Assistant Professor in Dept Humanities Digital Humanities

Position Rank and Title: Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities / Humanities

Department Name: Humanities Department

Compensation: Commensurate with qualifications experience and rank as established by the CSU Salary Schedule. Anticipated hiring academic year annual salary range: $90000-$94000

Faculty employee benefits are very competitive for the higher education sector. See the CSU Employee Benefits Summary for details about the CSUs excellent benefits package.

Target Start Date: 17 August 2027

Application Deadline: 1 December 2026 (Applications accepted until filled or closed)

The Department of Humanities at San José State University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities or Humanities with an expertise that lies at the intersection of critical science and technology studies with the humanities. We seek a teacher-scholar whose research pedagogy and community engagement examine the social and cultural roles implications impacts affordances etc. of technologies within their concomitant historical economic social and cultural contexts.

Successful candidates will be grounded in critical science and technology studies while engaging in other humanities fields and questions for example: artificial intelligence knowledge and creativity; data privacy and sovereignty; social bonds and groups; visual arts; arts and social practice; technology race and ethnicity; chatbots and religious experience; technology and religious change; technology and the environment; science technology and ethics; etc. We value scholar-teachers who will be able to teach in both the Digital Humanities and in other programs within the department depending on expertise (American Studies Creative Arts Environmental Humanities and/or Religious Studies) as well as our robust General Education offerings.

The Humanities Department at SJSU is a prominent center for creative critical interdisciplinary study and research on campus. Both the department and the College of Humanities & Arts are committed to equitable and culturally sustaining teaching and scholarship recruiting hiring and nurturing a diverse faculty that mirrors our student body. We support a full range of scholarly and creative activities from traditional research to scholarship of engagement and public humanities to creative work. We believe that faculty and student success are inextricably linked and seek faculty who will support and enhance these missions.

Our Departments Digital Humanities program is currently growing with three courses and a certificate (coming Fall 2027). In addition the Humanities Department offers three B.A. Programs: a Liberal Studies Teacher Preparation B.A.; a Creative Arts B.A. which includes an Arts Therapy Preparation concentration; and a Humanities B.A. in which students pursue a concentration in American Studies Liberal Arts or Religious Studies. We also house a range of certificates and minors including Environmental Humanities and Middle East Studies. The department also houses the Humanities Honors program which is open to all interested students and provides multi-semester enriching and in-depth courses and experiences.

The College of Humanities & Arts is committed to the Digital Humanities and to fully participating and intervening from critical humanistic perspectives into the campus engagement with conjunction with the Martin Luther King Jr. Library has created a Digital Humanities Center partially funded by an NEH grant. This Center is public facing and offers a range of events and opportunities for students and members of the community. Further the College has created the Advanced Institute for Ethics and Technology (ai-et) and is currently taking application for the first class of Fellows to the institute. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with both of these depending on their interests.

The Department of Humanities and San José State University value institutional excellence and are committed to advancing equity through research teaching and service. We enroll more than 40000 students many of whom are historically underserved; approximately 45% of our undergraduate students are first-generation college students and 38% are Pell Grant addition we are both a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI). SJSU aspires to create holistic learning environments that facilitate both individual and collective transformation. We seek teacher-scholars who cultivate inclusive empowering spaces for mutual learning skill-building and knowledge exchange for all students. Our commitment to lifelong learning supports meaningful connections among faculty staff students alumni and the broader communities we serve.

We invite all applicants to include a Statement of Institutional Excellence (or incorporate it into your cover letter) to share how your lived and professional experiences will contribute to the SJSU communityparticularly in relation to student success. A guide to writing this statement can be found at SJSU Institutional Excellence Statement Guidelines.

• A doctorate in Digital Humanities Critical Science and Technology Studies Culture Studies Humanities or related fields (e.g. American Studies Ethnic Studies Religious Studies etc.)
• Demonstrated potential for effective culturally sustaining teaching and/or successful teaching experience.
• Record of or demonstrated potential for research scholarship or creative activity in the field of Digital Humanities Critical Science and Technology Studies and/or related fields.
• Applicants should demonstrate an awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a socially and economically diverse student population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study training teaching and other comparable experience.
  
  

Priority will be given to candidates who possess one or more of the following:

• Demonstrated experience expertise and/or scholarship in the social and cultural significance and impact of artificial intelligence social media digital data and/or surveillance technologies
• Work in engaged scholarship and/or public humanities
• Demonstrated experience or interest in pedagogical approaches that account for broad cultural learning and socio-economic diversity within a classroom including the ability to apply different kinds of critical decolonial and culturally sustaining pedagogies
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and lead on issues of research/scholarship pedagogy curriculum etc.
  
  

• Teach undergraduate courses in Digital Humanities and other programs in the department; teaching load is three 3-unit courses per semester (as long as faculty is eligible for the RSCA Assigned Time program); develop new curriculum as program department and student needs and interests dictate.
• Maintain an active research/scholarship creative and/or community-engaged agenda as appropriate to your tenure-track appointment and aligned with the broad topic of technology and society/culture.

• Advise and mentor students and develop cross-departmental and institutional partnerships and collaborations as warranted by teaching and scholarly interests and departmental needs.
• The candidate will participate in shared governance usually in department college and university committees and other service assignments.
• Faculty shall organize all their classes within the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS).
• The candidate must demonstrate awareness and experience in understanding the needs of a student population of great diversity in age abilities cultural background ethnicity religion economic background primary language sexual orientation gender identity and academic preparation through inclusive course materials teaching strategies and advisement.
  
  

Note that all San José State University employees are considered mandated reporters under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and are required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment. Pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act) and CSU systemwide policy some faculty duties may lead to designation as a Campus Security Authority (CSA). CSAs are required to complete Clery Act training and to immediately report Clery incidents to the institution.

Faculty employees must complete CSU employee training as assigned and required based on their role (e.g. Data Security FERPA Preventing Discrimination and Harassment Title IX Health and Safety). The President may recommend or require compliance with safety measures that decrease the likelihood of COVID-19 transmission or illness and allows the core mission and activities of the campus to continue.

Click Apply Now to complete the SJSU Online Employment Application and attach the following documents departments may specify length of items below (e.g. 2 pages):

• letter of interest (no more than 2 pages)
• curriculum vitae
• institutional excellence statement (dedicated statement no more than 2 pages)
• statement of teaching interests/philosophy (no more than 2 pages)
• Statement of research/scholarship (2 pages)
• Three references with contact information

Pursuant to California Education Code 89521 applicants will be required to disclose whether they have received a final administrative decision or final judicial decision determining that they have committed sexual harassment within the last 7 years only after a determination is made that they meet the minimum qualifications for the position and before an offer of employment is extended. Applicants who reach the final stages of the application process must also sign a release form that authorizes the release of information by the applicants current and/or former employers to the CSU concerning any substantiated allegations of misconduct.

Inquiries may be directed to the Department Chair or Search Committee Chair: J. Todd Ormsbee

The work for this faculty position may only be performed in the State of California and requires establishing an on-campus presence. Employment is contingent upon US residence and proof of eligibility to work in the United States. Satisfactory completion of background and reference checks (including criminal records and prior employment) are required. SJSU will make a conditional offer of employment which may be