35.925, Jobs: General Linguistics: Visiting Assistant Professor in Linguistics, Boston College

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Subject: 35.925, Jobs: General Linguistics: Visiting Assistant Professor in Linguistics, Boston College

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Date: 12-Mar-2024
From: Korina Tazbir [esgstudies at bc.edu]
Subject: General Linguistics: Visiting Assistant Professor in Linguistics, Boston College


University or Organization: Boston College
Department: Department of Eastern, Slavic, and German Studies
Job Location: Massachusetts, USA
Job Title: Visiting Assistant Professor in Linguistics
Job Rank: Assistant Professor

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics

Description:

Boston College seeks a Visiting Assistant Professor in Linguistics for
the academic year 2024–2025. This is a full-time, non-tenure-track
appointment in Linguistics, an academic program within the Department
of Eastern, Slavic, and German Studies. The position entails a 2/3
teaching load, for a non-renewable term beginning July 1, 2024.

Courses to be taught include:
 • A single-semester introduction to Linguistics, our gateway course
into the Linguistics major and minor
 • Two upper-division courses designed for Linguistics majors and
minors, in any two of these subareas:
    - Historical Linguistics
    - The history and structure of a specific language or language
family
    - Syntax
    - Semantics or Pragmatics
    - Phonetics and Phonology
 • Two courses that would enroll both early majors / minors in
Linguistics alongside students with no previous background in the
field. Some plausible topics include (but are not limited to):
language acquisition; the history of English; anthropological
linguistics; computational linguistics; language and the law; language
and education

Qualifications:
 - PhD in Linguistics in hand
 - Excellence in teaching
 - Interest in contributing to a small but lively program in
Linguistics within a language
department

Applicants should submit application materials through Interfolio
using the link below, addressed to Prof. Margaret Thomas. Please
include the following:
 - A cover letter specifying the applicant’s teaching experience and
interests
 - A current CV
 - Two or three brief course proposals, or syllabi for courses already
taught
 - Teaching evaluations

Review of applications begins immediately and will continue through 15
April 2024.

Application Deadline: 15-Apr-2024
Mailing Address for Applications:
Web Address for Applications: http://apply.interfolio.com/142714
Contact Information:
        Professor Margaret Thomas
        Email: esgstudies at bc.edu



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