Director, Center for Great Plains Studies (Part-time - Open to UNL Employees Only)

Description of Work

The College of Arts and Sciences seeks applications and nominations for the Director of the Center for Great Plains Studies. The successful candidate will report to the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at UNL, and the appointment will be 0.50 FTE.


Primary areas of responsibility will likely include:

Provide leadership to the staff, students, faculty, and Fellows in the Center for Great Plains Studies, whose mission is to promote understanding of and appreciation for the people, cultures, and natural environment of the Great Plains.

Enhance the Center’s research, teaching, and outreach programs and link them in supportive ways to College and University priorities.

Administration of programs, including the Great Plains Art Museum, production of referred journals, various editorial projects, public lectures and symposia, and the teaching program.

Work closely with the Board of G...