Academic Support Administrator

Responsibilities

• Develops high-level skills, thorough understanding of department and University policies.
• Maintains accurate records on student fellowships and financial aid and provides reporting and other related information as needed.
• Schedules courses and classrooms, incorporating the needs of other University and external partners; tracks and maintains bidding and enrollment reports; supports course registration and curricular initiatives. Maintains course records.
• Works with faculty on various related committees regarding the department's degree programs, student progress, and internal fellowship competitions.
• Advises faculty and FAAA about student concerns; discerns when issues need to be elevated and to whom; provides data as needed.
• Maintains electronic records and collects data for financial stewardship reporting. Attends faculty meetings as appropriate.
• Assists students and faculty seeking information about student affairs policies, FERPA compliance, and Title IX referrals; represents the department in student affairs training sessions.
• Drafts Spring reviews for graduate students; works with DGS. Edits dissertations for PHD students and MAPH Research Assistants, creating

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Department AHD Staff: Art History - Administration About the Department For more than a century, art historians at the University of Chicago have made transformative interventions in the discipline. While the Department of Art History at UChicago was a pioneer in the development of important theoretical methods in the 1990s, early art historical scholarship here flourished in tandem with the Institute for the Study of Ancient Culture's foundational work in archaeology and the Midway Studios' leadership in arts education. Today, the Department proudly looks back on this history as it distinguishes itself with a combination of global scope, object-driven research, and committed interdisciplinarity. Faculty and students pursue research spanning five continents, as historical strengths in Asian, European, and North American art have expanded to include Latin American and Islamic art, as well as the relations between these and other geographical areas traditionally treated in isolation. That work is supported by the University's internationally recognized departments and centers in area studies with robust language offerings. Original works of art, buildings, and sites weave through the department's scholarly and curricular fabric in the form of object-, material-, and site-based research that is often large-scale and collaborative, object-driven training in the Chicago Objects Study Initiative and Rhoades Program, and annual traveling seminars and conservation classes. Interdisciplinary commitments-a hallmark of the University of Chicago-are manifest in faculty's co-teaching, cross-appointments, and involvements in other departments, centers, and initiatives across campus, in the multiple workshops faculty and students in art history sponsor and participate in, and in the coursework students are encouraged to pursue beyond art history. Job Summary The Academic Support Administrator (ASA) is responsible for synthesizing and transforming complex information and issues into creative solutions and approaches. This position is a vital first point of contact for PhD and undergraduate students as well as faculty regarding program requirements and academic policies. Working collaboratively with supervisor, Chair, department colleagues, and relevant units in the Division of Arts and Humanities, the College, and University, the ASA organizes and coordinates the administrative work of the graduate and undergraduate programs and supports the academic appointment processes for faculty and other academic appointees. The ASA reports to the Financial and Academic Affairs Administrator (FAAA) and indirectly to the Department Chair.

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