28.3883, Jobs: Language Documentation: Assistant Professor, University of Oregon

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Subject: 28.3883, Jobs: Language Documentation: Assistant Professor, University of Oregon

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Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 13:26:55
From: Spike Gildea [spike at uoregon.edu]
Subject: Language Documentation: Assistant Professor, University of Oregon, USA

 
University or Organization: University of Oregon 
Department: Linguistics
Job Location: Oregon, USA 
Web Address: https://linguistics.uoregon.edu/
Job Title: Assistant Professor of Linguistics
Job Rank: Assistant Professor

Specialty Areas: Language Documentation; Field Work


Description:

The University of Oregon’s Department of Linguistics invites applications for
a tenure-track position of Assistant Professor in Linguistics, to begin in
fall 2018. We seek candidates specializing in fieldwork & language
description, whose training and research orientation are compatible with our
commitment to functional/usage-based approaches to linguistic explanation.
Competitive applicants will be capable of outstanding research and teaching at
the graduate and undergraduate levels. A successful candidate will have an
established program of field research, thorough knowledge of relevant
technology and software, and have additional expertise in one or more related
areas such as language revitalization, corpus creation and management, digital
archiving, quantitative methods, and experimental methods in the field. The
best applications will also highlight the theoretical richness and/or
typological relevance of their research program in one or more areas of
linguistics.  

We are especially interested in scholars who will enhance the department’s
existing strengths in historical linguistics, usage-based approaches to
syntax, laboratory phonology, and/or complement our current expertise with
other strengths such as quantitative/statistical methods or experimental
approaches in fieldwork. We are a diverse and growing department with
strengths in linguistic typology, functionalist approaches to syntax, language
description and revitalization, historical linguistics, experimental
linguistics, laboratory phonology, language acquisition and teaching, and
variationist sociolinguistics. We particularly welcome applications from
scholars who are from populations historically underrepresented in the
academy, and/or who have experience working with students from diverse
backgrounds.

Minimum Requirements: Ph.D. in Linguistics or related field in hand by time of
appointment.
Salary is competitive.

Candidates are asked to apply online at the link below by submitting an
application letter, a curriculum vitae, a writing sample, and three letters of
recommendation by December 1, 2017, or until the post has been filled. If you
are unable to use this online resource, please contact Linda Campbell at the
Department of Linguistics (lcampbe at uoregon.edu) to arrange alternate means of
submitting application materials.

The University of Oregon is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally
diverse and pluralistic faculty committed to teaching and working in a
multicultural environment and strongly encourages applications from
minorities, women, and people with disabilities. Applicants are requested to
include in their cover letter information about how they will further this
goal. In particular, candidates should describe previous activities mentoring
minorities, women, or members of other underrepresented groups.



Application Deadline: 01-Dec-2017 
	  
Web Address for Applications: http://bit.ly/2xivKcd 
Contact Information:
	Professor Spike Gildea 
	Email: spike at uoregon.edu 


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