position announcement

[Johanne Paradis]

FACULTY OF ARTS
University of Alberta
Chair, Department of Linguistics

The Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta, invites applications and
nominations for the position of Chair of the Department of Linguistics.
This tenured appointment will be made at the rank of senior Associate or
full Professor, and will normally be for a five-year term, effective on or
after July 1, 2002.  The floor of the 2001-02 salary scale for the rank of
Professor is $70,183.  Applicants should have a distinguished record of
scholarship and professional achievement in experimental or theoretical
linguistics.  Full consideration will be given to all candidates with
specializations compatible with, or complementary to, any of the continuing
research strengths of the department.  The successful candidate will also
possess strong teaching, administrative and leadership abilities.

The Department of Linguistics has been recognized as one of the
University's emerging areas of research excellence. Extensive collaboration
exists among researchers pursuing experimentation, fieldwork, and
linguistic theory, as well as collaboration with allied fields in the
cognitive science domain.  Department members are engaged in ongoing
research, much of it grant-funded, in experimental phonetics; phonology;
syntax and semantics; fieldwork in aboriginal languages; language
acquisition; and psycholinguistic study of the mental lexicon. The
Department offers both graduate (PhD and MSc) and undergraduate degrees,
and values its reputation for excellence in teaching and graduate training.

The Faculty of Arts is one of Canada's largest and most successful liberal
arts teaching and research centres, with leading graduate programs in many
areas.  The Faculty is completing an extensive period of renewal and is
committed to ensuring that its many new and projected hires reinforce the
Faculty's lively and productive intellectual environment.  To learn more
about the Department of Linguistics and the Faculty of Arts, please visit
our websites at www.arts.ualberta.ca/~linguist and
www.humanities.ualberta.ca/arts.

As part of the application, candidates should submit a current curriculum
vitae, a brief outline of teaching and research interests, and should
arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent confidentially to:
Linguistics Chair Selection Committee, Faculty of Arts, University of
Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada  T6G 2E5.  Applications are encouraged from
Canadians, Permanent Residents of Canada and non-Canadians and will be
considered beginning January 31, 2002.  The competition will remain open
until a candidate is selected.

The University of Alberta hires on the basis of merit.  We are committed to
the principle of equity in employment.  We welcome diversity and encourage
applications from all qualified women and men, including  persons with
disabilities, members of visible minorities, and Aboriginal persons.

The records arising from this competition will be managed in accordance
with provisions of the Alberta Freedom of Information and Protection of
Privacy Act (FOIPP).


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Johanne Paradis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Linguistics
University of Alberta
4-46 Assiniboia Hall
Edmonton AB
T6G 2E7
Canada

phone: (780) 492-0805
fax:   (780) 492-0806
email: johanne.paradis at ualberta.ca