Professor and Department Chair, Department of Classical & Modern Languages & Literatures at Texas Tech University

The Department of Classical & Modern Languages & Literatures in the College of Arts & Sciences at Texas Tech University invites applications for a full-time, tenured position as Professor and Department Chair, to begin September 1, 2025.
About the Department/School/Area:
The Department of Classical & Modern Languages & Literatures is dedicated to engaging in research and teaching that enriches the humanities, second language studies, and our communities – locally and globally. Our classrooms (online & face-to-face) are a place of connection, where faculty personally invest in students’ growth. We equip our students to be competitive in the next stage of their career through high-impact education in language, world literature, and culture, both ancient and modern. Throughout our campus and community, we foster linguistic and cultural diversity and advocate for multiculturalism. CMLL consists of a dynamic and diverse community from the fields of American Sign Language, Applied Linguistics, Arabic, Classics (which includes Archaeology, Greek, and Latin), English as a Second Language, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
About the University:
Established in 1923, Texas Tech University is a Carnegie R1 (very high research activity) Doctoral/Research-Extensive, Hispanic Serving, and state-assisted institution. Located on a beautiful 1,850-acre campus in Lubbock, a city in West Texas with a growing metropolitan-area population of over 300,000, the university enrolls over 41,000 students with roughly 33,000 undergraduate and 8,000 graduate students. As the primary research institution in the western two-thirds of the state, Texas Tech University is home to 10 colleges, the Schools of Law and Veterinary Medicine, and the Graduate School. The flagship of the Texas Tech University System, Texas Tech is dedicated to student success by preparing learners to be ethical leaders for a diverse and globally competitive workforce. It is committed to enhancing the cultural and economic development of the state, nation, and world.
Required Qualifications:
1.Must hold a PhD in one of the disciplines represented by the Department or a related subfield.
2.Must have a demonstrated excellence in research with an established scholarly record commensurate with appointment at the rank of Full Professor. Applications from advanced Associate Professors will be considered.
3.Must have administrative experience that will form a basis for leading a vibrant, multi-program department.
4.Must have a demonstrated record and strong commitment to teaching excellence.
Preferred Qualifications:
In addition to the required qualifications, individuals with the following preferred qualifications are strongly encouraged to apply:
1.Proven capacity or specific plans to advocate for and develop financial support at the institutional level and to attract both external and internal funding.
2.Administrative experience that includes financial/budgetary management.
3.Demonstrated commitment to fostering research and other collaborations both within the department and among external community constituencies, including but not limited to cultural events and study abroad programs.