Special Appointment to the Dean and New York Six Mellon Fellow
Special Appointment to the Dean and New York Six Mellon Fellow
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The Dean of Faculty invites applications for Special Assistant to the Dean and New York Six Mellon Fellow a position that spans three-and-a-half years beginning in July 2025 and ending in December 2028. This position is funded by a Mellon Foundation grant to the New York Six Liberal Arts Consortium.
The NY6 Mellon Academic Leadership Fellows program is an opportunity for faculty in the humanities and related fields to explore academic leadership through an immersive experience on their home campus in which they will gain deeper knowledge and understanding of higher education administration while working on a discrete project or portfolio that will advance important goals of the institution. The Fellow at Hamilton College will be part of a cohort of faculty representing each NY6 institution and also will engage with Fellows from the Associated Colleges of the Midwest and the Associated Colleges of the South. The NY6 Fellows will have opportunities to spend time on the other NY6 campuses and will receive mentoring from an internal mentor and an executive coach.
The Hamilton College NY6 Mellon Fellow will serve under the auspices of the Dean of Faculty working closely with the Dean of Facultys leadership team.
The Fellow will receive course releases during the fellowship period varying from one course release during the programs first year a full release from teaching during the 2026-27 academic year and a 50 percent course reduction during the 2027-28 academic year. Also the Fellow will receive additional compensation including summer funding and an administrative stipend paid through the Mellon grant. Beyond their on-campus responsibilities Fellows will participate in monthly virtual and periodic in-person meetings travel to NY6 and other college campuses present at national conferences and attend summer institutes with their counterparts from the ACM and ACS the first of which is scheduled for July 22-24 2025 in Chicago.
Qualifications:
Faculty whose scholarship creative work and/or teaching is in one or more of the Mellon-eligible humanities fields (see list below)
Faculty with tenure or six or more years experience at the institution
Faculty with a demonstrated interest and commitment to diversity equity inclusion and belonging
Faculty with an interest in or potential for leadership roles
To apply submit a letter of application and CV to Interfolio at The letter should describe how you fit the criteria above particularly the relationship of your work to the humanities and how you have demonstrated your commitment to diversity equity inclusion and belonging. The application deadline is March 17 2025.
Eligible Humanities Fields:
American Studies Ancient Civilizations
Architecture (historical or theoretical focus) Area Studies (humanistic focus)
Art History Classics
Communication (theoretical focus) Comparative Literature
Comparative Religion
Cultural Studies English
Ethics
Ethnic Studies
Film Cinema and Media Studies (theoretical focus)
Fine Arts
Foreign Languages and Literatures both modern and classical
Gender and Sexuality Studies
History (including History of Science)
Literature
Medieval Studies
Musicology Ethnomusicology and Music Theory Performance Studies (theoretical focus)
Philosophy and Political Theory
Religion and Theology
Rhetoric
Theater (theoretical focus)
About the New York Six: Established in 2010 with the support of the Mellon Foundation the New York Six Liberal Arts Consortium facilitates collaboration among its member institutions in fulfilling their educational missions and serving the public good. Through the sharing of expertise and resources the Consortium enhances options for students faculty and staff while reducing institutions individual and collective operating and capital costs.
Employment Type
Grant
