Job: TESOL, University of Missouri-Columbia

[Francis Hult]

University of Missouri-Columbia

 

Assistant Professor of TESOL

 

Position: Assistant Professor in the Department of Learning, Teaching and Curriculum. Tenure-Track appointment, 9-month.  Additional summer appointment for the next four years available. The Department of Learning, Teaching, and Curriculum seeks a bright, knowledgeable, and energetic Specialist in English Language Learning to work with internationally recognized, award-winning faculty in English Education and Literacy Education. Our activities are described at http://ltc.missouri.edu.

 

Responsibilities: The TESOL Educator will primarily teach Graduate courses in her or his specialty; work with students and faculty in English and Literacy Education, and faculty across campus. The successful candidate will also serve as the Program Coordinator for the federally funded Title III grant, Project ELL-MO (English Language Learning in Missouri). The successful candidate will play a key role in building a nationally and internationally recognized TESOL program. The successful candidate must develop a research agenda in TESOL teaching and learning, publish scholarship, present at professional conferences, and secure external funding for research and development projects. The successful candidate will report to the Chair of Learning,

Teaching & Curriculum (LTC), a nationally ranked program, currently comprised of 28 tenuretrack and tenured faculty members, and over 100 doctoral students. 

 

Qualifications: The successful candidate must have an earned Ph.D. in TESOL or closely related field (will consider ABD); strong knowledge of research methods; an informed, broad conception of TESOL; and the ability to achieve state and national visibility through a clearly defined research agenda. Candidates will have successful teaching experience of at least three years. 

 

Salary and Benefits: This is a benefit-eligible, grant-funded position.  Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications.  Appointment begins Fall Semester, 2008.

 

Application Procedures: Applicants should send (1) a letter of application addressing

qualifications and describing teaching, research, and outreach interests and experiences related to TESOL education; (2) a curriculum vita; (3) three letters of reference that address the candidate's teaching and research qualifications.

 

Send application materials to: 

 

Dr. Carol Gilles, Chair, Search Committee, 303 Townsend Hall, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, gillesc at missouri.edu.  

 

Review of applications will begin December 1, 2007 and will continue until the position is filled.  

 

MU is the oldest state university west of the Mississippi River and the largest of the four institutions in the University of Missouri System.  It is one of the most comprehensive and diverse universities in the United States, and proudly embraces the land grant mission. 

 

Visit the University of Missouri-Columbia's web site at http://mujobs.missouri.edu

 

 
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