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Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor
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Job Location:
Indianapolis, IN - USA
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Not provided by the employer
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Posted:
16 September 2026 (3 days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
14 December 2026
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Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Position Summary
The Ray Bradbury Center in the School of Liberal Arts at IU Indianapolis invites applicants for a Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor position in the American Studies Program in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies. The person in this position will bring expertise as an experienced Project Archivist to lead the arrangement description preservation and public-access preparation of approximately 186 linear feet of unprocessed manuscript materials from the Ray Bradbury Collection. The Center holds over 150000 manuscript pages four decades of correspondence Bradburys working library of nearly 4000 volumes and the contents of his home office. This role requires prior archival processing experience knowledge of archival metadata standards and hands-on ArchivesSpace (or comparable) experience. Bradburys filing practices were often associative and inconsistent so the archivist must exercise sound professional judgment when original order is unclear. The Project Archivist reports to the Centers Director and collaborates with IU Libraries University Collections and the IU Indianapolis Arts and Humanities Institute. Established in 2007 the Ray Bradbury Center is the only public archive dedicated exclusively to Ray Bradbury () preserving manuscripts correspondence artwork AV materials and memorabilia documenting his creative and professional life. IU Indianapolis is opening a purpose-built reference library reading room and archival storage facility for the Center in October 2026. This position offers the opportunity to establish lasting intellectual and physical control over a major American literary archive and make it available for scholarly and public use. The initial appointment for this grant-funded visiting position is December 1 2026 through August 31 2028. This position requires regular on-campus presence. As the states premier urban research institution IU Indianapolis is a dynamic campus of over 20000 students and has been recognized for excellence in civic engagement and community partnerships. IU Indianapolis is committed to being a welcoming campus community and we seek candidates whose scholarly efforts contribute to robust learning and working environments for all students staff and faculty.
The Ray Bradbury Center in the School of Liberal Arts at IU Indianapolis invites applicants for a Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor position in the American Studies Program in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies. The person in this position will bring expertise as an experienced Project Archivist to lead the arrangement description preservation and public-access preparation of approximately 186 linear feet of unprocessed manuscript materials from the Ray Bradbury Collection. The Center holds over 150000 manuscript pages four decades of correspondence Bradburys working library of nearly 4000 volumes and the contents of his home office. This role requires prior archival processing experience knowledge of archival metadata standards and hands-on ArchivesSpace (or comparable) experience. Bradburys filing practices were often associative and inconsistent so the archivist must exercise sound professional judgment when original order is unclear. The Project Archivist reports to the Centers Director and collaborates with IU Libraries University Collections and the IU Indianapolis Arts and Humanities Institute. Established in 2007 the Ray Bradbury Center is the only public archive dedicated exclusively to Ray Bradbury () preserving manuscripts correspondence artwork AV materials and memorabilia documenting his creative and professional life. IU Indianapolis is opening a purpose-built reference library reading room and archival storage facility for the Center in October 2026. This position offers the opportunity to establish lasting intellectual and physical control over a major American literary archive and make it available for scholarly and public use. The initial appointment for this grant-funded visiting position is December 1 2026 through August 31 2028. This position requires regular on-campus presence. As the states premier urban research institution IU Indianapolis is a dynamic campus of over 20000 students and has been recognized for excellence in civic engagement and community partnerships. IU Indianapolis is committed to being a welcoming campus community and we seek candidates whose scholarly efforts contribute to robust learning and working environments for all students staff and faculty.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
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