35.2919, Jobs: General Linguistics: 2025 Digital Humanities Assistant/Associate Professor, Wenzhou-Kean University

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Subject: 35.2919, Jobs: General Linguistics: 2025 Digital Humanities Assistant/Associate Professor, Wenzhou-Kean University

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Date: 22-Oct-2024
From: Yiling Shi [shiyiling at wku.edu.cn]
Subject: General Linguistics: 2025 Digital Humanities Assistant/Associate Professor, Wenzhou-Kean University


University or Organization: Wenzhou-Kean University
Job Location: Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
Job Title: 2025 Digital Humanities Assistant/Associate Professor
Job Rank: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics

Description:

About the position:
WKU seeks a dynamic and innovative scholar to join our faculty as an
Assistant/Associate Professor in Digital Humanities. The ideal
candidate will have expertise in both humanities research and digital
methodologies, contributing to the university's integration of digital
humanities across research, teaching, and service. This is a fulltime,
tenure track position, teaching 24 credits over 10 months.

This position is appointed on a 3-year contract at the first instance,
effective for the year of 2025.

Teaching assignments and related responsibilities may include day,
evening, weekend and online courses. Interest or experience in using
advanced instructional technologies to improve the teaching/learning
process is highly desirable. All faculty may be required to teach
General Education courses as needed. Opportunities are also available
to teach disciplinary support courses. Candidates with an interest in
teaching across disciplines are encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities:
- Teach undergraduate courses in literature, linguistics, or writing.
- Develop and deliver innovative courses integrating digital
humanities research methods.
- Conduct and publish original research in the digital humanities or
related fields.
- Mentor undergraduate students in digital humanities projects.
- Participate in departmental and university service, including the
development of interdisciplinary collaborations.
- Contribute to grant writing and research funding initiatives related
to digital humanities studies.

Qualifications
- Ph.D. in Digital Humanities or a closely related field from a
reputable university (Carnegie R1 institutions or comparable research
institutions with strong academic reputations in the fields).
- Ability to apply computational methods (e.g., machine learning,
network analysis) to humanities research.
- Strong publication record
- Expertise in translation theory, interpretation, or translation
technology.
- Teaching experience at the university level.
- Commitment to inclusive teaching and research practices.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Interdisciplinary research experience.
- Grant writing experience.
- Experience mentoring students and developing digital projects.

Application Instructions
Applicants are REQUIRED to apply online. To receive full consideration
by the search committee, candidates need to submit the following
documents via Interfolio (https://apply.interfolio.com/155106).
- Cover letter
- CV
- Teaching philosophy
- Research statement
- Unofficial transcripts
- Sample of recent scholarly work
- Contact information for three professional references

Official transcripts for terminal degrees and three current letters of
recommendation are required before appointment.

Background Screening:
Wenzhou-Kean University conducts background screenings on all job
candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a
third-party administrator to conduct background screenings.

Mailing Address for Applications:
Web Address for Applications: https://apply.interfolio.com/155106
Contact Information:
        Shi
        Email: recruitment at wku.edu.cn



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