{"id":22543,"date":"2026-05-28T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=22543"},"modified":"2026-05-27T20:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T01:00:22","slug":"you-are-the-hero-of-this-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/you-are-the-hero-of-this-adventure\/","title":{"rendered":"You Are the Hero of This Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Underground Kingdom (Choose Your Own Adventure #18)<\/em> by Edward Packard, published by Bantam Books, 1983.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

If you grew up reading Choose Your Own Adventure books like I did, you remember the opening line. Every single book started the same way: You<\/em> are the hero of this adventure. Not a character the author invented. Not someone you were following from a safe distance. You. The book handed you the story and told you to drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most job postings don't work that way. They're written like traditional novels: the plot is already determined, the role is already defined, and the search process is really just casting \u2014 finding the right person to play a part that someone else wrote. There's nothing wrong with that model. It works. It's how CAT+FD has always structured our Faculty-in-Residence positions, but this time around, we decided to try something different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This time, you<\/em> write the next chapter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What's Different<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The new Faculty-in-Residence position does not have a predetermined area of focus. That's a significant departure from how this position has worked in the past. Previous FIRs were appointed to support a specific programmatic need that CAT+FD had already identified \u2014 New Faculty Support, Service-Learning, Part-time Faculty Support \u2014 a focus area we chose in advance and then found the right person to lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This appointment inverts that. We are inviting applicants to propose an area of faculty development they are already passionate about, already engaged with, and genuinely well-positioned to support. CAT+FD will then shape the responsibilities of the appointment around the successful candidate's proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What We're Hoping to Hear About<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Journey Under the Sea (Choose Your Own Adventure #2)<\/em> by R.A. Montgomery, published by Bantam Books, 1976.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We're genuinely open on this. The call for applications names a few possible directions \u2014 artificial intelligence in teaching and learning, faculty mentoring and peer support, student mentoring and advising as pedagogy, grant writing and management \u2014 but those are merely examples. They're areas that have come up in our recent conversations, not a ceiling on what we're willing to consider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What we're actually looking for is a proposal that identifies a real need in the Xavier faculty community and makes a credible case for why you are the right person to address it<\/strong>. That means thinking seriously about what knowledge or experience you're bringing, what programming might realistically look like given the scope of the position, and who across campus would benefit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The position is a 12.5% appointment with one course release per year, for a three-year term with the option to renew. It's designed to bring a faculty colleague into the work of CAT+FD in a meaningful, sustained way. The person we appoint will spend a few hours a week in the Center, attend staff meetings and our summer planning retreat, and take the lead on developing and running programming in their proposed area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who Should Apply<\/h2>\n\n\n
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The Abominable Snowman (Choose Your Own Adventure #13)<\/em> by R.A. Montgomery, published by Bantam Books, 1982.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The formal requirements are what you'd expect:<\/p>\n\n\n\n