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1) Subject:U. of Illinois Outreach Job

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Date: 25 Mar 2008
From:Marilyn Booth <mbooth at uiuc.edu>
Subject:U. of Illinois Outreach Job

**Fulltime Academic Professional Outreach Position, University of  
Illinois**

The Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (CSAMES) at the  
University of Illinois, Urbana – Champaign seeks an *Outreach  
Coordinator* to organize the planning, development and implementation  
of its outreach activities. CSAMES is a newly designated US Dept of  
Education, Title VI National Resource Center for the Middle East.  
Focusing largely on K-12 educational outreach and working with other  
area study centers, the center is planning to widen the scope of its  
outreach efforts at both K-16 and community levels working  
increasingly throughout the state with various constituencies.

*Duties and Responsibilities*: Supporting the Center in its outreach  
activities, organizing events, conferences, teacher workshops, working  
with local schools on outreach projects, and assisting with the  
routine work of the Program. The Outreach Coordinator would also be  
instrumental in developing curriculum materials for the website and  
enhancing the Center’s acquisitions for an outreach library. The  
position would involve working with 75% Middle Eastern Studies and 25%  
South Asian Studies content.

*Qualifications:* Required: Bachelors degree, (preferably a Masters  
degree in social sciences or the humanities, preferably in Middle  
East, South Asian or Islamic studies). Superior organizational  
ability, interpersonal skills, and facility in oral and written  
communication.

Preferred: Experience in working with diverse groups of teachers or  
community groups and a creative interdisciplinary orientation.  
Familiarity with handling databases and writing reports. Knowledge of  
a Middle Eastern language or South Asian language.

This is a regular, full time academic professional position (non- 
tenured), salary will be commensurate with qualifications and  
experience and reports to the Associate Director, CSAMES. Starting  
date is as soon as possible after the search closes. Interested  
individuals must submit an application letter, a resume, short writing  
sample, and three letters of reference to: Ritu Saksena, Associate  
Director, Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies,  
University of Illinois, 221 International Studies Building, 910 S  
Fifth St, Champaign, IL 61820. Tel: 217-244-7331. Email csames at uiuc.edu

To ensure full consideration, applications, including an email  
address, must be received by April 7, 2008. Applicants may be  
interviewed before the closing date; however no hiring decision will  
be made until after that date. The University of Illinois is an  
Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Marilyn Booth, D.Phil.

Director, Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Associate  
Professor, Program in Comparative and World Literature
                    Program in Gender and Women's Studies Book Review  
Editor, The Journal of Women's History

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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