The Yale Center for Civic Thought is seeking a Reading Group Coordinator to assist with logistics for Center-sponsored reading and discussion groups. Reading and discussion groups are organized and led primarily by Yale students, faculty, and staff, while the Center offers financial and planning support. The Reading Group Coordinator will:

• Coordinate room reservations for faculty-led groups

• Assist in developing operations guides for future reading and discussion group management 

• Follow up on reading and discussion group ideas that spring from topical Fellows Council Intensives

• Purchase supplies including occasional food and catering for active faculty-led groups

• Track reading and discussion group participation and calendar meeting times

• Request progress reports from group leaders

• Consistently monitor active group expenses to ensure compliance with budget expectations

• Shepherd applications for new reading and discussion groups to approval

• Compile reports about active reading and discussion groups for external promotion and outreach and internal record keeping 

• Work on profiles & spotlights of successful active reading groups

• Assist in reading and discussion group advertisement

• Other tasks as assigned. 

To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter.

About the Center for Civic Thought

The Center for Civic Thought prioritizes small, rigorous conversations, rooted in place, deepened by reading, and linked to practical expertise. At Yale, the Center hosts events that emphasize real back-and-forth among students, faculty, and guest speakers about transformative texts and society’s most challenging public issues. Building on five years of work by Yale’s Civic Thought Initiative, the Center invites scholars, journalists and policy-makers for guest seminars, encourages students to take the lead in designing reading and discussion groups, and supports faculty and postdoctoral associates in developing new courses and research agendas related to civic thought.

The 2025-26 academic year will prioritize three areas of inquiry:

• Constitutional Democracy in America at 250

• The Role of Universities in Civic Life

• Humanity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence