26.1370, Support: English; General Linguistics / USA

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LINGUIST List: Vol-26-1370. Wed Mar 11 2015. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 26.1370, Support: English; General Linguistics / USA

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Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 22:21:46
From: Yuri Yerastov [y_yerastov at fhsu.edu]
Subject: English; General Linguistics: Ma / MSc Student, Fort Hays State University, USA

 Institution/Organization: Fort Hays State University 
Department: English 
Web Address: http://www.fhsu.edu/english/ 

Level: MA / MSc 

Duties: Teaching,Project Work
 
Specialty Areas: General Linguistics 
 
Required Language(s): English (eng)

Description:

The Department of English at Fort Hays State University is seeking to fill graduate assistantship positions within its full time MA program. 

Each assistantship carries a full tuition remission (excluding fees) and a stipend of $7200 per year. Assistantship funding is renewable for another year based on performance and availability. 

Duties and Responsibilities:
Successful candidates will work as Graduate Assistants in the Writing Center, reporting to Dr Yerastov, Assistant Professor of Linguistics and Director of the Writing Center. 

Upon completion of the program, graduate students can apply to teach at our partner institution in China. 
As part of the MA in English, successful candidates will have an opportunity to pursue graduate coursework and a thesis in linguistics. 
Among the course offerings are:
- ENG 680: Introduction to Linguistic Science; 
- ENG 682: Traditional Grammar;
- ENG 683: History of the English Language; 
- ENG 685: Modern Grammar and Usage.
 
Graduate students who focus on Linguistics can receive supervision from Dr Yerastov in the following areas: 
- Construction Grammar; 
- Grammaticalization;
- Dialectology; 
- Corpus Linguistics; 
- Natural Language Processing (NLP). 

Requirements:
- bachelor's degree in English or Linguistics

Preferred qualifications:
- previous tutoring / teaching assistant experience
- experience with spreadsheets and Google Docs 

How to apply:
Contact Dr. Yerastov and apply online at the graduate school application website.

Located on a beautiful rural campus, Fort Hays State University offers a safe environment and a low cost of living in the Hays, KS, area. The University is within four hours of Kansas City and five hours of Denver. 

Application Deadline: 15-Apr-2015 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Dr Yuri Yerastov 
	600 Park St 
	English Department 
	Hays KS 67601 
	USA 
	
Web Address for Applications: http://www.fhsu.edu/academic/gradschl/admissions/ 

Contact Information: 
	Dr Yuri Yerastov 
	y_yerastov at fhsu.edu 
	Phone:7856285341  


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