28.4020, Jobs: Anthropological Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics: Assistant Professor, University of California Berkeley

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Subject: 28.4020, Jobs: Anthropological Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics: Assistant Professor, University of California Berkeley

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Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 12:32:00
From: Paula Floro [lingmgr at berkeley.edu]
Subject: Anthropological Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics: Assistant Professor, University of California Berkeley, USA

 
University or Organization: University of California, Berkeley 
Department: Linguistics
Job Location: California, USA 
Web Address: https://lx.berkeley.edu
Job Title: Assistant Professor, Historical Linguistics or Language in Social Context
Job Rank: Assistant Professor

Specialty Areas: Anthropological Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Language in Social Context


Description:

The Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, has
been authorized to make one appointment in either historical
linguistics or language in social context. This position will be at the rank
of assistant professor (tenure-track). Salary will be commensurate with
experience. Duties will include undergraduate and graduate advising, teaching
(up to four courses per year), supervision of student research, and
development of a successful and original research program. The PhD (or
equivalent degree) is required by the start date of the appointment; all
degree requirements other than the dissertation must be complete at the time
of application.

Applicants must have a broad intellectual engagement in linguistics and a
research specialization in either historical linguistics or language in social
context. A research specialization in historical linguistics might address
language change, contact, diversification, or spread; linguistic
reconstruction; or relations between linguistic prehistory and human
prehistory generally. A research specialization in language in social context
might address social variation; bilingualism; language contact; language
ideologies; social pragmatics; or language attrition, endangerment, or
revitalization. Applicants should also ideally have research interests or
skills that intersect with a neighboring area (e.g. anthropology or
archaeology, cognitive science, computational or statistical modeling, corpus
or experimental linguistics, language documentation, linguistic theory,
linguistic typology, or literary analysis), and that will contribute actively
to the intellectual life of a broad linguistics community. Applicants must be
able to teach general linguistics courses and courses at all levels in
historical linguistics or language in social context, including seminars and
research mentoring.

The Department of Linguistics and the University of California,
Berkeley, recognize and value contributions to diversity, equity, and
inclusion (http://diversity.berkeley.edu/). We encourage applicants, in their
cover letters and statements, to discuss how their research, teaching,
service, and outreach activities will contribute to enhancing diversity,
equity, and inclusiveness. 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.

For more information about the position, including required qualifications and
application materials, see the application link below.  The deadline for
applications is November 17, 2017; no application materials will be accepted
after that date. Select candidates will be interviewed at the LSA Annual
Meeting in Salt Lake City, January 4-7, 2018; thereafter a few candidates will
be invited for campus visits.  

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to age, citizenship, color, disability, gender expression or
identity, military service or protected veteran status, national origin, race,
religion, sex, or sexual orientation. For the complete University of
California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see
http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct.



Application Deadline: 17-Nov-2017 
	  
Web Address for Applications: http://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF01499 
Contact Information:
	Manager Paula Floro 
	Email: lingmgr at berkeley.edu 
	Phone: 510-643-7623 
	Fax: 510-643-5688 


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