37.3322, Jobs: English based, German; Applied Linguistics, Language Acquisition: Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics – German – Department of European and Eurasian Studies, The University of Texas at Austin

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Date: 14-Oct-2026
From: Stephanie Kaufman [stephanie.kaufman at austin.utexas.edu]
Subject: English based, German; Applied Linguistics, Language Acquisition: Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics – German – Department of European and Eurasian Studies, The University of Texas at Austin


Job Location: Texas, USA
Web Address: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/eue/
Job Title: Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics – German –
Department of European and Eurasian Studies
Job Rank: Assistant Professor
Salary: Salary is competitive and commensurate with experi

Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition

Specialty Language(s): English based
                       German

Description:
The Department of European and Eurasian Studies at The University of
Texas at Austin invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant
Professor to begin Fall of academic year 2027-2028. We seek a
specialist in German Applied Linguistics, with complementary research
and teaching in Second Language Acquisition, Psycholinguistics,
Digital Humanities, multilingualism, or language contact in the
European context, with the charge of overseeing Germanic Studies
graduate student professionalization and directing the lower-division
German language program. Duties will include undergraduate teaching
(including teaching the Core Curriculum), graduate teaching, research,
and service to the department, college, university, and the field.
Qualifications:
Applicants must have completed all the requirements for the Ph.D. by
time of appointment, or expect to obtain the Ph.D. within a year of
joining the faculty as Instructor.  Near-native fluency in both German
and English is required.
Preferred qualifications include:
The ideal candidate will have an active, data-driven research program
in areas such as language acquisition (including lab-based,
classroom-based, and digital approaches to research), textual
analysis, reading/writing studies, learning theory, outcomes
assessment, corpus linguistics, or critical discourse analysis,
including research design in their fields; a track record of TA
training and supervision (potentially including those in languages
other than German, but with a principal focus on Germanic languages);
a demonstrated long-term commitment to making and maintaining ties
with language teaching on the level of national professional
organizations (e.g., AATG, AAUSC, ACTFL, and AAAL) as well as locally
(local AATG chapters; campus service in placement, assessment,
language events on campus); the ablity to contribute to and offer
courses for the Texas Language Center (TLC) Portfolio Certificate in
Language Teaching / Language Program Coordination.
Application Instructions:
To apply, upload a letter of interest, CV, names and contact
information for three recommenders, teaching portfolio (including at
least three sets of teaching evaluations, at least one of which should
be for a lower-division German course), and a writing sample.
Additional materials may be requested after the initial review of
applications.
Applications must be received no later than November 23, 2026.
Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and
qualifications. Position funding is subject to budget availability.
For further information, please contact:
Marc Pierce, Search Committee Chair
mpierc at austin.utexas.edu

Application Deadline: (Open until filled)
Web Address for Applications: https://faculty.utexas.edu/career/194100
Contact Information:
        Marc Pierce
        Email: mpierc at austin.utexas.edu



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