Associate Director for Research, Barnard Center for Research on Women

Job:

The Associate Director for Research oversees the major research projects and publications of BCRW. The Associate Director for Research reports regularly to the Senior Associate Director of BCRW and ultimately to the Director of BCRW. The Associate Director for Research works with faculty members, students, and community partners in building BCRW research projects, which will include partners at Barnard and Columbia, locally in Morningside Heights and New York City, nationally, and transnationally. The Associate Director for Research serves as Editor of the Center's peer-reviewed academic journal, The Scholar & Feminist Online, and works closely with BCRW faculty research groups to bring research projects to fruition. The Associate Director for Research also works closely with members of BCRW's Advisory Board and staff to develop BCRW's research program and lines of work through programming and public engagement, as well as publication. The Associate Director for Research teaches one course per year in a department relevant to their research field.

This is a full time, one-year position from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Oversees research projects of the Center:

• Works with Faculty Director and Senior Associate Director to coordinate and carry out overall research strategy for BCRW.
• Develops specific projects with Barnard faculty members, students, scholars at other institutions, and community partners.
• Develops collaborative research projects to complement or supplement current projects at BCRW.
• Maintains step-by-step management of these projects and ensures completion of research projects and fulfillment through publication (in print, online, through video or other media).
• Collaborates with Program and Public Engagement Manager to promote projects once published.
• Helps to develop funding sources for research projects.

Serves as Editor for The Scholar & Feminist Online:

• Provides editorial direction to maintain the distinctive mission of Scholar & Feminist Online as a multimedia, open access, peer-reviewed feminist journal that publishes scholarship, art, and public intellectual engagements
• Solicits new work for the journal, manages the queue of new journal issues so that there is consistent publication, and maintains publication schedule.
• Manages guest editors for thematic issues.
• Corresponds with guest editors throughout editing and production, including at the proposal stage, as contributions are submitted, through the peer review process, through development editing, and through production.
• Manages the peer review process and provides editorial feedback and suggestions for development of articles to authors based on peer review.
• Stays current with newest scholarship in intersectional social justice feminism, particularly as it pertains to upcoming journal issues and BCRW's lines of work.
• Works with Faculty Director and Senior Associate Director to maintain the journal's editorial board, recruiting members, corresponding with them to ensure their involvement in the journal, and coordinating meetings with the BCRW Director, the Editorial Team, and the Editorial Board.
• Assesses and, as needed, revises the process for the journal, takes a leadership role in longer-term planning for the journal, and ensures connections between the journal and BCRW's lines of work.
• Collaborates with Director and Senior Associate Director to develop funding for innovations in the journal.

Sustains collaborative relationships:

• Develops meaningful working relationships with Barnard faculty and students across departments and programs.
• Works with other academic centers at Barnard and Columbia and with community organizations and activist/artist partners.

Lead Planner of Scholar & Feminist Conference:

• Works with Director and Senior Associate Director to determine next year's topic and researches connections between lines of work and possible conference topics.
• Assumes primary responsibility for all research components of the S&F Conference and coordinates with Program and Public Engagement Manager on all logistics.
• Develops potential formats, program, and speakers with Program and Public Engagement Manager.

Teaching:

• Teaches one course per year.

Skills, Qualifications & Requirements:

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of issues relevant to contemporary national and transnational feminist scholarship, movements, and developments in women's, gender, and sexuality studies.
• Excellent administrative skills, including careful attention to detail.
• Ability to work closely and collaboratively with faculty, students, staff, and activist partners.
• Ability to edit a robust peer-reviewed and multi-media scholarly journal, managing the peer-review process and collaborating with the editorial team.
• Ability to write for a wide range of audiences, both specialist and non-specialist, academic and activist.
• Ability to develop new and independent projects, and to build sustained and sustainable working groups.
• Flexibility and demonstrated ability to work collaboratively.

Required Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in a relevant liberal arts field or terminal advanced professional degree.
• Minimum of five years' experience with writing, research, and project management in the nonprofit or higher education sectors.
• Minimum of three years' experience with editorial processes in academic publishing.
• Demonstrated record of publication and scholarly activity in the candidate's research field.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Activist or community organizing experience
• Oral and written fluency in at least one language in addition to English

Position Information:

• 12 month term position (July 1, 2026 - June 30, 2027)
• Full-time, 35 hours per week
• This job is currently a hybrid position, but may require a presence in the office up to five times a week, including for team and full staff meetings and other times as directed by the supervisor.
• Eligible for a wide range of benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance; paid time off; and 403b College contributions. More information can be found here

Salary: $83,000 - $88,000 annually

*The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the College's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.*