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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all, I wanted to pass along this position: </p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Faculty Research Assistant</span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Less Commonly Taught Languages and Technology Use</span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL)</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> is seeking a faculty research assistant (FRA) to join in linguistic research in Less Commonly Taught Languages and in Technology Use. The projects in these two areas support CASL’s mission to conduct state-of-the-art research that will result in improved performance on language tasks relevant to the work of government language professionals.</span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Duties:</span></u></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The FRA will assist with research on various aspects of critical languages such as Pashto, Punjabi, and Bangla. Responsibilities include literature reviews, linguistic analysis, contributing to descriptive grammars of critical languages, and computational linguistics. The FRA will also perform project administrative duties, such as helping to prepare progress reports and schedule meetings. </span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Qualifications:</span></u></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Bachelor's degree or higher in linguistics or a related field with training in computer science and computational linguistics, or in computer science with training in linguistics and natural language processing. Background in Linux is essential. Coursework in or knowledge of a less commonly taught language, particularly a Middle Eastern, Central Asian, or South Asian language, is helpful. Also desirable is an ability and willingness to learn to work with computer applications for linguistic research, quantitative research methods, and corpus linguistics. The successful candidate will work as a member of a larger team and be motivated to receive training as needed.</span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Candidates must hold U.S. citizenship and be willing to obtain the appropriate security clearance. </span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CASL, established in 2003, is the nation’s 10th university-affiliated research center. Its mission is to conduct state-of-the-science research that results in improved performance on language tasks relevant to the work of government language professionals. Our research focuses on improving knowledge of less commonly taught languages; enhancing the acquisition and maintenance of foreign language capability by government professionals; advancing the capacity to use foreign language skills in government professions; and improving the quality of human language technology.<span style='color:black'></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Compensation for this position is competitive commensurate with experience and education, plus fantastic benefits (e.g., healthcare, excellent retirement plans, 22 days for annual leave, 3 personal days, and 14 scheduled holiday leave days per University schedule).</span><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Application: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For earliest consideration, apply online by going to <a href="https://jobs.umd.edu">https://jobs.umd.edu</a> and clicking on “Faculty” (or direct link: <a href="http://jobs.umd.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=55842">http://jobs.umd.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=55842</a>). You will need to create an account and submit a cover letter, resume, list of references containing the contact information for three professional referees, and up to three writing samples.</span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The University of Maryland is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.<span style='color:black'></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Holly Nalley</span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Staffing Coordinator, Human Resources</span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language</span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>301-226-9117</span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Language Research in Service to the Nation</span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.casl.umd.edu</span></p><p class=MsoNormal> </p></div></body></html>