Connecting the Community of Tufts Scholars (CCTS)
About CCTS
Connecting the Community of Tufts Scholars (CCTS) is a new cluster hiring program designed to attract and support faculty whose work centers on race, equity, and disadvantaged communities in the U.S. and around the world.
- Tufts will hire three clusters of five faculty over the next 3-5 years, adding a total of fifteen new faculty to join our strong interdisciplinary research community. The Office of the Provost will be jointly funding these positions with participating schools
- Faculty clusters receive mentoring and professional development to foster community and provide opportunities to use their research, scholarship, and teaching to shape important dialogues
- The first CCTS cluster is focused on climate, with recruitment underway.
- Cluster 2 theme proposals are open until January 18, 2024.
- Following submissions, faculty are welcome to participate in virtual Cluster Theme Workshops on January 25 and January 29. Facilitated by the CCTS team, the workshops will gather additional input on the proposed themes.
Help Us Shape Cluster 2
Cluster 1: Climate
Bringing together Tufts' unique strengths in engineering, humanities, nutrition, and policy to address equity and racial justice through the lens of Climate.
School of Arts & Sciences: Assistant Professor in Environmental History of Antiquity and Professor of Practice of Creative Non-Fiction and Journalism
Fletcher School: Assistant Professor in Climate Policy
Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy: Faculty Positions in Climate Resilience, Agriculture and Equity
School of Engineering: Assistant/Associate Professor of Life Cycle Assessment for Sustainable Materials and Sustainable Infrastructure Systems
Cluster 2: Help Us Choose the Second Cluster Theme
Cluster 2 Timeline
January 18: Last day to submit Cluster 2 Theme proposals
January 25 & 29: Virtual info session/workshops
February 12: Cluster 2 Theme announcement
February 12-March 4: Cluster 2 Cohort Proposal Workshops
March 12: Cluster 2 Proposals are due
March 27- April 1: Feedback Loop
April 9: Resubmission
April 16: Recommendations to the Provost
April 29: Cluster 2 Cohort Announcement
Program goals
Increase: Increase number and impact of faculty whose work across the University whose work centers race, equity, and disadvantaged communities in the U.S. and globally.
Nurture: Nurture the conditions for our faculty to address difficult contemporary problems as they arise around the intersection of race, racism, racial equity, and justice.
Build: Build a critical mass of interdisciplinary faculty whose work centers race, racism, racial equity and justice.
Encourage & Foster: Encourage and foster cooperation among an already strong faculty and staff research body.
Create: Create innovative educational and research opportunities for our students and trainees.
Target: Target broader arrays of research funding streams as well as other forms of recognition and support.
Expand: Expand our racial equity efforts beyond Tufts.
Connect with Us
Executive Leadership Team
- Caroline Genco, Provost and Senior Vice President
- Monroe France, Vice Provost for Institutional Inclusive Excellence
CCTS Core Team
- Chris Swan, Special Advisor to the Vice Provost for Institutional Inclusive Excellence, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Augusta Rohrbach, Associate Provost for Faculty Initiatives
- Ryan Rideau, Assistant Provost for Faculty Development