<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Dear Colleagues, <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Wonderful to see many of you last week at NCA. As I likely mentioned, UTSA's <a href="http://colfa.utsa.edu/colfa/">College of Liberal and Fine Arts</a>
(COLFA) is creating a new school of Interdisciplinary Humanities to
launch in Fall 2023. As part of this launch, we are seeking to hire an
Associate/Full Professor of Interdisciplinary Humanities, with a special
emphasis on Digital, Medical, Borderlands, and/or Environmental Humanities. The
successful candidate will hold the Endowed Brackenridge Chair. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Please see the full ad <a href="https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=64679">here.</a> <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Key
to our work in this new school is a community-engaged and interdisciplinary praxis of research, teaching, and
service/administration. This is a 9-month faculty position with
a 2/2 teaching load with significant reductions for
grants/administration/service. We have a strong <a href="https://future.utsa.edu/programs/undergraduate/medical-humanities/">Medical Humanities BA</a>, an existing and growing BA in <a href="https://catalog.utsa.edu/undergraduate/sciences/integrativebiology/#degreestext">Environmental Studies</a> that articulates to Humanities via <a href="http://anthropology.utsa.edu/">Env Anthropology</a> & <a href="https://colfa.utsa.edu/english/walker.html">Env Rhetoric</a>, and a growing emphasis on COLFA-level <a href="http://colfa.utsa.edu/colfa/digital-initiatives">Digital Initiatives</a> and <a href="https://colfa.utsa.edu/colfa/digital-initiatives/collaborative-digital-humanities-program">Digital Humanities</a>. <font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-ps_box-value" id="gmail-HRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$6"><span><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">While
the new school will primarily house BA programs, for now, we also have
deep connections to the interdisciplinary tracks in the <a href="https://future.utsa.edu/programs/master/english/">MA</a> and <a href="https://future.utsa.edu/programs/doctoral/english/">PhD </a>programs in The Department of English. We
are particularly interested in applicants who will contribute to the
College’s commitment to increasing access and opportunities for
populations that are currently under-represented in the humanities, including members of racialized communities, persons
with disabilities, women, and persons who identify as LGBTQ+. <br></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-ps_box-value" id="gmail-HRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$6"><span><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black"><br></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-ps_box-value" id="gmail-HRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$6"><span><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">UTSA
is one of the few R1 HSI Institutions with four locations across San
Antonio, Texas. After seven years of working here, I can tell you the
possibilities of doing community-engaged transdisciplinary work with
students are extensive (many of us in COLFA have been funded by the
major national agencies - NSF, NIH, USDA, NEH, Mellon, etc.). The
FirstGen, majority BIPOC UG and Graduate Students here are phenomenal,
and San Antonio is a fabulous place to live and connect with
long-standing community organizations all across the city. <br></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-ps_box-value" id="gmail-HRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$6"><span><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black"><br></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-ps_box-value" id="gmail-HRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$6"><span><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">I am on the hiring committee and happy to answer any questions you might have: <a href="mailto:kenneth.walker@utsa.edu">kenneth.walker@utsa.edu</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-ps_box-value" id="gmail-HRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$6"><span><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black"><br></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-ps_box-value" id="gmail-HRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$6"><span><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">You may also reach out to our search chair:</span></span></span></span></span><span class="gmail-ps_box-value" id="gmail-HRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$6"><span><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black"> <a href="mailto:omar.valerio-jimenez@utsa.edu">omar.valerio-jimenez@utsa.edu</a><br></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="2">I
would be especially grateful if you could circulate this ad to any
scholars who may be interested in joining us at this transformative
moment in San Antonio. <br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="2"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="2">All best, <br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="2"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="2">Kenny</font></div></div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Kenneth Walker (he/him), PhD <br></div></div><div>Associate Professor<a href="http://colfa.utsa.edu/english/certificate_rc.html" target="_blank"><br></a><a href="http://colfa.utsa.edu/english/degreeplans.html" target="_blank">PhD Graduate Advisor of Record<br></a></div><div dir="ltr">President, <a href="https://www.arstmonline.org/" target="_blank">Rhetoric of Science, Technology, & Medicine</a><a href="http://colfa.utsa.edu/english/" target="_blank"><br>Department of English</a><br><a href="http://www.utsa.edu/" target="_blank">University of Texas, San Antonio</a><br>One UTSA Circle<br>
<span>San Antonio, TX 78249<br>
<a href="tel:210-458-5344" value="+12104585344" target="_blank">210-458-4374</a><br>
<a href="http://colfa.utsa.edu/english/walker.html" target="_blank">http://colfa.utsa.edu/english/walker.html</a><br></span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div><span>Author of <i><a href="http://www.uapress.ua.edu/product/Climate-Politics-on-the-Border,7688.aspx" target="_blank">Climate Politics on the Border</a></i></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>