36.2937, Jobs: General Linguistics: Assistant Professor, Hispanic Linguistics, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of California Berkeley

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Subject: 36.2937, Jobs: General Linguistics: Assistant Professor, Hispanic Linguistics, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of California Berkeley

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Date: 30-Sep-2025
From: Tony Ngo [tony at jobelephant.com]
Subject: General Linguistics: Assistant Professor, Hispanic Linguistics, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of California Berkeley


Job Location: USA
Job Title: Assistant Professor, Hispanic Linguistics, Department of
Spanish and Portuguese
Job Rank: Assistant Professor

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics

Description:
Assistant Professor Hispanic Linguistics Department of Spanish and
Portuguese
Position Overview:
Salary range: Assistant Professor - The current salary range for this
position is $80,800-$128,700 (9-month academic year salary); however,
off-scale salary and other components of pay, which would yield
compensation that is higher than this range, are offered to meet
competitive conditions.
Anticipated start: July 1, 2026
Application Window:
Open date: September 27, 2025
Next review date: Tuesday, Nov 18, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Tuesday, Nov 18, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.
Position Description:
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of
California, Berkeley seeks applications for a tenure-track Assistant
Professor position in Hispanic Linguistics, applying usage-based,
functionalist, and/or variationist frameworks.
We welcome applicants whose research is socially contextualized, and
especially value experiment-based, quantitative research (over
generative or theoretical approaches) that contextualizes findings to
the population(s) being studied and that complements existing faculty
expertise in sociophonetics. The position entails broad competence in
Hispanic linguistics, demonstrable through formal study and/or
publication record, and excellence in teaching. The successful
candidate will teach a broad range of undergraduate courses covering
Spanish phonetics and phonology, morphology and syntax, bilingualism
and language variation, as well as undergraduate and graduate courses
in their major field(s) of research. The appointee will also advise
undergraduates and graduates and supervise student research, develop a
successful and original research program, and provide service
contributions. The appointee will be expected to contribute to the
department's diverse and inclusive community through their research,
teaching, and/or service.
Department faculty participate actively in UC Berkeley's abundant
interdisciplinary programs and initiatives, including the Latinx
Research Center, Cognitive Science, Gender and Women's Studies,
Applied Data Science, and Indigenous Language Revitalization, among
others. All department faculty teach and mentor both graduate and
undergraduate students and are given opportunities to teach courses on
a wide variety of topics and approaches.
Our programs are specially designed for highly motivated students with
a passion for other languages, literatures and cultures, for
imaginative approaches to these and for careful crossing of
traditionally defined geographic, linguistic and disciplinary borders.
As a department, we deeply value multilingualism, nonconformity to
binary gender, and peoples and groups whose citizenship status or
ethnic, racial and class background has been marginalized.
The department is committed to addressing the family needs of faculty,
including dual career couples and single parents. We are also
interested in candidates who have had non-traditional career paths or
who have taken time off for family reasons, or who have achieved
excellence in careers outside academia. For information about
potential relocation to Berkeley, or career needs of accompanying
partners and spouses, please visit:
http://ofew.berkeley.edu/new-faculty
Department: https://spanish-portuguese.berkeley.edu/
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications (required at time of application)
Applicants for this position must hold a PhD (or equivalent
international degree) or be enrolled in a PhD or equivalent
international degree-granting program at the time of application.
Additional Qualifications (required at time of start)
Native or near- native fluency in both Spanish and English at the
start of the position, as candidates will have to teach in both
Spanish and English.
Preferred Qualifications:
Native or near-native fluency in at least one other Romance language,
preferably Portuguese, is highly desirable.
Record of approaching Spanish morphosyntax using empirical,
quantitative methodologies hailing from one or a combination of
linguistic subfields, including but not limited to psycholinguistics,
contact linguistics, or language acquisition.
Strong interest in Spanish in the United States as a research field
within a Spanish/Hispanic linguistics context, and its implications
for areas such as language variation, language contact within a nation
or across borders, bilingualism, diglossia, language maintenance and
loss, politics of language, and
related areas.
Application Requirements:
Document Requirements:
 - Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
 - Cover Letter
 - Research Statement - Please discuss research accomplishments and
proposed plans. This can include, for example, your publication
record, awards, presentations, inclusive research practices that
promote the excellence of your research, and areas for future
research.
 - Teaching and Mentoring Statement - Please discuss prior teaching
experience, teaching approach, and future teaching interests. This can
include, for example, specific efforts and accomplishments, and future
plans to support the success of all students through inclusive
curriculum, classroom environment, and pedagogy. Please also discuss
your mentoring experiences and approach. This can include, for
example, past efforts and future plans to support the success of all
students, and to foster an inclusive research environment that removes
barriers and promotes equitable access and advancement of the research
program.
 - Service Statement - Please discuss specific prior and proposed
academic, professional and/or public service activities. This can
include, for example, participating in professional or scientific
associations, serving on committees that advance department, campus or
discipline goals, and conducting outreach activities that can remove
barriers and increase participation of academics in your field.
 - Writing Sample #1 - Article length
 - Writing Sample #2 - Article length
 - Authorization to Release Information Form - A reference check will
be completed only if you are selected as the candidate to whom the
hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer. Download, complete,
sign, and upload the /shortcuts/authorization_release_form.
Reference Requirements:
 - 3 required (contact information only)
References will be contacted for those candidates under serious
consideration who've reached the zoom interview stage, and we will
seek your permission before doing so.
Apply link: https://apptrkr.com/6604453
Help contact: mailto:gspaacad at berkeley.edu
About UC Berkeley:
UC Berkeley is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and
belonging in our public mission of research, teaching, and service,
consistent with
https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/governance/policies/4400.html
and University of California Academic Personnel policy
(https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-210.pdf).
These values are embedded in our
https://chancellor.berkeley.edu/about/principles-community, which
reflect our passion for critical inquiry, debate, discovery and
innovation, and our deep commitment to contributing to a better world.
Every member of the UC Berkeley community has a role in sustaining a
safe, caring and humane environment in which these values can thrive.
The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity
employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or
protected veteran status.
For more information, please refer to the
https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-035.pdf
and the https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination.
In searches when letters of reference are required all letters will be
treated as confidential per University of California policy and
California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when
letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or
career center), to the
http://apo.berkeley.edu/ucb-confidentiality-policy prior to submitting
their letter.
As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all
applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining
agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or
local government directives may impose additional requirements.
The University of California is committed to creating and maintaining
a community dedicated to the advancement, application, and
transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academic
excellence, where all individuals who participate in University
programs and activities can work and learn together in a safe and
secure environment, free of violence, harassment, or discrimination.
Consistent with this commitment, UC Berkeley requires all applicants
for Senate faculty positions to complete, sign, and upload an
Authorization of Information Release form into AP Recruit as part of
their application. If an applicant does not include the signed
authorization, the application will be considered incomplete, and as
with any incomplete application, will not receive further
consideration. Although all applicants for faculty recruitments must
complete the entire application, applicants will only be subject to
institutional reference checks if and when they are selected as the
candidate to whom the hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer.
More information is available on
https://apo.berkeley.edu/misconduct-disclosure-review.
As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to
disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial
decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed
any misconduct.
 - “Misconduct” means any violation of the policies or laws governing
conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including,
but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual
harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment or
discrimination, as defined by the employer.
 - https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000385/SVSH
 - https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination
 -
https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-035.pdf
Job Location: Berkeley, CA
To apply, visit https://apptrkr.com/6604453
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Application Deadline: (Open until filled)
Email Address for Applications: gspaacad at berkeley.edu
Web Address for Applications: https://apptrkr.com/6604453
Contact Information:
        Jamila Leaks
        Email: gspaacad at berkeley.edu



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