34.3139, Jobs: American Sign Language; General Linguistics: Assistant Professor of Anthropology and ASL, University of Virginia

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Subject: 34.3139, Jobs: American Sign Language; General Linguistics: Assistant Professor of Anthropology and ASL, University of Virginia

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Date: 21-Oct-2023
From: Lise Dobrin [dobrin at virginia.edu]
Subject: American Sign Language; General Linguistics: Assistant Professor of Anthropology and ASL, University of Virginia


University or Organization: University of Virginia
Department: Anthropology and ASL
Job Location: Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Web Address: https://anthropology.as.virginia.edu/
Job Title: Assistant Professor of Anthropology and ASL
Job Rank: Assistant Professor

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Signed languages, Deaf Cultures,
and Deaf Communicative Practices

Required Language(s): American Sign Language (ase)

Description:

The American Sign Language Program and Department of Anthropology at
the University of Virginia seek to hire an Assistant Professor (tenure
track) whose work explores signed languages, deaf cultures, and/or
deaf communicative practices. We welcome applications from
anthropologists and scholars with training and synergistic interests
in other disciplines, including but not limited to deaf studies,
social studies of technology, and linguistics. The appointment will be
evenly split between the two units by teaching and service, with
Anthropology providing the tenure home for the successful candidate.
Geographic area and topical specialization are open, with a strong
preference for candidates whose research and teaching complement those
of the Anthropology Department and ASL Program faculty. Given the
interdisciplinarity of this hire, we also prefer candidates who can
work productively with colleagues within and across the two units and
additional ones, potentially including (but not limited to) the
interdepartmental Linguistics M.A. program and undergraduate major.
The successful candidate will be someone with organizational and
interpersonal skills to contribute to research and curricular
initiatives.

UVA’s Anthropology Department includes faculty from three of
anthropology’s traditional subfields: archaeological, sociocultural,
and linguistic anthropology. Faculty are firmly committed to
field-based methods and are excited by the possibilities inherent in
community-based research and writing for diverse audiences. Faculty
research specialties that overlap productively with sign language
research and deaf studies are gesture and multimodal interaction;
anthropology of health, ethics, and care; cultural identities and
inequality; and documentation and analysis of underrepresented
languages. The UVA American Sign Language Program is dedicated to
increasing knowledge about deaf people’s culture and experiences by
offering courses in American deaf history, deafness in literature and
film, sign language linguistics, and related topics. The program
offers a four-semester sequence of ASL courses that fulfills UVA’s
World Language requirement. It also offers a minor in ASL and Deaf
Culture with advanced language and elective courses.

Half of the hire’s 2/2 teaching load will be dedicated to language
instruction in the ASL program, with the level of instruction
determined by the candidate’s strengths and interests. The remaining
classes will be in the hire’s area of specialization, contributing to
the Anthropology Ph.D. program and undergraduate major. In addition to
teaching, the candidate will be expected to maintain an active
research program, mentor undergraduate and graduate students, and
contribute to the Anthropology Department, the ASL Program, and the
wider University through service.

We seek candidates with an ongoing program of research and publication
(commensurate with years since Ph.D.) and prior teaching experience.
Applicants must hold a Ph.D. at the time of appointment. The
successful candidate will have extensive firsthand experience with
D/deaf communities. The University of Virginia is committed to
providing sign language interpreters as necessary for all classes,
meetings, and other University functions. Deaf people, women,
minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to
apply.

Visit http://apply.interfolio.com/130426 to apply.

Mailing Address for Applications:
Web Address for Applications: http://apply.interfolio.com/130426
Contact Information:
        Prof. Lise Dobrin
        Email: dobrin at virginia.edu



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