Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics

The Department of Romance and Classical Studies invites applications for a tenure-system position at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin August 16, 2018. We seek candidates specializing in linguistics with a primary focus in phonology related to Spanish and a secondary research area in language acquisition, bilingualism, language contact or related areas.

The successful candidate will be a faculty member of the Spanish Program in the newly formed School of Language Sciences & Literary and Cultural Studies, housed in the College of Arts & Letters. The School is being formed from the merger of the Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages (LGSAAL), The Department of Romance and Classical Studies (RCS), and the Center for Language Teaching Advancement (CeLTA).

The successful candidate will be appointed on an academic year basis and will engage in an active program of research, service and teaching (two courses per semester), including teaching in the General Education program in the Interdisciplinary Arts and Humanities in the College of Arts and Letters.