The UNM Division for Equity and Inclusion (DEI), is seeking a motivated, dynamic, detail oriented individual to join the team as an Academic Hourly Researcher for a project titled, “Neoliberalism Gender and Curriculum Transformation in Higher Education”. The successful candidate will coordinate, oversee and/or perform a wide variety of research and support activities on behalf of the UNM Vice President for Equity and Inclusion (VPEI). A BA or BS degree and experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified is required.

The ideal candidate will be a Ph.D. graduate hourly focused on research project activities, though postdocs are welcome to apply. The research project is funded by the Mellon Foundation [Grant #1811-06345, Neoliberalism Gender and Curriculum Transformation in Higher Education – UIUC # 094359, C1456]. And it is subtitled: Feminist Decoloniality as Care (FEMDAC). The position is 20 hours per week and pays at $25 per hour.

Please provide a resume or CV and letter of application that speaks to the requirements of the position. In your letter of application, describe your experiences with fulfilling job duties in the past and provide evidence of your successes with those endeavors.

Duties will include but not be limited to:
• Assisting with research Participant Recruitment and initial/baseline interviews with women academics
• Transcribing interviews and assisting with analysis of letters and journal entries
• Preparing mid-year and annual reports to be submitted to the Mellon Foundation
• Preparing end-of-project reports to be submitted to the Mellon Foundation
• Planning, coordinating logistics and staffing FemDAC workshops at UIUC and the 3-day final symposium, tentatively titled, Developing Women’s Research and Curriculum Leadership Capacity in the Context of Decolonising Curricula in International Contexts
• Assisting with travel logistics for UIUC/UNM colleagues to international in-person and virtual workshops
• Coordinating letter writing as reflexive method activities, including assisting with exchanges between participants in the U.S. and South Africa
• Organizing and participating in monthly or bimonthly research team conference call
• Coordinating research logistics of co-authorship among participants, and contributing as a co-author as well--for journal articles, conference presentations, and an edited volume (book manuscript)
• Assisting with the collection of professional development plans as created by participants
• Helping to build our website with professional and academic development materials, including decoloniality and feminist literature reviews, proposal writing resources, resources on becoming an effective mentor, and other resources as appropriate
• Coordinating project-related travel for the PI and co-PI domestically and internationally
• Coordinating research participants' joint contributions to national and international conferences, such as the African Studies' Association and American Educational Research Association meetings and the International Congress on Qualitative Inquiry
• Helping to coordinate writing teams
• Some modest travel may be required as related to project activities