Professor and Director of the School of Communication, Language, and Culture, College of Liberal and Fine Arts (COLFA)

Position Summary

The School of Communication, Language, and Culture in the College of Liberal and Fine Arts at the University of Texas at San Antonio invites applications for a tenured Professor to serve as the inaugural School Director for an initial term of three years (renewable), to begin August 1, 2026.

Given the unique potential of the newly created School, which unites specializations in bilingual and community journalism, digital communication and media influence, digital humanities, health communication, interpersonal communication, languages, linguistics, literary studies, organizational communication, and translation and interpreting studies, among other areas, we seek an innovative inaugural School Director who is a leader, a scholar, a teacher, and a mentor.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Earned a doctorate in a related discipline to those represented by current faculty in the new School.
• Successfully navigate the different disciplines involved, facilitating collaboration and exchange.
• Embrace the opportunity to lead a unique school and its faculty in a transparent fashion.
• Have considerable management experience and proven ability to mentor faculty and students through change.
• Support innovative research and teaching as well as competitive proposals for external funding.
• Show evidence of ability to secure grants and external funding for their own work as applicable.
• Possess skills and interest in engaging donors and alumni alike to create and foster new relationships.
• Have a distinguished record of scholarship with extensive publications commensurate with a tenured position at a research-intensive university.
• Have an outstanding record of teaching excellence at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
• Maintain an active research agenda and excellence in the classroom as administrative duties permit.
• Contribute to the university and community through service activities and outreach.