Dear Colleagues and Students,

As many of you know, recent organizational changes at Texas A&M, shifts in national funding priorities, and developments within the field of digital humanities have prompted a review of the Center of Digital Humanities Research (CoDHR) and its future direction.

Pending final approval, CoDHR will transition from the College of Arts & Sciences to Texas A&M University Libraries at the end of the Spring 2026 semester. In preparation for this move, CoDHR is collaborating with principal investigators and the Libraries to ensure the smooth transfer and archiving of existing projects. Please note that the Digital Humanities Certificate, administered by the Department of English, will remain unchanged.

Since its founding in 2018, CoDHR has played an important role in advancing Texas A&M’s research profile. We believe the Libraries are well positioned to sustain and strengthen CoDHR’s university-wide mission to support digital humanities research during this period of change in higher education. I want to express my sincere appreciation to Director Maura Ives and Associate Director Amy Earhart for their leadership and service.

The College remains deeply committed to fostering research in digital humanities and the humanities more broadly. To that end, we are investing an additional $50,000 annually for the next three years in the Glasscock Center for Humanities Research to expand existing programs and launch new initiatives that will seed and support digital humanities projects. In addition, the College will fund a new three-year humanities research initiative at up to $50,000 per year to amplify emerging, multidisciplinary areas of scholarship. Additional information and an open call for proposals will be available next semester.

Simon W. North
John W. Bevan Professor of Chemistry
Interim Dean
College of Arts and Sciences

377 Houston Street, 4th Floor
College Station, TX 77843-3357

979-458-6947

ArtSci-dean@tamu.edu

The Associate Director should be a full-time faculty member at Texas A&M, including Academic Professional Track (APT), whose academic interests lie in the digital humanities.

The Associate Director should be committed to advancing the Center’s mission to “seed, incubate, and facilitate digital humanities research at Texas A&M.” Experience in promoting interdisciplinary scholarship and dialogue is a plus. Responsibilities will primarily include helping to oversee existing activities within the Center, such as the Digital Humanities Working Group, Speaker Series, and Programming for Humanists. The Associate Director will also be expected to take a leading role in building CoDHR’s capacity to support well-established, open source digital humanities tools such as Omeka.

The Associate Director will have an office within the Center and be expected to maintain a physical presence there as well as contribute to the Center’s broader intellectual life. An annual professional development bursary will be available along with one month of summer salary and a teaching reduction dependent upon department and college norms to specific applicants (e.g. standard teaching loads and other responsibilities).

Inquiries, expressions of interest, and nominations should be sent by April 5, 2024 to:

Maura Ives, Director
m-ives@tamu.edu