Job: Tenure-track assistant professor of sociolinguistics (heritage languages), UC-San Diego - DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS 29 NOVEMBER

[Scott McGinnis]

University or Organization: University of California, San Diego

Rank of Job: Assistant Professor

Specialty Areas Required: Sociolinguistics

 

Description:

 

Assistant Professor: Heritage Language Linguistics

 

Position: The Department of Linguistics at the University of

California, San Diego has a job opening for a tenure-track position in

the linguistics of heritage languages. The term "heritage language"

denotes a language other than English that is associated with an

individual's ethnic or cultural background and a "heritage speaker" is

someone who speaks or understands a language (other than English) that

was spoken at home. This position is part of a new interdisciplinary

initiative in the Social Sciences and Humanities addressing

linguistic, ethnic, and cultural diversity in California (the

California Cultures in Comparative Perspective Initiative,

http://weber.ucsd.edu/misc/cccp.shtml).

 

Qualifications: The successful applicant should have a strong

background in linguistic theory and a research focus on one or more of

the heritage languages of California (including Arabic, Cambodian,

Cantonese/Mandarin, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Native American languages

of California, Persian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese, and

others); native fluency in any of these languages is not required.

 

The applicant's overall research program should interface with the

main emphasis of the department on combining current theoretical

research in linguistics with experimental research in areas such as

computational linguistics, language and brain, phonetics, language

variation, and first or second language acquisition. (For more

information, please visit http://ling.ucsd.edu/.)

 

As part of their service to the department, the successful applicant

will be expected to develop and help direct a program in the teaching

of heritage languages, under the auspices of the department's

Linguistics Language Program (http://ling.ucsd.edu/Language/llp.htm).

The candidate should have a Ph.D. in linguistics at the time of

appointment.

 

Application details: A letter of application, a curriculum vitae, and

two (2) representative publications should be sent to the following

address:

 

        CC Recruitment Committee

        Department of Linguistics (0108),

        University of California San Diego

        9500 Gilman Drive

        La Jolla CA 92093-0108

 

Please indicate in the letter whether or not you will be available for

an interview at the 2003 LSA Meeting in Atlanta.

 

Those candidates who applied for the position in 2001 and wish to

reactivate their file can send an updated CV and letter of application

to the above address.

 

All candidates should arrange for three (3) referees to send letters

of reference under separate cover to the same address, and should

include the names and addresses of the referees (including e-mail

addresses and fax numbers) with the application. For fullest

consideration, all application materials, including letters, should be

received no later than November 29, 2002.

 

 

UCSD regulations: Salaries are in strict accordance with UC pay

scales.  If a non-citizen, state immigration status. UCSD is an equal

opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to excellence

through diversity. Applicants are invited to preview campus diversity

resources and programs at the campus website for Diversity

(http://diversity.ucsd.edu/).

 

To assist applicants who may have concerns regarding employment

opportunities for spouses/partners, please consider the UCSD website

for the Academic Job Opportunities Bulletin, the Staff Employment

Opportunity Bulletin or our links to employment opportunities at other

education and research institutions in San Diego.

 

Address for Applications:

 

            Attn: Catherine Alioto

            Department of Linguistics

            University of California, San Diego

            CC Recruitment Committee

            9500 Gilman Drive

            La Jolla, CA 92093-0108

            United States                                                              

            Applications are due by November 29, 2002

 

 

Contact Information:

            Catherine Alioto

            Email: calioto at ling.ucsd.edu

            Website: http://weber.ucsd.edu/misc/cccp.shtml

 

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