tenure track Asia Pacific Rim ling. job at UC berkeley

[Yuphaphann Hoonchamlong]

TENURE-TRACK LINGUISTICS POSITION
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

Pending budgetary approval, the Department of Linguistics at the
University of California, Berkeley has been authorized to make a
tenure-track appointment at the rank of assistant professor.  Salary will
be commensurate with experience; the Ph.D. is required by July 1, 2006,
the starting date of the appointment.  Duties will include undergraduate
and graduate teaching (four courses per year) and advising, supervision of
student research, and development of a successful and original research
program.

We invite applications from linguists specializing in either of the
following:  the social or demographic contexts of language, or languages
of the Pacific or the Asian Pacific Rim. Applicants under the first rubric
could include specialists in language variation, sociolinguistics,
anthropological linguistics, dialectology, language contact, creole
linguistics, or mixed languages (among other areas).  Applicants under the
second rubric could include areal specialists in East or Southeast Asian,
Austronesian, Papuan, or Australian languages, and could include linguists
working on any aspect of language structure, history, or context.  Under
either rubric, applicants should have a broad intellectual engagement with
the field of linguistics, a theoretically informed and empirically
grounded research specialization, and demonstrated excellence in teaching.
We are especially interested in applicants whose research involves
quantitative analysis, corpus work, documentary linguistics, or other new
methodologies.

Applications should include a curriculum vitae, representative work, and
evidence of excellence in teaching; three letters of recommendation should
also be sent.  (Please direct referees to
http://apo.chance.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html for the University's statement
on confidentiality.) Applications and supporting materials should be sent
to the following address:

Search Committee
University of California
Department of Linguistics
1203 Dwinelle Hall #2650
Berkeley, CA 94720-2650

Applications must be received by November 15, 2005; late applications will
not be considered. Questions can be sent by email to:
lingsearch05 at berkeley.edu.  The University of California is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.