Job announcement at U. of Illinois

[Makoto Hayashi]

The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is seeking a full-time Assistant
Professor (on tenure-track) to teach Japanese language and
linguistics, and direct the elementary and intermediate Japanese
language instructional program, beginning August 21, 2003.
Qualifications include: A doctorate in hand by the appointment date,
good evidence of strong research potential, relevant teaching
credentials, and experience in teaching Japanese and in Japanese
language program supervision.  We are especially interested in
candidates whose research expertise lies in Japanese language pedagogy
and the acquisition of Japanese as a second language.  One half of the
teaching obligation will be in language instruction, and the other
half will be in other departmental courses including those in the
candidate's areas of specialization.  Salary is competitive and
commensurate with experience and qualifications.  For full
consideration, send letter of application, curriculum vitae, and
concise statement of research and teaching interests, samples of
publications, if any, and three letters of recommendation, by December
10, 2002 to:

Japanese Language/Linguistics Search Committee Chair
Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
2090-A FLB, MC-146
707 S. Mathews Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801 USA

Contact Information:

    Professor Jerome Packard
    Email: j-packard at uiuc.edu
    Tel: 217-244-1432

UIUC is an AA/EOE.