28.3850, Jobs: Spanish; Language Aquisition; Syntax: Assistant Professor, University of Iowa

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Subject: 28.3850, Jobs: Spanish; Language Aquisition; Syntax: Assistant Professor, University of Iowa

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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 13:01:27
From:  Tritten [rebecca-tritten at uiowa.edu]
Subject: Spanish; Language Aquisition; Syntax: Assistant Professor, University of Iowa, USA

 
University or Organization: The University of Iowa 
Department: Spanish and Portuguese
Job Location: Iowa, USA 
Web Address: https://clas.uiowa.edu/dwllc/spanish-portuguese
Job Title: Assistant Professor in Hispanic Linguistics and SLA
Job Rank: Assistant Professor

Specialty Areas: Language Acquisition; Syntax 

Required Language(s): Spanish (spa)

Description:

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese in the Division of World Languages,
Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Iowa seeks to hire a specialist
in Hispanic Linguistics. The appointment will be a tenure-track position at
the Assistant Professor level, effective Wednesday, August 15, 2018. The ideal
candidate will have primary expertise in the field of acquisition of syntax
and/or morphosyntax in Spanish as a second language (SLA).

Required qualifications:
- a record of innovative research using experimental methods in the fields of
syntax and/or morphosyntax 
- PhD in hand by August 2018
- Native or near-native fluency in Spanish and English
- demonstrated excellence in teaching

The successful candidate must be able to teach undergraduate courses in
Hispanic linguistics, language acquisition and syntax, as well as graduate
courses in the candidate’s area of specialization.

Desirable qualifications:
- ability to teach courses on bilingual language acquisition, including
heritage speakers.  
- ability to contribute to the existing graduate course sequence in syntax 
- ability to teach courses on research methods in SLA at the graduate and
undergraduate levels
- ability to teach the graduate teaching methods course

Typically faculty in Hispanic linguistics have strong collaborative
relationships with faculty in the Departments of Linguistics and of
Psychological and Brain Sciences, as well as the PhD program in Second
Language Acquisition. There are many opportunities to collaborate with
Division faculty to develop and teach interdisciplinary courses.

Send letter of interest, curriculum vitae, statements of research interests
and teaching philosophy, and one sample of scholarly work to the Search
Committee online at the application website below, and arrange to have three
letters of recommendation submitted online to the same link. Refer to
requisition number 71651. Screening begins November 1, 2017 and will continue
until the position is filled. Preliminary interviews may be conducted by
videoconference.

The Department of Spanish & Portuguese, the Division of World Languages,
Literatures and Cultures, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences are
strongly committed to gender and ethnic diversity; the strategic plans of the
University, College, Division and Department reflect this commitment. All
qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration
for employment free from discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color,
national origin, age, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity,
genetic information, religion, associational preference, status as a qualified
individual with a disability, or status as a protected veteran. The University
of Iowa is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.



Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)
	  
Web Address for Applications: http://bit.ly/2xixCj7 
Contact Information
	Tritten 
	Email: rebecca-tritten at uiowa.edu 


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