The Humanities Program invites applications for a full-time, academic year tenure-track assistant professor position in Digital Humanities, to begin as early as August 18, 2017. The Humanities Program is a multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary undergraduate degree program dedicated to integrated learning in the humanities. We are deeply committed to the aims of the liberal arts: educating students to read carefully and think critically, to write and speak articulately, to acquire broad intellectual and cultural understanding, and to make connections among diverse areas of knowledge.

KU is especially interested in hiring faculty members who can contribute to the climate of diversity in the College and to four key campus-wide strategic initiatives: (1) Sustaining the Planet, Powering the World: (2) Promoting Well-Being, Finding Cures; (3) Building Communities, Expanding Opportunities; and (4) Harnessing Information, Multiplying Knowledge. For more information, see http://www.provost.ku.edu/strategic-plan/initiatives.

Applications will begin review on November 1 and continue until position is filled

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The Position:  40% teaching, 40% research, 20% university service

• teaching established courses at the introductory level (e.g., HUM 110 Intro. to Humanities)
• working with KU’s Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities (IDRH) to further develop DH courses and research across humanities disciplines
• conduct digital research in humanities leading to peer-reviewed scholarly production in appropriate venues and to external funding applications as appropriate
• engage in program, College, University, and national service.

The Requirements:

• Ph.D. or be ABD in a humanities-related field of study
• specialization in computationally-assisted analysis in a humanities discipline as evidenced through graduate coursework, dissertation research, publications, and/or externally funded research grants
• demonstrated ability to teach beginning and advanced courses in specialty, as evidenced by syllabi, teaching philosophy statement and/or reference letters on teaching
• demonstrated commitment to excellence in research as evidenced by project-based work, graduate coursework, dissertation research, publications, and/or externally funded research grants.

The Application: Submit all materials and apply online at https://employment.ku.edu/academic/7261BR

1. letter of application describing experience and accomplishments
2. CV
3. teaching statement and supplemental materials (e.g., sample syllabi, peer evaluations, student surveys)
4. research statement and supplemental materials (e.g., representative publications; links to relevant websites)
5. names and contact information for three professional references.

Address queries to: Sandra L. Zimdars-Swartz, Director/Search Committee Chair, Humanities Program,  hwcdirector@ku.edu

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