Hunter College

Job Title: Assistant or Associate Professor - Linguistics (English)

Job ID: 5271

Location: Hunter College

Full/Part Time: Full-Time

Regular/Temporary: Regular

GENERAL DUTIES
Performs teaching, research, and guidance duties in area(s) of expertise as noted below. Shares responsibility for committee and department assignments, performing administrative, supervisory, and other functions as may be assigned.

FLSA
Exempt

CAMPUS SPECIFIC INFORMATION
The Department of English at Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY) invites applications for the position of Assistant or Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics/ESL to begin in Fall 2012. Candidates should have strong records of scholarly research publication and effective teaching experience in areas of applied linguistics. We are seeking an experienced scholar who will maintain an active research agenda and who will coordinate, develop, and teach our ESL course sequence, as well as teach undergraduate and graduate courses in linguistics. Administrative duties for the ESL program come with a reduced teaching load, and oversight of the ESL summer program including summer salary. We are strongly committed to achieving excellence through cultural diversity.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Ph.D. degree in area(s) of expertise, or equivalent as noted below. Also required are the ability to teach successfully, interest in productive scholarship or creative achievement, and ability to cooperate with others for the good of the institution.

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS
Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Educational Linguistics, TESOL, Second Language Acquisition, or closely related field. Of particular interest are candidates whose experience, research, and teaching focus are on one or more of the following areas: phonetics, phonology, multilingualism, and urban immigrant language use. Candidates should exhibit a strong commitment to teaching undergraduate and graduate students from diverse cultural backgrounds.

COMPENSATION
Assistant Professor: $42,873 - $74,133
Associate Professor: $55,602 - $88,418
Commensurate with education, accomplishments and experience.

HOW TO APPLY
Please submit a letter describing research and teaching interests and a dossier, including a CV, writing sample, and three letters of recommendation to:

Professor Angela Reyes
Chair of the Applied Linguistics/ESL Search Committee
Department of English
Hunter College, CUNY
695 Park Ave
New York, NY 10065

Interviews will be held at the AAAL Conference in Boston on March 24-27, 2012.

CLOSING DATE
All materials must be received by February 17, 2012.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
We are committed to enhancing our diverse academic community by actively encouraging people with disabilities, minorities, veterans, and women to apply. We take pride in our pluralistic community and continue to seek excellence through diversity and inclusion. EO/AA Employer.