Job announcement: Rice University Medical Humanities

[Kirsten Ostherr]

Dear all,

We are pleased to post this new tenure-track position announcement. Please circulate widely.  

Tenure-track assistant or associate professor of Medical Humanities, specializing in narrative and/or digital humanities approaches to medicine and health in the 20th-21st centuries. Focus on data, technology, and computational approaches to health narratives (or critical data and software studies focusing on health/medicine) highly desired, with a preference for scholars with demonstrated engagement with Medical Humanities who can connect with Rice’s new Media Studies major and Science and Technology Studies minor. Ability to teach courses in literature and medicine, digital health humanities, and diverse narrative traditions is highly desired. A research focus on minoritized or marginalized communities, and engagement with interdisciplinary and collaborative methods is preferred. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in a relevant field in the Humanities (e.g. Literary Studies, Media Studies, Digital Humanities, or a related interdisciplinary field) by July 1, 2026. 

Deadline: October 31, 2025.

For full details and to apply, visit: https://apply.interfolio.com/172836

For questions, please contact: Christine Medina <cme...@rice.edu>

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Kirsten Ostherr, PhD, MPH
Gladys Louise Fox Professor, Department of English and Creative Writing 
Director, Medical Humanities Research Institute
Director, Medical Humanities Program
Director, Medical Futures Lab
Rice University - MS 30
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX 77005