University or Organization: University of Oregon
Department: Linguistics
Job Location: Oregon, USA
Web Address: https://linguistics.uoregon.edu
Job Title: Assistant Professor of Linguistics
Job Rank: Assistant Professor
Specialty Areas: Language Documentation; Language Description, Fieldwork
Description:
The University of Oregon’s Department of Linguistics invites applications for
a tenure-track position of Assistant Professor in Linguistics, to begin in
fall 2023. We seek candidates specializing in language description based on
primary data collection, with training and research orientation that will
further our department’s commitment to functional/usage-based approaches to
linguistic explanation. We particularly welcome applications from scholars who
are members of Indigenous language communities or from other populations
historically underrepresented in the academy, and/or whose life experience
would contribute unique perspectives. Similarly, we seek applicants who will
contribute to excellence in teaching students from diverse backgrounds at the
undergraduate and graduate levels.
Minimum Requirements:
– Ph.D. in Linguistics or a related field in hand by the time of appointment.
– Candidates must show strong promise of excellence in teaching as well as
research.
– They should also demonstrate a commitment to academic excellence and to
diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Preferred Qualifications:
– Research: A successful candidate will have an established program of field
research on an under-described language or language family, and will possess
thorough knowledge of relevant technology and software. We are open to
specializations in any subfield that is related to the analysis of
morphosyntax and semantics. We especially welcome candidates who specialize in
the analysis of language in use, broadly conceived. This can include working
on linguistic anthropology, discourse analysis, information structure,
small-corpus analysis, or any related topic. We are also interested in
scholars who will enhance the department’s existing strengths in historical
linguistics, usage-based approaches to syntax, laboratory phonology, applied
linguistics, and language revitalization, and/or who will complement our
current expertise with other strengths such as experimental and/or
computational approaches in fieldwork. The best applications will also
highlight the theoretical richness, typological relevance, or social relevance
of their research program in one or more areas of linguistics.
– Teaching: Experience in or demonstrated commitment to undergraduate
teaching. Candidates are asked to discuss their approach to mentoring graduate
students.
Department or Program Summary:
We are a growing department structured in its research and graduate program
around 3 broad themes: linguistic diversity & society; language learning &
technology; and language processing & human health. We share a usage-based
approach to understanding language patterns, with strengths in functionalist
approaches to syntax, language description and revitalization, historical
linguistics, experimental linguistics, laboratory phonology, language
acquisition and teaching, and variationist sociolinguistics. Most Ph.D.
dissertation research at the University of Oregon is in either language
documentation (usually describing languages not previously documented),
experimental research (including laboratory phonology, discourse studies,
gesture, and semantics), second language acquisition and teaching, and,
increasingly, language revitalization as a research endeavor. We are committed
to principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our racial justice
statement and diversity action plan can be consulted at
https://linguistics.uoregon.edu/diversity-and-inclusion.
Please complete an online application via the link below, uploading the
following materials:
– Curriculum Vitae
– Research statement
– Teaching statement
– Names and contact information for three referees. Letters will only be
requested during the interview process.
– Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) statement
Application Deadline: (Open until filled)
Web Address for Applications: http://careers.uoregon.edu/cw/en-us/job/529423?lApplicationSubSourceID=
Contact Information:
Professor Spike Gildea
Email: spike@uoregon.edu
––A commitment to produce knowledge, scholarship, and research is an act of resistance.
2022–2032 is the International Decade of Indigenous Languages as declared by the United Nations