Glenn Family Chair in Philanthropy and Professor of Philanthropic Studies

Position Summary
The Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy located in Indianapolis Indiana invites nominations and applications for a visionary scholar to serve as a faculty member in the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. This position is a tenmonth open rank tenured or tenuretrack faculty position. The holder of the chair will be a fulltime faculty member in Philanthropic Studies at the School who generates new research teaches required and elective Philanthropic Studies courses and engages in service opportunities within the School. Applications submitted by November 30 2022 will receive best consideration. However the position will remain open until filled. The chair holder is expected to provide national/international leadership in the study of philanthropy and voluntary action broadly defined. Our faculty approach the study of philanthropy through multiple levels of analysis from individual behaviors and motivations to ethical historical organizational societal and crossnational analyses. The Glenn Family chair is open to all disciplinary backgrounds but the school is particularly interested in those with research experience and expertise in the humanities. The school would also especially encourage candidates to apply who study philanthropy in diverse communities. Candidates background may come from fields such as Philanthropic Studies Sociology Anthropology Womens and Gender Studies Race and Ethnic Studies Religious Studies History Ethics/Philosophy or other appropriate disciplinary areas. Candidates should have a significant record in the area of philanthropic nonprofit and civil society research though any relevant research with broad impact is highly valued. The incumbent can be a senior professor with an established record in philanthropy or an emerging scholar with a promising research agenda. A candidate who meets the requirements for an Indiana University titled professorship will have the title of Glenn Family Professor of Philanthropic Studies. Such candidates must have advanced rank and will have a substantive research portfolio. Candidates who demonstrate a growing national or international reputation but not yet at a level of full or associate professor may serve as the Glenn Family Fellow in Philanthropic Studies. Regardless of the rank the search committee is looking for an excellent scholar who will thrive in our collegial community engage in building the field of philanthropic studies and demonstrate an interest in engaging current and future practitioners. The Glenn Family Chair holder will provide intellectual leadership and service to the school and the field through active research as well as demonstrate evidence and interest in highquality teaching and mentoring at the graduate and undergraduate levels. The school has a preference for teaching of required and elective philanthropy courses such as the history ethics crosscultural equitable and comparative approaches to philanthropy and civil society. The Lilly Family School of Philanthropy is located on the Indiana UniversityPurdue University Indianapolis IUPUI campus. The school has 20 core faculty and an additional 46 affiliate and adjunct faculty from 21 disciplines on the IUPUI and IU Bloomington campuses all with current active teaching and research interests in philanthropic nonprofit and civil society studies. Building on the Center on Philanthropys thirtyyear history the School values a multidisciplinary approach to understanding philanthropy with faculty appointees trained in the humanities social sciences and other fields. It offers degrees at the Ph.D. professional doctorate masters and undergraduate levels to educate the next generation of scholars and professionals. The schools research environment includes internal grants to catalyze new research the Lake Institute on Faith and Giving the Womens Philanthropy Institute The Fund Raising School the Mays Institute on Diversity and Inclusion the Philanthropy Panel Study the Payton Philanthropic Studies Library and the Ruth Lilly Archives. The Center for Service and Learning provides resources for civic engagement and servicelearning components in courses. As the states premier urban research institution IUPUI is committed to being a welcoming campus community that reflects and enacts the values of diversity equity and inclusion that inform academic excellence. We seek candidates who will not only enhance our representational diversity but whose research teaching and community engagement efforts contribute to diverse equitable and inclusive learning and working environments for our students staff and faculty. IUPUI condemns racism in all its forms and has taken an antiracist stance that moves beyond mere statements to interrogating its policies procedures and practices. We hope to identify individuals who will assist in our mission to dismantle racism so that everyone has the opportunity to succeed at IUPUI .