The Department of American Studies (AMST) at UMBC is an interdisciplinary undergraduate program designed to advance the study of American cultures through research, teaching and service to the campus and community. The Department has four full-time faculty, three part-time instructors and a single Program Management Specialist in charge of the office and program management and administration. We also manage the college-wide Public Humanities minor in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS). American Studies is firmly committed to the interdisciplinary work of the humanities and offers courses within the following three themes:

•        U.S. Social Structures: American Regions, Institutions and Communities
•        Global America: The U.S. in the World, The World in the United States
•        American Signs: United States Literary, Visual and Material Culture

For more information please see: https://amst.umbc.edu/

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The Program Management Specialist will serve as initial contact for the Department of American Studies for constituents in person and by email or phone. The position includes managing the college-wide Public Humanities minor and associated public programming. Responsibilities include performing office duties for the department. Specific duties include: budget and bookkeeping responsibilities; course scheduling and catalog maintenance; tracking enrollment and other department data; processing faculty travel requests; coordinating meetings and logistical details for the department; working with various campus offices for general department functions and organization; providing information to visitors to the department; submitting and monitoring work control requests for facilities issues; directing inquirers as appropriate; coordinating, monitoring and assisting as needed with day-to-day operations of the department and assisting with routine office duties; screening and distributing departmental mail; and performing other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's Degree
• Two years experience in administrative staff work
• Proficiency with word processing, email, calendar management and financial transactions
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Accurate and timely communication skills
• Excellent organizational and data management skills
• A commitment to diversity and inclusion

Note:  Additional related experience and formal education in which one has gained the knowledge, skills, and abilities required may be substituted for the education or experience requirement on a year-for-year basis with 30 college credits being equivalent to one year of experience.

• Degree preferably in a Humanities field, and some basic familiarity with the broad fields encompassed by American Studies, Public Humanities and/or Ethnic Studies