Job: Director, Rice Center for the Study of Languages

[Michael Barlow]

Director of the Rice Center for the Study of Languages

Rice University seeks a senior scholar in one of the disciplines of foreign
language learning and teaching to be Director of the newly established Rice
Center for the Study of Languages.  Specialized knowledge of and research
interest in at least one foreign language is required, as is a record of
proven excellence in teaching.  Fluency in a second foreign language is
highly desirable.  The Director of the Center will receive a tenured
appointment in the appropriate language and literature department, with a
joint appointment in Linguistics if applicable.  The Director will be
responsible for the overall operation of the Center for the Study of
Languages, including enhancing introductory language instruction, creating a
viable FLAC program, and, with the assistance of an assistant director to be
hired later, developing electronic means of instruction.  The Director will
report directly to the Dean of Humanities.  A detailed report of the Dean's
Committee on Languages, which lays out the anticipated contours of the new
center will be on the Web at the following address:
http://ruf.rice.edu/~humadmin/plan2000.html.

Candidate should send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, brief writing sample
and three letters of recommendation to:
Chair, CSL Committee, Rice University, c/o Dean of Humanities (MS33), 6100
Main Street, Houston, TX   77005-1892.   Deadline for application:  November
15, 1996.

Rice University is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer.
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Michael Barlow (barlow at ruf.rice.edu)
Dept of Linguistics     Home page: http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~barlow/
Rice University         Athelstan: http://www.nol.net/~athel/athel.html