26.914, FYI: Santa Barbara Sneak Peek 2015 for Potential Graduate Applicants

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Subject: 26.914, FYI: Santa Barbara Sneak Peek 2015 for Potential Graduate Applicants

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Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 15:48:48
From: Mary Bucholtz [bucholtz at linguistics.ucsb.edu]
Subject: Santa Barbara Sneak Peek 2015 for Potential Graduate Applicants

Santa Barbara Sneak Peek for Potential Graduate Applicants

Department of Linguistics
University of California, Santa Barbara
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Eligible students are invited to apply to attend Santa Barbara Sneak Peek
2015, a special event of the Department of Linguistics at the University of
California, Santa Barbara that is intended to identify and foster excellent
potential graduate applicants from diverse backgrounds. Santa Barbara Sneak
Peek will be held May 26, 2015 at UCSB.

The University of California recognizes the variety of personal experiences,
values and worldviews that arise from differences of culture and circumstance.
Such diversity in the UC student body is integral to the University’s
achievement of excellence. Santa Barbara Sneak Peek is aimed at graduate
students who bring an understanding of the experiences of groups historically
underrepresented in higher education. We encourage applications from
individuals who meet the eligibility criteria and represent cultural,
linguistic, geographic, and socioeconomic backgrounds not adequately
represented in the graduate student population. 

Participants in Santa Barbara Sneak Peek will:
- Learn about academic and research opportunities in linguistics at UCSB
- Meet with faculty and graduate students with shared research interests
- Hear from current linguistics graduate students about the graduate program,
the university, and the community of Santa Barbara
- Receive hands-on mentoring in how to create a strong graduate school
application

U.S. domestic air/ground transportation and accommodations of applicants
selected for participation will be paid for by UCSB.

Eligibility:
- Current or completed B.A. or M.A. in Linguistics or a closely related field
- U.S. citizenship or permanent residency, or AB-540/DACA status
- Planned application to UCSB’s graduate program in Linguistics in Fall 2015
(for admission for the 2016-17 academic year)
- Research focus relevant to UCSB’s discourse-functional perspective on
language and faculty research interests
- Ability to contribute to the diversity of UCSB’s graduate community through
research and/or life experience
- The application process is open to all eligible students. Students from
ethnoracial and socioeconomic groups traditionally underrepresented in higher
education are especially encouraged to apply. Applicants are encouraged to
present biographical material describing relevant experiences, activities,
research and service, rather than simply group identification. 

Selection for Santa Barbara Sneak Peek is not a guarantee of admission to
UCSB. Participants who apply to the graduate program will be evaluated
according to the same criteria as all other applicants. 

Application Procedure:
Applications are due via email to gradadvisor at linguistics.ucsb.edu, by
Tuesday, March 10, 2015, at 4:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. All materials
must be in PDF format. Applications must include the following:
- A 1- to 2-page single-spaced statement of purpose indicating: (1) the
student’s research interests, academic background, and experience, (2) the
reason for the student’s interest in UCSB and plans for graduate study; (3)
the contributions that the student can make to diversity at UCSB through
research and/or life experience. 
- College/university transcript(s) (an unofficial electronic version is
acceptable)
- Curriculum vitae or résumé
- Letter of recommendation from a faculty member in Linguistics or a closely
related field, stating (1) the student’s academic qualifications for seeking
to pursue graduate study in Linguistics at UCSB; (2) the contributions that
the student can make to diversity at UCSB through research and/or life
experience; (3) how the student will benefit from participation in Santa
Barbara Sneak Peek. The letter must be sent directly from the letter writer to
the email address above.

Applicants will be notified by no later than Friday, April 3, 2015.

About UCSB's Graduate Program in Linguistics:
The UCSB Department of Linguistics is committed to seeking discourse-based and
typologically informed functional explanations for linguistic structure, use,
and change. Faculty and graduate students use a wide range of empirical
methods to examine the diversity of the world’s languages. At the master’s
level, students receive broad training in UCSB’s distinctive approach to
linguistics through coursework in all subfields. At the doctoral level,
students focus on one or more areas of specialization: linguistic structure,
cognitive linguistics, corpus linguistics, and sociocultural linguistics.
Students may also pursue interdisciplinary Ph.D. emphases to enhance their
linguistics degree. 

For more information about linguistics at UCSB, visit the department’s
website: http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu.
For questions about UCSB’s graduate program in linguistics, the Santa Barbara
Sneak Peek event, or the application process, contact Mary Bucholtz, Graduate
Advisor, or Alicia Holm, Graduate Program Assistant, at
gradadvisor at linguistics.ucsb.edu.

Support for Santa Barbara Sneak Peek is provided by UCSB’s Department of
Linguistics and the Graduate Division, the Office of the Executive Vice
Chancellor, and the Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity,
Equity, and Academic Policy.

University of California Nondiscrimination Policy:
The University of California does not discriminate on the basis of race,
color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, disability,
age, medical condition (cancer‐related), ancestry, marital status,
citizenship, sexual orientation, or status as a Vietnam‐era veteran or special
disabled veteran.

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

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