Position Announcement: Second Language Acq and/or Bilingualism, Arizona State University, College of Education

[Jeff MacSwan]

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor
Second Language Acquisition and/or Bilingualism
College of Education
Arizona State University

Arizona State University is a Research I institution.  The College of
Education is consistently ranked in the top tier of Graduate Schools of
Education by U.S. News and World Report. The College of Education provides
a stimulating, challenging forum for scholars and practitioners to engage
in the discovery and transmission of educational knowledge.

The College of Education at Arizona State University seeks to fill two
positions, one at the junior level and one at the senior level,
specializing in Second Language Acquisition, Second Language Literacy,
and/or Bilingualism, pending budgetary approval.  The individuals selected
for the positions will be affiliated with an interdisciplinary group
focused on language and literacy, and will be expected to teach
undergraduate and graduate courses focusing on Second Language Acquisition,
Second Language Literacy, and/or Bilingualism in teacher certification
programs, master's programs, and an interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in
Language and Literacy.  Applications are invited from a broad range of
disciplinary perspectives focusing on the education of language minority
students in urban schools.

Required qualifications are as follows:
a)	Must hold earned doctorate in Education or in a field related to the
study of Second Language Acquisition, Second Language Literacy, and/or
Bilingualism;
b)	Demonstrate a record of scholarly productivity in Second Language
Acquisition, Second Language Literacy, and/or Bilingualism appropriate to rank;
c)	Successful experience in teaching and advising appropriate to rank.

Desired qualifications include:
a)	Experience chairing doctoral dissertations appropriate to rank;
b)	Experience teaching and/or working with teachers in urban school settings;
c)	Knowledge of and/or experience working with language minority children;
d)	Proficiency in a language other than English.

Candidates must send a letter of application addressing the position
qualifications described above and specifying the rank of the position for
which they are applying, a current vita, a sample of scholarly work and
contact information for three references. All application material must be
sent to:

Professor M. Beatriz Arias, Chair
Search Committee
College of Education
P.O. Box 871411
Tempe, Arizona 85287-1411
FAX: (480) 727-7991
bea at asu.edu

The application and supporting materials will be reviewed beginning
December 1, 2001 or every two (2) weeks thereafter until the positions are
filled.(Finalists will be notified before the references are contracted.)

Arizona State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Employer.  More information about the College can be found on our website
at http://www.coe.asu.edu. The College of Education is dedicated to
increasing the diversity of its campus community.