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Open-Rank, Tenure Track Linguistic Anthropology Faculty Search

Position overview

Position title: Assistant Professor or Associate Professor or Full Professor
Salary range: The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Table 1 at https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2023-24/oct-2023-acad-salary-scales/t1.pdf. The salary range for this position is $74,600 – $197,100. Off-scale salaries and other components of pay, i.e. salary that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions. See campus compensation page for additional information.
Review timeline: Initial review of applications will begin January 10, 2024. After the initial review date, new applications will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Application Window

Open date: December 12, 2023

Most recent review date: Monday, Apr 1, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the search committee if the position has not yet been filled.

Final date: Sunday, Jun 30, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Position description

University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Anthropology invites applications for a tenure track, open-rank position in linguistic anthropology at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor; applicant must have Ph.D. in hand at time of application. We welcome applicants across disciplines whose research engages with the study of language use in context, and we are open to all areas of scholarship within linguistic anthropology. Preference will be given to applicants with active, ethnographically-grounded research programs that center language analysis, and who have experience with teaching and advising students in linguistic anthropology. We welcome candidates whose experience in teaching, research, or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to diversity and excellence.

For earliest consideration, please submit your application at UCLA Academic Recruit by January 11, 2024 at: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09020. After the initial review date, new applications will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled. Please include electronic versions of: 1) an application cover letter; 2) curriculum vitae; 3) names and email addresses for three referees; 4) brief (1-2 pages each) research, teaching, and EDI statements (UCLA requires all applicants to submit a Statement on Contributions to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion; https://equity.ucla.edu/programs-resources/faculty-search-process/faculty-search-committee-resources/sample-guidance/); and 5) reference check authorization release form.

For further information please contact Dr. Erin Debenport, Dept. of Anthropology, UCLA at erindebenport@ucla.edu. Appointment begins July 1, 2024.

The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Table 1 at https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2023-24/oct-2023-acad-salary-scales/t1.pdf. The salary range for this position is $74,600 – $197,100. Off-scale salaries and other components of pay, i.e. salary that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions. See campus compensation page for additional information.

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, bullying and other demeaning behavior, discrimination, exploitation, or intimidation. With this commitment as well as a commitment to addressing all forms of academic misconduct, UCLA conducts targeted employment reference checks for finalists to whom departments or other hiring units would like to extend formal offers of appointment into Academic Senate faculty positions. The targeted employment reference checks involve contacting the finalists’ current and prior places of employment to ask whether there have been substantiated findings of misconduct that would violate the University’s Faculty Code of Conduct. To implement this process, UCLA requires all applicants for Academic Senate faculty positions to complete, sign, and upload the form entitled “Authorization to Release Information” into RECRUIT as part of their application. If the applicant does not include the signed authorization to release information with the application materials, the application will be considered incomplete. As with any incomplete application, the application will not receive further consideration. Although all applicants for faculty recruitments must complete the entire application, only finalists (i.e., those to whom the department or other hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer) considered for Academic Senate faculty positions will be subject to targeted employment reference checks.

Qualifications

Basic qualifications (required at time of application)

Candidates must have a Ph.D. in hand at time of application.

Application Requirements

Document requirements
  • Cover Letter

  • Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

  • Statement of Research - 1-2 pages

  • Statement of Teaching - 1-2 pages

  • Statement on Contributions to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion - An EDI Statement describes a faculty candidate’s past, present, and future (planned) contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion. To learn more about how UCLA thinks about contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion, please review our EDI Statement FAQ document.

  • Reference check authorization release form - Complete and upload the reference check authorization release form

  • Publication 1 (Optional)

  • Publication 2 (Optional)

  • Publication 3 (Optional)

Reference requirements
  • 3-5 required (contact information only)

Candidates provide referee contact information and UC Recruit sends out the solicitation letter. Referees upload their letters directly to UC Recruit.

Apply link: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09020

Help contact: patterson@anthro.ucla.edu

About UCLA

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 an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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 the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy, see: UC Nondiscrimination & Affirmative Action Policy.

Job location

Los Angeles, CA