26.4232, Jobs: Portuguese; General Linguistics: Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

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Subject: 26.4232, Jobs: Portuguese; General Linguistics: Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 11:20:47
From: Rosinda Raposo [rosinda.raposo at utoronto.ca]
Subject: Portuguese; General Linguistics: Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

 
University or Organization: University of Toronto 
Department: Spanish and Portuguese
Job Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
Web Address: http://www.spanport.utoronto.ca/
Job Title: Portuguese Linguistics
Job Rank: Assistant Professor

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics 

Required Language(s): Portuguese (por)

Description:

The Department of Spanish & Portuguese at the University of Toronto invites applications for a tenure-stream position in Portuguese Linguistics at the rank of Assistant Professor, effective July 1, 2016. 

Qualified candidates must have earned a PhD in Linguistics by date of appointment, or shortly thereafter. Duties will include teaching in our Portuguese program at the undergraduate level, including language teaching, and teaching at the graduate level in our Hispanic Linguistics program. Additional duties involve supervision of graduate students, maintaining an active research agenda, and participating in the academic life of the department. 

Requirements include a record of excellence in research and in teaching, the ability to develop and maintain an active program of research and publication, native or near-native fluency in Portuguese, and the ability to understand oral and written academic communication in Spanish and English. The research agenda must engage theoretically informed experimental approaches to Romance linguistics. The specific area of specialization is open but an interest in language diversity is essential. This includes any aspect of Portuguese-Spanish language contact, language variation and contact and language acquisition. Evidence of excellence in research will be demonstrated through publications in top ranked academic journals, presentations at significant conferences, awards and honors, and strong endorsements by referees. Evidence of excellence in teaching will be demonstrated through (teaching accomplishments, letters of reference, and the teaching dossier) submitted as part of the applicatio
 n. Toronto has a large Portuguese-speaking population, and the ideal candidate should show a strong commitment to taking advantage of the available university and community resources. 

Salary to be commensurate with qualifications and experience. 

All qualified candidates are invited to apply by clicking the ‘apply’ link below. Applications should include a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, a research statement, a teaching dossier (including a statement of teaching philosophy), and a writing sample (i.e. an article offprint or a conference paper). 

Submission guidelines can be found at: http://uoft.me/how-to-apply. We recommend combining attached documents into one or two files in PDF/MS Word files in the following format: 1) Letter, CV, and research & teaching statements; 2) Publications. 

Arrangements should be made for three recent letters of reference, which must comment on the applicant’s research and teaching abilities, to be addressed to Professor Laura Colantoni, Chair of the Search Committee, and sent to spanport.chair at utoronto.ca by the closing date. Please ensure the candidate’s name and “Portuguese Linguistics Search” are included in the subject line and that letters are on letterhead, signed and scanned. 

The deadline for applications is November 9, 2015. For inquires about this position, please contact rosinda.raposo at utoronto.ca. For more information about the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, please visit our homepage at http://www.spanport.utoronto.ca. 

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from visible minority group members, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. 

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.


Application Deadline: 09-Nov-2015 
	  
Web Address for Applications: http://uoft.me/how-to-apply 
Contact Information:
	Rosinda Raposo 
	Email: rosinda.raposo at utoronto.ca 


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