Department Administrator
DEPARTMENT OF MODERN AND CLASSICAL LANGUAGES, LITERATURES AND CULTURES
The Department Administrator serves as the chief administrative and financial leader for the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (MCLLC). This position reports to the Department Chair and serves as the primary business manager of the department's fiscal, academic, and administrative functions.
The Department Administrator provides financial and operational oversight while serving as a trusted partner to the Dean's office and the department chair, as well as to the departmental faculty, staff, and students. This role manages the departmental staff and budgets, directs administrative functions, and ensures effective operations in support of teaching, research, and the interdisciplinary goals of the department. The role requires strong leadership, presence, and collaboration to foster a supportive and high-performing departmental community.
Postdoctoral Associate - Study of Women, Gender & Sexuality
CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF WOMEN, GENDER & SEXUALITY
The Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality (CSWGS) at Rice University seeks candidates for a postdoctoral associate in the humanities or social sciences whose research and teaching centers on gender and sexuality. Research focus on global South site(s) and/or issues of race is a plus.
The Center is particularly interested in applicants who demonstrate a record of feminist research, innovative teaching, and the potential to contribute to the Center by offering courses and workshops in engaged research.
The postdoc is expected to make significant progress in their research and publication, to participate actively in the intellectual life of the Center, and to teach three courses per year.
Ph.D. must be conferred between June 29th, 2023, and June 30, 2026.
The fellowship has a term of one year, beginning July 1, 2026, and is renewable for a second year upon successful completion of the first year.
Elizabeth Lee Moody Junior Professorship
DEPARTMENT OF ART
The Department of Art at Rice University is seeking to hire at the Assistant Professor rank a full-time, tenure-track artist and art educator with primary interests in the production of film, video, and/or new media forms. The successful applicant for this Elizabeth Lee Moody Junior Professorship will have a proven record of community and civic engagement.
The successful candidate will be an actively exhibiting practitioner with a record of teaching excellence. They will be responsible for teaching four undergraduate courses each academic year (two fall and two spring); engaging and maintaining an active and ambitious program of research and creative scholarship; participating in student advising and mentoring; and serving on department and university committees. The candidate will collaborate on the administration and coordination of undergraduate curricula in Art as well as a new major in Media Studies (which is anchored across departments in the School of Humanities). Candidates must have an MFA; significant organization, communication, and collaborative skills; and a substantive understanding of the general history, practice, theory, and criticism of contemporary film/video/new media art. We are particularly interested in candidates who demonstrate through their teaching, mentorship, and practice a commitment to the uplifting of historically underrepresented perspectives and who bring multilingual, international and/or cross-cultural perspectives to their work.