Chair, Department of English

The College of Liberal Arts at Texas State University is searching for a Chair of the Department of English who is ready to lead a large, innovative department into new opportunities.
The Chair of the Department of English leads the largest department in the College of Liberal Arts, overseeing the curriculum, budget administration, and faculty and staff hiring. The Chair represents the department on the university Council of Chairs and is responsible for long-range planning and growth in line with the departmental vision. We seek a colleague who can foster academic excellence and innovation, strengthen graduate programs, encourage interdisciplinary and engaged scholarship, promote collegiality and cooperation within the department, and listen thoughtfully to a large and diverse faculty. Texas State University is a federally recognized Hispanic-Serving Institution.
This is a tenure-track faculty position. The Chair holds a 12-month appointment expected to start August 16, 2025. Should the Chair position end, assuming satisfactory performance, the successful candidate would return to a 9-month tenured faculty appointment in the Department of English at a 9-month salary.

Required Qualifications

• Ph.D. in an English discipline, or closely related field at the time of the appointment—field of specialization open
• Tenured Associate or Full Professor with tenure at the time of the appointment— candidate must meet the requirements for tenure at the associate level or the full level according to English Department policy
• Demonstrated excellence in scholarship/creative activity and teaching, with the ability to contribute to one or more of the department’s four programs (Literature, Creative Writing, Rhetoric/Composition, Technical Communication)
• Demonstrated administrative leadership experience in areas such strategic planning, hiring, curriculum, personnel and policy decisions, etc.;
• Demonstrated commitment to promoting shared governance, equity, and transparency as a leader, and
• Demonstrated skills in teaching and advising undergraduate and graduate students.

Preferred Qualifications

• A deep commitment to the collegiality and interdisciplinarity of the Department of English
• Commitment to valuing and supporting adjunct faculty
• Experience teaching and mentoring first-generation and / or non-traditional students.
• Experience advocating for the value of the humanities among stakeholders with diverse backgrounds across multiple levels of university leadership
• Evidence of effective team building, facilitation, and management skills appropriate to a large faculty
• Demonstrated effective interpersonal as well as written communication and public speaking skills
• Evidence of both ideas and skills necessary to move the department forward on a path that is consistent with the strategic plans of the University and the College
• Commitment to support faculty scholarship and creative activity
• Ability to effectively communicate the value and necessity of English programs to students and administrators
• Knowledge or experience working in an RCM budget model
• Ability to think holistically and globally about the English Department and its place within the College of Liberal Arts and the University
• Ability to manage multiple and different graduate and undergraduate programs—MATC, MARC, MA-Lit, and MFA in CW
• Specialization in one of the following: Latinx, Chicanx, Medieval Literature and Culture, Early Modern British Literature, the Long 18th Century British, Technical Communication, or Digital Humanities

  Application Procedures

  Only applications submitted through the Texas State University website will be accepted and considered: https://jobs.hr.txstate.edu/postings/49487
  
  For full consideration, please submit the following by October 15, 2024:

  · Cover letter addressing qualifications

  · Curriculum Vitae

  · Unofficial transcripts (all in one document)
  · Contact information for three references (provided in the Reference Letter section of the application)

  The selected candidate will be required to provide official transcripts from all degree-granting universities.