economic justice: Climate change and ecological sustainability Health justice: Human health, wellbeing, and illness
3. The Master's in Data & Society (MiDAS) program—a new, professional master's degree program that will be available as a 3+1 BA/MA opportunity for UCLA undergraduates.
4. Summer Institutes and Workshops in Social Justice that address racial, economic, environmental, urban, and health inequities.

The successful candidate must hold a doctoral degree (ideally in a humanities or social sciences field), with significant experience working with humanistic and social science data and its applications. The candidate must also demonstrate knowledge and experience in community-engagement and social justice teaching in higher education. The candidate must demonstrate evidence of strategic thinking and leadership, strong oral and written communication skills, an ability to forge collaborative relationships, a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, a record of effective leadership, and experience in curriculum development. The ideal candidate will have knowledge of and broad familiarity with the development of degree programs at the university level, and experience working with departments to promote community-engaged teaching and outreach.

The Center for Community Engagement promotes and supports community-engaged research, teaching and learning in partnership with communities and organizations throughout Los Angeles, regionally, nationally and globally. The Center facilitates faculty and student work that integrates sustained, reciprocal engagement with the public and helps transform UCLA's mission to support the co-creation, co-dissemination, co-preservation and co-application of knowledge for the betterment of society.

Information about the Center for Community Engagement may be viewed at: http://communityengagement.ucla.edu/

Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. Position salary range is $88,581/year to $94,437/year.

Position remains open until filled. This is a full-time (100% time) position.

Interested parties are requested to submit a cover letter of application that specifically addresses the position's responsibilities and the required/preferred qualifications stated above, a current CV, a statement of contributions to diversity, a statement of research, and the names, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers of three references, through the UCLA Academic Recruit portal: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/apply/JPF06394

Applicants may upload the reference letters directly to the job application in the UCLA Academic Recruit system, or may provide the names, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers of the references; the UCLA Academic Recruit system will send emails to individuals whose contact information was provided, requesting submission of the reference letter for the applicant. Regardless of the reference submission method used, all three letters of reference must be received by the closing date for the application to be considered complete.

We welcome candidates whose experience in teaching, research, or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to diversity and excellence.


To apply, please visit: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF06394


The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy, see: UC Nondiscrimination & Affirmative Action Policy, https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/DiscHarassAffirmAction


jeid-3b8fa6affc154946829d4e6845744e7c