Linguistics 2015-2016

Linguistics 2015-2016 Welcome to this year’s wiki! This wiki should include only positions that begin in Fall 2016-Spring 2017.

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See Also: Linguistic Anthropology 2015-2016 and English Literature 2015-2016

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Visitor Type:
 * ABD, not defending soon:
 * ABD, defending within 4-6 months:
 * ABD, I have a date set for my defense: 1
 * ABD, no defense at my U:
 * Depends on job hunt when I file:
 * Ph.D. in hand, no job currently: 1
 * Ph.D in hand, not currently in an academic position:
 * Visiting Professor, Lecturer (North American meaning), Adjunct, other fixed-term position, or postdoc: 5
 * Research Scientist:
 * Assistant Professor: 1
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 * Professor:
 * Member of a Search Committee:
 * Other faculty:
 * Just browsing:

Specialty:
 * Historical Linguistics:
 * Theoretical Linguistics:
 * Syntax: 1
 * Morphology: 1
 * Phonology:
 * Phonetics: 1
 * Sociolinguistics:
 * Sociophonetics:
 * Psycholinguistics: 2
 * Language Acquisition: 4
 * Second Language Acquisition: 2
 * Semantics and Pragmatics:
 * Documentary/Descriptive:
 * Cognitive Linguistics:
 * Text/Corpus Linguistics: 1
 * Applied linguistics: 1
 * Other:

How many applications have you sent out this year?:
 * 0: 2
 * 1-10: 2
 * 10-20: 1
 * 21-30:
 * 31-40:
 * 41 and above:

Ecole normale superieure (Deadline: May 31, 2016)

 * Field: General Linguistics
 * Department: Department of Cognitive Studies (DEC)
 * Rank: Asst./Assoc./Full Professor
 * URL: https://sites.google.com/site/decensannonceprmdc/
 * NOTES:
 * Desired specializations are likely to include formal theoretical linguistics and/or experimental linguistics; an ability to teach graduate-level syntax might be helpful.

McGill University (Deadline: November 6, 2015)

 * Department of Linguistics
 * Field: Syntax/Semantics
 * Rank: Assistant Professor tenure-track position
 * URL: http://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/6070
 * NOTES:

New York University (Deadline: Review begins November 9, 2015)

 * Department of Linguistics
 * Fields:
 * First language acquisition - Whose research addresses issues related to first language acquisition.
 * Variationist sociolinguistics - Whose research addresses language use and linguistic diversity from a variationist perspective.

NOTES:
 * Rank: Two Tenure-Track Asst. Professors
 * URL: Chronicle

Northwestern University (Deadline: December 1, 2015)

 * Department of Linguistics
 * Field: Integrated approach to the scientific study of language, utilizing experimental methods, corpus analysis, and/or computational modeling to inform linguistic theory and its applications.
 * Rank: Tenure-line position (open rank)
 * URL: http://www.linguistics.northwestern.edu/about/news/faculty-search.html
 * NOTES:

University of California, Davis (Deadline: October 18, 2015)

 * Field: Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing
 * Department: Linguistics
 * Rank: Asst. Professor (Tenure stream)
 * URL: https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/apply/JPF00670
 * NOTES:
 * Possible areas of specialization include corpus linguistics, computational simulation of language development and change, probabilistic or deterministic modeling of grammatical knowledge, or information retrieval and data mining.

University of California, Santa Cruz (Deadline: November 16, 2015)

 * Field: Syntax
 * Department: Linguistics
 * Rank: Asst./Assoc. Professor (Tenure stream)
 * URL: https://recruit.ucsc.edu/apply/jpf00302
 * NOTES:

University of Toronto (Deadline: October 15, 2015)

 * Field: Syntax
 * Department: Linguistics
 * Rank: Asst. Professor (Tenure stream)
 * URL: https://utoronto.taleo.net/careersection/10050/jobdetail.ftl?job=1500789
 * NOTES:
 * Theoretical syntax, preferably with a secondary interest in fieldwork on an understudied language, corpora, or experimental work

University of Toronto, Mississauga (Deadline: October 21, 2015)

 * Field: Phonology and/or phonetics
 * Department: Linguistics
 * Rank: Asst. Professor (Tenure stream)
 * URL: Inside Higher Ed
 * NOTES:

Washington University in St. Louis (Deadline: September 15, 2015)

 * Field: Psycholinguistics/Linguistics
 * Department: Psychology and Linguistics Program
 * Rank: tenure-track Assistant Professor
 * URL: http://linguistlist.org/jobs/get-jobs.cfm?id=36059517
 * NOTES:
 * All areas of specialization in Psycholinguistics and Linguistics will be considered. However, we are especially interested in candidates with a strong empirical research program that can bridge the two fields.

University of South Carolina (Deadline: June 2015) - SUSPENDED

 * Field: General Linguistics
 * Department: Linguistics
 * Rank: Postdoctoral Scholar (January 1, 2016 to spring 2017, possible extension to spring 2018)
 * URL: http://linguistlist.org/jobs/get-jobs.cfm?id=36051517
 * NOTES:
 * Start date is January 1, 2016
 * The responsibilities of this position will be evenly divided between teaching (1 course per semester) and editorial assistance for the journal Language
 * 8/6: Search suspended because the LSA "rescinded its promised support for the position"