22.3816, Jobs: Second Language Acquisition; TESL: Asst Prof, U of Florida

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Subject: 22.3816, Jobs: Second Language Acquisition; TESL: Asst Prof, U of Florida

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Date: 30-Sep-2011
From: Diana Boxer [dboxer at ufl.edu]
Subject: Second Language Acquisition; TESL: Assistant Professor, University of Florida, USA


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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:01:54
From: Diana Boxer [dboxer at ufl.edu]
Subject: Second Language Acquisition; TESL: Assistant Professor, University of Florida, USA

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University or Organization: University of Florida 
Department: Linguistics
Job Location: Florida, USA 
Web Address: http://www.lin.ufl.edu
Job Rank: Assistant Professor  

Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; Second Language Acquisition; TESL


Description:

The Linguistics Department at the University of Florida seeks to fill a faculty 
position at the tenure-track level for an Assistant Professor of Second 
Language Acquisition. The successful candidate will be expected to 1) teach 
courses at the both undergraduate and graduate level related to area of 
research expertise within SLA 2) contribute to teaching TESL courses for the 
department's growing undergraduate TESL minor and certificate program 
(http://www.lin.ufl.edu/tesl/TESLminor.html), and graduate SLAT certificate 
program (http://www.lin.ufl.edu/slat.html) 2) participate actively in the 
academic life of the department, college, and university and 3) maintain an 
active research agenda. Research areas of particular interest include: applied 
linguistic approaches to second language acquisition, formal linguistic 
approaches to second language acquisition and psycholinguistic / 
neurolinguistic approaches to second language processing.

Position begins August 2012. Required: Ph.D. in Second Language 
Acquisition or related field by time of employment; a demonstrated record of 
accomplishments in scholarship, including evidence for a future outstanding 
publication record and the potential to create an internationally recognized 
research program; and demonstration of effectiveness in teaching. ESL/EFL 
teaching and assessment experience, publications, and evidence of ability to 
attract external research funding preferred. 

The Department of Linguistics at the University of Florida houses three 
research labs related to language acquisition and/or linguistic processing, 
equipped for basic offline experiments, reaction time experiments, eye-
tracking, ERPs as well as experimental phonetic/ phonology research:
 
(a)  Brain and Language Laboratory 
(http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/kaan/kaanlab/index.html )
(b)  Language and Cognition Lab 
(www.clas.ufl.edu/users/cowles/LangCogLab/Welcome.html)
(c)  Linguistic Development Lab
(http://plaza.ufl.edu/jrothman/LDL/index.html)

All applications must be submitted electronically at the application URL below 
(search for requisition # 00008619). Submit a Faculty Profile - Short 
Application, a curriculum vitae, a statement of research and teaching 
interests (as 'other document'), and the names, addresses and e-mail contact 
information of three (3) references. Screening of application materials will 
begin November 15th, 2011, and will continue until the position is filled. For 
inquiries regarding this position, please email Dr. Diana Boxer 
(dboxer at ufl.edu), Chair of the Search Committee. 

The University of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Institution. Minorities, 
women and those from other underserved groups are encouraged to apply.

All candidates for employment are subject to a pre-employment screening 
which includes a review of criminal records, reference checks, and 
verification of education.


Application Deadline: 30-Nov-2011 
	  
Web Address for Applications: http://jobs.ufl.edu 
Contact Information:
	Diana Boxer 
	Email: dboxer at ufl.edu 
	Phone: 352-392-0639 
	Fax: 352-392-8480 




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