Duke University is seeking a visionary academic leader for the Duke Lemur Center (DLC). The first Academic Director of the DLC will partner with the DLC’s Executive Director and excellent staff to build on the DLC’s impressive foundations, to expand and enhance its academic activities and reputation, and to help to shape the DLC’s research priorities. Responsibilities related to the directorship include strategic research planning, fostering a wide range of collaborations with researchers at and beyond Duke, enhancing the DLC teaching mission across the university, mentoring emerging leaders, and securing external funding. The academic director will also be expected to contribute to DLC-related teaching and to continue a research program. Ideal candidates will have a distinguished track record in research related to the DLC’s research portfolio, a level of scholarly achievement commensurate with a senior tenured faculty appointment at Duke or a research profile in conservation science and policy outside of academia, experience in academic leadership, and a commitment to diversity. Hire as Academic Director would be associated with and contingent upon a simultaneous appointment as a senior tenured professor within a Duke University academic unit. Applications are due by February 15, 2025. The target start date for the position is July 1, 2025, though a later start date is possible if necessary. 

The Duke Lemur Center Search Committee is eager to receive input that will help it build a diverse pool of talented individuals. To that end, the Search Committee welcomes your comments, inquiries, applications, and nominations, which may be submitted via e-mail with supporting materials to: dlcacademicdirector@duke.edu. Applicants should submit: 

For more information, see the full announcement at the website of the Office of Interdisciplinary Studies at Duke University.