<p><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Program
in Second Language Education and Culture, University of Maryland, College Park</span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Rank:
Advanced Associate or Full Professor</span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Start
Date: Fall, 2010</span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Join a vibrant campus community
in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, whose excellence is reflected in its
teaching, research, and diversity.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The program in Second Language Education
and Culture (SLEC), housed within the College of Education, includes Ph.D.,
Ed.D., M.Ed, and M.Ed with ESOL/FL certification degrees. Faculty in the
department prepare the next generation of scholars and researchers and help
shape the theory and praxis that guide teaching and learning of languages.
Our faculty work </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">with international graduate students who are professional EFL
specialists in their home countries, as well as with U.S.-born graduate
students who work in ESL in the U.S. or in EFL overseas.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">We
specialize in the following areas:</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">English for Speakers of Other
Languages (TESOL) which includes English as a Foreign Language (EFL), English
as an international language (EIL), World Englishes, and English as a Second
Language (ESL)</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Bilingual/Multilingual education </span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Foreign/international/world
languages, including (but not limited to) Spanish, French, German, Russian,
Italian, Latin, Classical Greek, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and Arabic.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Program in Second
Language Education and Culture is highly interdisciplinary.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> We are particularly interested in candidates whose
research reflects the globally expanding nature of the field of Second Language
Acquisition.</span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Requirements </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">of the position:<span></span></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The successful candidate will be a
senior scholar (advanced Associate or Full professor) in the field of second
language education. She or he must be able to contribute to both U.S. and
international issues related to the teaching and learning of English and other
languages. The area of scholarship can be open, but a specialty in EFL, EIL, or
World Englishes is strongly preferred. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">We seek someone with a strong national or
international reputation for excellent research and publication in Foreign
Language Education (EFL, ESL, or other languages) who will be able to guide
students in appropriate research methodologies and to take on immediate
responsibilities in advising doctoral and master’s students, directing
dissertations, and contributing to doctoral comprehensive examinations and
master’s seminar papers. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">This individual
must have extensive senior-level university teaching credentials and a strong
vision of doctoral program excellence, the energy to share and collaboratively
implement such a vision, and experience in designing program options. The successful
candidate will have a record of securing external funding and be able to
initiate research grants and provide intellectual leadership and collaborative
engagement with faculty and students.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">For best consideration send a cover letter,
curriculum vitae, two-page statement of research agenda for the next three
years, a copy of three relevant publications, statement of teaching philosophy,
summary of teaching evaluations, and three letters of reference by March 1,
2010* to:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dr. Roberta Z. Lavine</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Chair, SLEC Search Committee</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Univ. of Maryland College Park</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">College Park, MD 20742</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> *Please contact Roberta Lavine at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><a href="mailto:rlavine@umd.edu">rlavine@umd.edu</a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; ">with any questions about the position</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The University of Maryland is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative
Action Employer. Women and minorities are strongly encouraged to apply.</span></p>