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CSU IP Resident Director


The Resident Director position provides onsite academic, administrative, and fiscal supervision of an overseas study center under the direction of the Director of International Programs. A Resident Director of The California State University International Programs (CSU IP) is a full-time, tenured or tenure-track faculty member holding a teaching or administrative appointment on a CSU campus. The Director of International Programs appoints resident Directors with the concurrence of the appointee’s campus administration. All Resident Director appointments are full-time twelve-month appointments beginning August 1 to July 31 unless noted otherwise. The faculty member continues to be a campus employee during the year they are abroad, and the campus pays the Resident Director. 

Resident Directors must be full-time, tenured or tenure-track faculty members holding a teaching or administrative appointment on a California State University campus, possess a terminal degree, and have appropriate overseas experience. Faculty participating in the Faculty Early Retirement Program (FERP) are not full-time and therefore are not eligible. 

RESIDENT DIRECTOR SITES

CSU IP offers Resident Director opportunities in the following locations:
 
  • ITALY: University of Florence and Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze

COMPENSATION AND CAMPUS REPLACEMENT COSTS
COMPENSATION
The faculty member continues to be a campus employee during the year they are abroad, and the campus pays the Resident Director. If the faculty member is currently in a ten-month (academic year) position, they are moved to a twelve-month position resulting in an increase of approximately 15% plus the 10% for the overseas assignment. The 10% differential is designed partially to compensate the Resident Director for those special expenses associated with overseas service.  No additional source of compensation for such expenses is provided.
 
Travel expenses from California to the study center and return, plus an allowance for program-related local travel expenses, are paid by the Office of the Chancellor. There is no travel allowance for spouses or dependents. Resident Directors are entitled to a maximum of seven days per diem while locating housing.
 
CAMPUS REPLACEMENT COSTS
CSU IP reimburses the CSU campus at a set replacement cost rate (Assistant Professor, class code 2361, minimum salary range plus approximately 25%), plus benefits.

APPLICATIONS

We accept applications for the 2025-2026 Resident Director position in Italy. Application for the 2026-2027 academic year appointment is now available and due December 31, 2024.