[Afamlanguage] Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Language Acquisition, Department of Linguistics

[Anne Charity Hudley]

The Linguistics Department of the University of California, Santa Barbara seeks to hire a specialist in children’s language acquisition. The appointment will be a tenure track position at the Assistant Professor level, effective July 1, 2018. The ideal candidate will have primary expertise in first language acquisition grounded in empirical linguistic research on any language(s). The specific area of specialization is open. The ability to contextualize the process of first language acquisition with respect to the discourse functional theoretical orientation of the department is an important priority. We especially encourage applicants with expertise in multiple methodologies, which may include longitudinal, experimental, field and/or ethnographic approaches, and the ability to contribute to important departmental foci, such as corpus linguistics, understudied languages, and/or language socialization. The candidate should have the potential to link the theoretical implications of their research to other subdisciplines in linguistics, and to interact with colleagues and students across disciplinary boundaries at UCSB. Candidates must have demonstrated excellence in teaching and will be expected to teach a range of graduate and undergraduate courses in language acquisition and general linguistics and to contribute to the department's undergraduate major in Linguistics as well as the minor in Speech-Language Sciences and Disorders. For more information on the department, see www.linguistics.ucsb.edu <http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/>.

A Ph.D. in linguistics or a related field is expected by the time of appointment. To ensure full consideration, all application materials, including letters of reference, should be received by November 4, 2017. The position will remain open until filled. Applicants must complete the online form at https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/apply/JPF01039 <https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/apply/JPF01039> and must submit online the following in PDF format: letter of application, statement of research interests, teaching statement, diversity statement (optional), curriculum vitae, and 2 writing samples. Applicants should request at least 3 academic letters of reference to be sent directly to
https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/apply/JPF01039 <https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/apply/JPF01039> by the November 4 deadline. Inquiries may be addressed to the Search Committee at Acquisitionsearch at linguistics.ucsb.edu <mailto:Acquisitionsearch at linguistics.ucsb.edu>. Selected applicants will be interviewed via Skype. Our department has a genuine commitment to diversity, and is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through research, teaching and service.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Anne H. Charity Hudley, Ph.D.
North Hall Endowed Chair in the Linguistics of African America
Director of Undergraduate Research for the College of Letters and Science
University of California, Santa Barbara
Executive Committee, Linguistic Society of America (LSA)