Post-Doctoral Fellowship

The Humanities Center at Texas Tech University invites applications for its Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the Humanities, to be held over the 2025-2026 academic year, beginning on September 1, 2025.

Review of applications will begin immediately, with interviews planned for July 28-August 1, 2025.

This fellowship is open to all recent PhDs across humanities disciplines, but the Center will prioritize applicants whose work complements our recent scholarly emphases and research strengths. We are particularly interested in receiving applications from scholars whose work might contribute to ongoing research activity at Texas Tech, broadly defined.

This post-doctoral fellowship will target early career scholars who plan to pursue a tenure-track position after the term of the award, and who would benefit from dedicated research and writing time as well as professional development mentoring.

The Fellow will be provided with an office and computer at the Humanities Center and full library privileges, including access to special collections, online databases, and interlibrary loan services. Housing is not included, but the Humanities Center can assist with identifying housing resources if requested.  The Center's visiting scholar will be paired with two faculty mentors at Texas Tech: one directly aligned with the Fellow's field of research study, and a second at-large mentor available for broad consultation about the academic profession.  This fellowship is primarily intended to support new research in the humanities, and as such, the fellow will have no assigned teaching with this position.

To apply please visit: Post-Doctoral Fellowship

Major/Essential Functions

The visiting fellow will be expected to:

• Work in residence on the TTU Lubbock campus on a full-time basis during the award tenure.
• Prepare and deliver to the TTU community a 45-minute public talk on their research in the Spring 2026.
• Attend Humanities Center events, including our annual academic conference and at least five other talks or workshop events during the tenure of the award.

Required Qualifications

Scholars in any humanities field are welcome to apply. The Center is especially interested in applications whose projects will benefit from using libraries, archives, and other resources at Texas Tech and/or the Lubbock area.

The selected Fellow must hold the Ph.D. by the start of the award, but must not have earned the degree before 2021.

The Center will prioritize applicants with experience working in areas complementing the Center's recent scholarly emphasis.  Such areas include but are not limited to:  public health, environmental studies, and community resilience.  For examples of recent scholarly programming, please see 2024-2025 Annual Theme.

Special Instructions to Applicants

For additional information, contact Dr. Michael Borshuk, Director of the Humanities Center at Texas Tech at michael.borshuk@ttu.edu.

Required Attachments

The following documents should be attached to the application:

• an abstract of no more than 250 words describing your project.
• a C.V. no more than 3 pages with an emphasis on work showing your sutiability for undertaking the project you propose.
• a narrative of no more than 1000 words describing your project, and how, specifically, you propose to use our resources if selected for the fellowship.
• A scholarly writing sample of 20-25 pages.
• The names and contact information of three people whom we may contact for recommendations.  Brief descriptions of their work/discipline and relationship to the candidate would be appreciated.

Job Type

Full-time

Pay Statement

The Fellowship carries a salary of $48,000, distributed over 9 months, plus fringe benefits, to be paid by the Center.  

To apply please visit: Post-Doctoral Fellowship