Collaboratory Against Hate Co-Director

The Collaboratory Against Hate aspires to develop and support innovative multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and cross-university research aimed at understanding how extremist hate is generated, how it circulates in online and real-life spaces, and how it polarizes society and provokes harmful and illegal acts, especially toward communities of color and other minoritized groups. The Center's research is purposely translational - we seek to translate our research findings into interventions that will effectively inhibit every stage in the creation and growth of extremist hate and to minimize its destructive consequences.  The inaugural co-directors are stepping down, so we are searching for new co-directors.  This is an internal search confined to Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh.  

CAH is co-directed by two faculty, one from CMU and one from Pitt, who report to the respective Provost of their university.  Faculty directors will have a 3-year, renewable term, and will receive an administrative supplement equivalent to a month of salary.  In addition, the co-directors are supported by a full-time Executive Director and a part-time project administrator.   Applicants should be at the rank of associate or above.

The responsibilities of the faculty co-directors include:

• Setting priorities for the overall direction of the CAH consistent with its mission, including initiatives, working groups, seminars, events, and other activities
• Working with the executive director and university advancement organizations to secure funds for CAH operations and to secure a sustainable long-term budget
• Appointing and co-chairing the CAH steering committee
• Appointing the CAH external advisory board and external advisory board chair
• Supervising the CAH executive director and postdocs
• Developing partnerships with strategic external organizations and working with the executive director to sustain these partnerships
• Communicating internally and externally about the work and accomplishments of CAH
• Helping to recruit faculty and students to become involved in CAH and facilitating the formation of collaborative research teams

Please apply by emailing a cover letter addressing the responsibilities indicated in the description and CV to Erin Maloney at EMaloney@pitt.edu by February 16th; alternatively, you may nominate someone for this position by emailing the nomination to the same address.  

A search committee will review applications and make recommendations to the provosts of Pitt and CMU, who will make the final decision.  The search committee is co-chaired by Lucy Russell (Pitt) and Richard Scheines (CMU); its members are Shelome Gooden (Pitt), Kathy Blee (Pitt), Lorrie Cranor (CMU), Catherine Augustine (Rand), Michael Yoder (CMU), Clyde Pickett (Pitt), and Susan Baida (CMU).  Applicants should feel free to reach out to search committee members for information about this position.

The new co-directors will start on May 1, 2023.

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