Endowed Chair in Digital Humanities

Texas State University seeks applications for an endowed chair at the rank of Professor to conduct research on any aspect of Digital Humanities. Texas State University seeks to establish a leadership position in Digital Humanities scholarship to complement existing strengths in interdisciplinary research that bridges humanistic inquiry with innovative digital methods, computational analysis, archival technologies, data visualization, public‑facing humanities work, and critical digital studies. Texas State is home to multiple humanities-focused research initiatives that support data‑intensive and computational approaches to humanistic questions. Texas State University receives a full share of the Texas University Fund (TUF) and plans to invest funds in recruitment and substantial start-up support for strategic hires with established research programs and active external funding in historic and emerging areas of research strength, including Digital Humanities. We Seek To Hire Dynamic And Innovative Scholars With An Exceptionally Strong Research Record Supported By External Funding. An Applicant’s Scholarly Focus Should Complement And Enhance The Digital Humanities Scholarship And Teaching Strengths Of Texas State, Such As Digital Humanities across the Disciplines Digital Cultural Heritage, Preservation & Archives Text Mining, Corpus Analysis & Natural Language Processing for Humanities Spatial Humanities & GIS Computer-assisted Language Instruction and Translation Humanities‑Based Approaches to Technology Policy Critical Digital Studies & Digital/AI Ethics Humanities‑Based Approaches to Technology Policy Digital Storytelling, Multimedia Production & Media Archaeology Multimodal / Digital Rhetoric and Communication Studies Digital Pedagogy & Learning Environments Humanities‑Based Approaches to Technology Policy Community‑Engaged Digital Humanities Responsibilities Seek external funding and coordinate interdisciplinary grants with both internal and external collaborators. Conduct and publish original research on Digital Humanities. Lead interdisciplinary collaboration with faculty across the university. Develop and maintain an active research agenda. Teach undergraduate and graduate courses on Digital Humanities and related subjects. Mentor and advise students. Contribute to the development of the Digital Humanities curriculum. Participate in service activities at the department, college, and university levels. The successful candidate will join the department(s) appropriate to their area of scholarly focus. The successful candidate will be nationally recognized in their field. #J-18808-Ljbffr Texas State University