The Department of Humanities <https://www.mtu.edu/humanities/> at Michigan Technological University <https://www.employment.mtu.edu/en-us/job/494059/mtu.edu> seeks an experienced scholar and leader with a commitment to interdisciplinarity to serve as department chair at the rank of full professor or associate professor nearing promotion to full in line with Michigan Tech. The Chair will lead our collaborative, multidisciplinary department in implementing a shared vision for excellence in scholarship, creative work, and teaching. The Chair will be responsible for developing and supporting new departmental initiatives as well as ongoing efforts to foster innovative interdisciplinary research and advance graduate and undergraduate program success. The Chair will also facilitate the involvement of Humanities in the new Michigan Tech Forward 2.0 and 100 PhD’s initiatives currently underway. Our department offers undergraduate degrees in Communication, Culture and Media; English; and Scientific and Technical Communication, as well as graduate degrees in Rhetoric, Theory, and Culture. (For a complete list of our major and minor degree programs, please go to: https://www.mtu.edu/humanities/.) Our faculty specialize in communication, composition, creative writing, gender studies, literature, media studies, modern languages, philosophy, rhetoric, visual studies, technical communication, technology studies, and user experience, which are all integral to our university and broader community. The department houses the MTU First Year Writing Program, which prepares students for reading, writing, and information literacy at the university level and beyond. The department also stewards the Walker Labs for Arts & Humanities, WLAH, a unique media-production, computing, game studies, and language-resource center, a vital resource for students across campus. The Chair is supported by an Associate Chair, two administrative staff, a Director of Graduate Studies, Director of Composition, and Directors of the Undergraduate Degree Programs. The position will remain open until filled; review of applications will begin December 1, 2025. Please submit application materials to: http://www.employment.mtu.edu/cw/en-us/job/494059. -- Jason E. Archer Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Technologies Department of Humanities <https://www.mtu.edu/humanities/> Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Culture and Technology <https://www.mtu.edu/circt/> <https://www.mtu.edu/circt/> Michigan Technological University Website: jasonearcher.com