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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">October 23, 2013</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-VARIANT: small-caps"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Tenure-track Assistant Professor:<a name="_GoBack"></a> language education</font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-VARIANT: small-caps"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Department of Applied Linguistics, Portland state university</font></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-VARIANT: small-caps"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Position Summary</font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The Department of Applied Linguistics, Portland State University, invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level. The department offers an undergraduate
major and minor in applied linguistics, a one-year TESL certificate, and an MA in TESOL; a proposal for a PhD in Applied Linguistics is under discussion. The department is also home to the Intensive English Language Program, one of the largest and oldest academic
English programs on the West coast, and houses the Literacy, Language & Technology Research (LLTR) group.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The ideal candidate will be an applied linguist with expertise in language education and one or more of the following: intercultural communication, corpus linguistics, or grammar (from a grammar-in-use
or functional perspective). We seek someone who is committed to the development of pre-service language educators and enthusiastic about supervising MA-level teaching-related projects and theses. Candidates should have experience teaching a second or foreign
language (preferably English). They should also have experience with the use of technology in language education and demonstrate familiarity with a range of research methods.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Candidates must be comfortable in an Applied Linguistics program committed to excellence in research, teaching, and student mentoring. They must likewise be comfortable linking research, theory,
and practice in applied linguistics.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-VARIANT: small-caps"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Responsibilities</font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Responsibilities include teaching two courses per quarter (three terms/year), advising students, and supervising graduate students as well as maintaining an active research agenda, including a plan
for seeking external funding. Service to the department, the institution, and the discipline are also expected.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-VARIANT: small-caps"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Required Qualifications</font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.2in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">· Ph.D. in applied linguistics or a related field in hand by start date, September 16, 2014. Candidates whose degree is not in applied linguistics should make explicit
in their application how their research and teaching relate directly to applied linguistics.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.2in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">· The ability to teach two or more of the following courses— Understanding the International Experience , Corpus Linguistics in Language Teaching, Structure of English,
and/or Grammar for TESOL—as well as other language education courses in the curriculum.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.2in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">· The ability to teach and mentor students in both quantitative and qualitative research methods, based on training and experience in research.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.2in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">· An active research agenda that includes publishing in respected venues and a plan for seeking external funding.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.2in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">· Experience teaching a second or foreign language (preferably English) and familiarity with the types of programs that generally employ MA TESOL graduates.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.2in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">· Experience with technology in language education.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.2in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">· The ability to link research, theory, and practice in applied linguistics.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-VARIANT: small-caps"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Preferred qualifications</font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.2in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">· The ability to apply intercultural communication theory for language education purposes
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.2in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">· The ability to teach grammar courses from a grammar-in-use or functional perspective</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.2in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">· Experience with online instruction</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-VARIANT: small-caps"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Compensation
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Compensation is competitive with an excellent benefits package including 95% premium paid healthcare; a generous retirement and vacation package; and reduced tuition rates for employee, spouse or
dependent at any of the Oregon University System schools.</font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0in"><b><span style="FONT-VARIANT: small-caps"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">To apply</font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Please apply online at: <a href="https://jobs.hrc.pdx.edu/postings/11015" target="_blank">https://jobs.hrc.pdx.edu/postings/11015</a>. Please arrange to have teaching evaluations, if not electronic,
and three letters of reference sent directly to Search Committee, Department of Applied Linguistics, Portland State University, PO Box 751, Portland OR 97207-0751, USA.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Online applications preferred; hard copies will be accepted at the address above.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Deadline for applications is November 22, 2013. For more detailed information about the department, please visit our website at
<a href="http://www.ling.pdx.edu/" target="_blank"><i>www.ling.pdx.edu</i></a> or call 503.725.4098.
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<p><em><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Portland State University is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Institution and welcomes applications from diverse candidates and candidates who support diversity.</font></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Discrimination or harassment on the basis of age, disability, national origin, race, color, marital status, veteran status, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information or in the use of
Worker's Compensation, Federal Family Medical Leave Act, or the Oregon Medical Leave Act is strictly prohibited by PSU policy.</font></p>
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