Tulane University invites nominations and applications for The Sacks Endowed Distinguished Chair in Civic Engagement and Social Entrepreneurship. We seek a renowned scholar and/or a uniquely accomplished practitioner who aspires to be a senior academic leader – an individual with a demonstrated interest in civic engagement, public service, and/or social entrepreneurship. The Sacks Chair will join a highly committed team of Tulane faculty and staff who together will create an undergraduate program in civic engagement and social entrepreneurship that will mentor and train a remarkable generation of students that seeks to come to Tulane and move to New Orleans to be part of the most important urban (and regional) renewal effort in American history.
The ideal academic candidate will be eligible for a tenured academic appointment at the rank of associate professor or above. The ideal practitioner candidate will have demonstrated the qualities of leadership, vision, and innovation that will be required of the Sacks Chair.
The Sacks Endowed Distinguished Chair in Civic Engagement and Social Entrepreneurship will benefit from and capitalize on the elevation of public service and civic engagement as a centerpiece of Tulane’s mission post-Katrina, including the creation of the nation’s first and only undergraduate major in social entrepreneurship at a major research university. Tulane’s President, Scott Cowen, for example, recently won the prestigious Carnegie’s Academic Leadership Award for a “commitment to excellence” in the areas of civic engagement and social entrepreneurship in the New Orleans community.
(See http://tulane.edu/news/releases/pr_092109.cfm and http://tulane.edu/news/releases/pr_090809.cfm.)The Sacks Chair will also lead efforts to stimulate and draw young entrepreneurs to Louisiana, help coordinate the efforts of socially-focused enterprises, and leverage extensive public and private social program funding, as well as philanthropy, throughout the Gulf Coast region.
Please send nominations and applications to Professor Charles R. Figley, Chair, Sacks Endowed Distinguished Chair in Civic Engagement and Social Entrepreneurship, c/o Melissa Bender, Tulane University, 200 Gibson Hall, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118 or to mbender {at} tulane(.)edu. Applicants should submit a letter detailing their qualifications for, and interest in, the position, along with a curriculum vitae and the names of four references.
Tulane University is committed to diversity and especially encourages applications and nominations from women and minorities. No candidate names will be disclosed save for those ultimately invited as finalists for on-campus visits. Salary and benefits are competitive and negotiable.
Review of applications will begin November 1 and will continue until the position is filled.
Tulane University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer