LINGUIST List 22.4807 Fri Dec 02 2011 Jobs: Specialty Open: Chair, Texas Tech University Editor for this issue: Christy Bird <christylinguistlist.org> The LINGUIST List strongly encourages employers to engage in non-discriminatory hiring practices. We urge employers not to discriminate on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, age, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. However, we have no means of enforcing these standards. Job seekers should pay special attention to language in ads regarding employment requirements and are encouraged to consult our international employment page at http://linguistlist.org/jobs/jobnet.html. This page has been set up so that people can report on the employment standards of various countries. To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/posttolinguist.cfm Directory         1.     Mary Jane Hurst , Specialty Open: Chair, Texas Tech University, USA Message 1: Specialty Open: Chair, Texas Tech University, USA Date: 02-Dec-2011 From: Mary Jane Hurst <maryjane.hurstttu.edu> Subject: Specialty Open: Chair, Texas Tech University, USA E-mail this message to a friend University or Organization: Texas Tech University Department: English Job Location: Texas, USA Web Address: http://www.english.ttu.edu/ Job Rank: Chair of Department Specialty Areas: Specialty Open Description: The Department of English at Texas Tech University invites applications for the position of chairperson to begin July 15, 2012. Applicants should have academic credentials commensurate with appointment to rank of tenured full professor and must have strong administrative, research, and teaching records. We are looking for a judicious scholar- administrator of national or international reputation who can contribute to one or more of the department's core areas of research and teaching, work cooperatively with faculty and students of diverse disciplines, and demonstrate experience with managing budgets, supervising instructors and staff, and assessing academic programs. This individual will guide the administration of programs in composition and rhetoric, creative writing, film, linguistics, literary studies, and technical communication. The successful candidate must be able to provide leadership in realizing the department's strategic vision, promoting the humanities, addressing the challenges of public higher education, and cultivating civic engagement. It is expected that the chair, like all new faculty, will be engaged in scholarship or creative activity that attracts outside funding in the form of fellowships, grants, exhibits, and similar kinds of support. The Department of English is large (52 faculty, 500 undergraduate majors, 150 graduate students), dynamic, and diverse, with B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in English and B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in Technical Communication. We lead the university in online education. The department cooperates in interdepartmental programs in linguistics and comparative literature at both graduate and undergraduate levels. The department supports three scholarly journals (Conradiana, The Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation, and Technical Communication Quarterly), and three literary journals (32 Poems, Harbinger, and Iron Horse Literary Review) as well as the Digital Humanities Lab, LetterPress Lab, Multiple Literacies Lab, and Usability Research Lab. We have hosted several national conferences and will host the Western American Literature Conference in November 2012. For more information, please visit http://www.english.ttu.edu. Texas Tech University is a growing state-supported institution, with a law school and medical school and colleges of Arts and Sciences, Agriculture, Architecture, Business Administration, Engineering, Human Sciences, Mass Communications, and Visual and Performing Arts. The College of Arts and Sciences represents 35% of the total enrollment of 32,000. Candidates must apply online at the application URL below (#84370) with letter of application and vita by January 15, 2012. Screening starts January 16. Letters of recommendation will be solicited later from exceptionally qualified candidates. Please direct inquiries to John Zak, Associate Dean of Arts & Sciences, at john.zakttu.edu. Application Deadline: 15-Jan-2012 Web Address for Applications: http://jobs.texastech.edu/ Contact Information: Dr. Mary Jane Hurst Email: maryjane.hurstttu.edu Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 02-Dec-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.