Professor or Associate Professor / Department Chair - Literature and Language

The University of Texas Permian Basin’s College of Arts and Humanities welcomes applications for an Associate Professor/Professor and Department Chair of Literature and Languages on a 9-month contract with summer stipend for June, July, and August with a negotiated start date. We seek individuals with a passion for the literature, language, and writing, experience leading English or Spanish programs, and experience teaching and maintaining a scholarly/creative agenda in English or Spanish appropriate for an associate professor or professor. The chair supports the students, faculty, and staff by providing academic and administrative leadership in the areas of strategic planning; resource management; faculty recruitment, evaluation, and retention; programmatic growth; curricular development; and student progress and completion. As part of the College of Arts and Humanities leadership team, the director will work with the dean and other directors and College administrators to ensure effective, efficient, and productive college operations.

This position will report to the Dean of the newly-formed, Arts and Humanities College, and will be responsible for providing administrative leadership over the English and Spanish programs. In addition, the University sponsors a range of developmental activities for faculty, supported by the Heimmermann Center for Engaged Teaching.

Chair Duties
1. Support excellence in teaching, research, and service in the department; 
2. Provide leadership for the department’s academic programs in developing curriculum to keep program’s 
current and relevant, conduct departmental and program assessments and evaluations 
3. Prepare departmental budget and manage departmental resources prudently and fairly and work 
collaboratively with the dean about emergent department needs and opportunities. 
4. Conduct regular faculty meetings to encourage shared governance 
5. Foster open, consistent, and clear communication between the department and college leadership
6. With approval of the dean, appoint program coordinators for academic programs within the department. 
Unless otherwise arranged with the dean, the chair will coordinate at least one program. 
7. Lead efforts to recruit and retain faculty and make hiring recommendations to the dean 
8. Conduct annual evaluations of all faculty 
9. Evaluate faculty for retention, tenure and promotions and make recommendations to the dean. 
10. Provide leadership for faculty mentorship and guidance, particularly for early career faculty and those 
faculty on the tenure track.
11. Foster ongoing professional development of all faculty, specifically supporting effective teaching and 
quality scholarship and creative activities.
12. Address questions, complaints, grievances, and suggestions from faculty, staff, and students in a timely 
and fair manner and in according with University, system, and state policies. 
13. Prepare course schedules for each semester that ensures timely completion opportunities for students, 
adequately fulfills faculty workload, and meets program needs. 
14. Collaborate with the faculty to develop a forward-looking strategic plan, consisting on a series of short 
and long-term goals which are aligned with the University’s strategic plan and designed to promote 
programmatic growth. 
15. Develop and maintain a student recruiting plan, consisting of measurable and achievable goals and 
benchmarks.
16. Work with faculty, the dean’s office and university staff to recruit students to the university and your 
programs. 
17. Provide leadership and decision making for the department which is informed by relevant student 
success data at the program level
18. Cultivate and maintain a positive, collegial, success-oriented and compassionate academic atmosphere.
19. Maintain and monitor compliance with applicable regulatory policies
20. Perform other duties as assigned by the Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities

Faculty Duties
1. Teach up to 12 credit hours per contract year. 
2.    Maintain a scholarly/creative agenda appropriate for an associate professor or professor respectively.
3. Face-to-face and/or hybrid teaching interactions through a regular schedule of attendance on campus for 
a minimum of four days a week. 
4. Achieve appropriate student-learning outcomes in all courses taught. 
5. Faculty are expected to employ sound pedagogical practices and use appropriate technology. 
6. Mentor students to prepare them for professional practice, graduate studies, and research. 
7. Provide support to students in need of academic improvement. 
8. Student course evaluations are to be completed in each course.
9. Abide by deadlines and processes for submitting grades. 
10. Advise students and provide individual help to students during weekly office hours. 
11. Attending department, college, and university faculty meetings. 
12. Attend convocations, commencement exercises, recruitment activities, and community meetings