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UCLA Linguistics: Assistant Adjunct Professor in Syntax-Semantics-General Linguistics

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Position description

The UCLA Department of Linguistics anticipates making a full time appointment at the rank of Assistant Adjunct Professor starting Fall 2018. This will be a two year appointment subject to satisfactory evaluation at the end of year one of the appointment. The appointment will be in areas of syntax-semantics-general linguistics. Additional ability to teach a course in computational linguistics is desirable. The teaching load for the position will be five courses per year over three quarters (last week of September to middle of June) of teaching. The appointee will be expected to conduct original research, and to participate in the research life of the department, interacting with graduate students and other faculty members and attending a weekly seminar in their area of expertise.

Fall 2018 instruction will begin in the last week of September 2018. Salary will be based on the current UCLA Assistant Professor salary scales. Further information will be provided at the time of hire.

Applicants should make use of UCLA’s job application link below to submit the following:

  • cover letter (Required)
  • curriculum vitae (Required)
  • three letters of recommendation, ideally including letters discussing the applicant’s teaching record
  • statement of teaching philosophy (Optional)
  • copies of teaching evaluations or other evidence of teaching effectiveness (strongly encouraged) -copies of three representative research papers

The deadline of applications is May 28, 2018 but we will continue to accept applications till the positions are filled.

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Application Deadline: May 28 , 2018

Web Address for Applications: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/apply/
Contact Information:
Academic Personnel Officer Nancy Gutierrez
Email: ngutierrez@humnet.ucla.edu
Phone: 310-825-5018

Application Requirements

Document requirements
  • Cover Letter

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

  • Statement of Teaching Philosophy (Optional)

  • Copies of Teaching Evaluations or other Evidence of Teaching Effectiveness - strongly encouraged
    (Optional)

  • Copies of three representative research papers (Optional)

Reference requirements
  • 0-3 letters of reference required

Job location

Los Angeles, CA