LINGUIST List 8.257

Sat Feb 22 1997

Jobs: Chair in Spanish, Assistant Professor

Editor for this issue: Susan Robinson <suelinguistlist.org>

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  • A.E Parrondo, Chair in Spanish
  • Barry Cowan, Assistant Professor-- University of Hawai'i at Manoa

    Message 1: Chair in Spanish

     Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 13:39:20 +0000 (GMT)
    From: A.E Parrondo <A.E.Parrondo-Rodriguezdurham.ac.uk>
    Subject: Chair in Spanish




    A Chair in Spanish is offered in the School of Modern European Languages at the University of Durham (UK) from 1 September 1997.

    Applicants should have an outstanding record of research and publications, and extensive teaching experience, in any area of Spanish or Latin American literary, linguistic or cultural studies. The successful candidate will be expected to provide academic leadership and contribute substantially to the development of the School.

    The salary will be by negotiation within the professorial range.

    For informal discussion of the post, please contact either Dr Michael Thompson (tel: 0191 374 2916; e-mail: m.p.thompsondurham.ac.uk) or Professor David Baguley (tel:0191 374 2714;

    e-mail: david.baguleydurham.ac.uk)

    Further details may be obtained from the Director of Personnel, University of Durham, Old Shire Hall, Durham, DH1 3HP (UK), to whom applications (5 copies) should be submitted, including the names of three referees, by Friday 7 March 1997.

    (Candidates outside the British Isles may submit one copy only.) Please quote reference C043. Tel: 0191-374 3140. Fax: 0191-374 7253. E-mail: Snr.Recruitdurham.ac.uk. (Applications may be made by e-mail to this address.)

    Further particulars are available at http://www.dur.ac.uk/SMEL/

    Message 2: Assistant Professor-- University of Hawai'i at Manoa

     Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 22:56:48 -1000
    From: Barry Cowan <bcowanhawaii.edu>
    Subject: Assistant Professor-- University of Hawai'i at Manoa


    LINGUISTICS

    Assistant Professor. Department of Linguistics, University of Hawai'i at Manoa. The Department of Linguistics is looking for a qualified scholar to fill a full-time, general fund, tenure-track position as an Assistant professor, position #83008. The successful applicant will have a major specialization (publications and instructional competence) in more than one of the following areas: pidgins and creoles, discourse, sociolinguistics, cognitive linguistics, phonetics (including acoustic phonetics) and variationist phonology. Appointment to begin August 1, 1997 or January 1, 1998, pending availability of position and funding.

    Minimum qualifications: doctorate in linguistics; established ability to carry out research in at least two of the areas of specialization identified above; research ability demonstrated by publications in refereed journals and/or monograph-length publications in the field; teaching experience with evidence of excellence in teaching; work in Asian and/or Pacific languages.

    Desirable qualifications: Research and instructional competence in more than two of the following: ethnographic linguistics, sociolinguistics, pidgin and creole studies; demonstrated skill at working with non-native speakers of English.

    Salary range: $34,644 - $37,464 (assistant professor); salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.

    duties: Teach two courses per semester as assigned in addition to on-going research and publication; accept and perform departmental committee assignments.

    Send letter of application, curriculum vitae, summary of teaching evaluations, and letters from three current references to: Chair, Search Committee, Department of Linguistics, Moore Hall 569, 1890 East-West Road, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96822.

    Closing date: Completed applications must be received by 18 April 1997. Please note that we will not be able to respond to e-mail or fax communications in regard to this position. It is expected that all application materials will be sent by conventional mail. The University of Hawai'i is an EEO/AA Institution. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

    Michael L. Forman, PhD Chair and Associate Professor telephone (808) 956-3239 Department of Linguistics _ fax: (808) 965-9166 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 569 Moore Hall 1890 East-West Road Honolulu, Hawai'i 96822