[Lingtyp] [Job Ad] Assistant Professor - Language Revitalization - Linguistics

[LingMgr Departmental]

Dear colleagues,

The Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, is
hiring an assistant professor (tenure-track) in Language Revitalization.
See the attached job ad for more details.

Please share the ad with your networks and anyone you think would be
interested in this position!

*Application deadline:* Friday, Oct 31, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
*See the full job description and apply
here: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05022
<https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05022>*


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*Position description:*

The Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley,
has been authorized to make an appointment in Language Revitalization. The
position will be filled at the rank of assistant professor (tenure-track).
Duties will include teaching (up to three courses per year); undergraduate
and graduate advising and supervision of student research; development of a
successful and original research program; and service contributions.
Candidates with research specialization in language revitalization and a
broad intellectual engagement in linguistics and related fields are
encouraged to apply.

Integral to the work of many linguistics students and faculty at UC
Berkeley is a program of engagement with minoritized and/or Indigenous
language communities in California, the US, or elsewhere in the world, and
a commitment to the view that research excellence is compatible with
collaborations that serve those communities’ goals. The department has a
long history of engagement with language revitalization, including, for
example, the Breath of Life workshops
<https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/BancroftNativeAmericanCollections/BreathOfLife>
hosted
at Berkeley since the 1990s, the Designated Emphasis in Indigenous Language
Revitalization
<https://lx.berkeley.edu/academics/designated-emphasis-indigenous-language-revitalization>,
and the outreach work of the California Language Archive
<https://cla.berkeley.edu/mission.html>.

The department seeks applicants with a research focus in community-engaged
language revitalization (anywhere in the world), as well as those with
additional research interests or skills that will contribute to the
intellectual life of a broad linguistics community (including but not
limited to language documentation, description, and analysis;
sociolinguistics; anthropological linguistics; language acquisition;
language education; areal and language-family expertise). The successful
candidate will be expected to teach courses in general linguistics and
language revitalization at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, and
to provide research mentoring, as well as to participate in service to the
department, university, and field.

We welcome applications from those who have had non-traditional career
paths, have achieved excellence in careers outside academia, or have taken
time off for family reasons. The department is committed to addressing the
family needs of faculty, including dual career couples and single parents.
For information about potential relocation to Berkeley, or the career needs
of accompanying partners and spouses, please visit
http://ofew.berkeley.edu/new-faculty.

*Department*: https://lx.berkeley.edu
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*Susan Luong* (she/her), Department Manager
Berkeley Linguistics | 1203 Dwinelle Hall #2650, Berkeley, CA  94720-2650
510-643-7623 <(510)%20643-7623> office,  510-643-5688 <(510)%20643-5688> fax
lx.berkeley.edu <http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/>
*Make a gift to Berkeley Linguistics
<https://give.berkeley.edu/fund/FN7206000>*
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