Linguistics 2017-2018

Linguistics 2017-2018

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Visitor Type:
 * ABD, not defending soon: 2
 * ABD, defending within 4-6 months: 5
 * ABD, I have a date set for my defense: 2
 * ABD, no defense at my U:
 * Depends on job hunt when I file:1
 * Ph.D. in hand, no job currently:
 * Ph.D in hand, not currently in an academic position: 1
 * Visiting Professor, Lecturer (North American meaning), Adjunct, other fixed-term position, or postdoc: 10
 * Assistant Professor: 2
 * Associate Professor: 1
 * Professor:
 * Member of a Search Committee: 2
 * Postdoc: 6 (shouldn't this be consolidated with visiting faculty above?)
 * Other faculty:
 * Just browsing:

Specialty: How many job applications have you sent out:
 * Historical Linguistics: 1
 * Theoretical Linguistics:
 * Syntax: 2
 * Morphology: 1
 * Phonology: 6
 * Phonetics: 6
 * Sociolinguistics: 5
 * Sociophonetics:
 * Sociophonology:
 * Discourse Analysis: 1
 * Psycholinguistics: 3
 * Language Acquisition: 1
 * Second Language Acquisition: 3
 * Semantics and Pragmatics: 6
 * Documentary/Descriptive:
 * Cognitive Linguistics: 2
 * Text/Corpus Linguistics:
 * Computational Linguistics:1
 * Applied linguistics:
 * Other:
 * 0:
 * 1 to 10: 5
 * 11 to 20: 1
 * 21 to 30:
 * 31 and above:

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Campus Interviews

 * MIT (2/2)
 * U Rhode Island (1/3)
 * UCSB (First Langauge Learning) - campus interview request (12/21)
 * University of Florida (Psycholinguistics) - campus interview request (12/15)
 * Rutgers University (Semantics) - campus interview request (12/30)
 * UC Berkeley (Historical or Language in Social Context) - campus interview request (1/12)
 * U Washington (Phonology) - shortlist candidates posted as colloquial speakers on their website (1/17)
 * UChicago (Computational Linguistics) - campus interview request (1/19)
 * UC San Diego (Teaching Prof) - Shortlist for campus visits has been chosen. (1/23)
 * UBC (Speech/Phonetics) - campus interview request (1/31)

LSA/Phone/Skype interviews

 * U Rhode Island (Skype, 12/15)
 * Carleton College (Visiting in Phonology) - LSA interview (12/17)
 * CSU Northridge (Semantics/Pragmatics) - skype interview request (1/12)
 * UCSB (First language acquisition) - skype interview request (11/18)
 * Macalester (open) - skype interview request (11/30)
 * MIT - skype interview request (1/12)
 * UH Mānoa (Syntax) - skype interview request (December)
 * UC Berkeley (Historical or Language in Social Context) - skype interview request (12/20) x2
 * UChicago (Computational Linguistics) - LSA interview request (12/20)
 * University of Kansas (Syntax/Fieldwork) - Skype interview request (December)
 * Yale (Phonology) - Rejection email (01/05) x2
 * USC (Semantics) - LSA interview request (01/05)
 * UC San Diego (Teaching Prof.) - Skype Interviews have occurred (as of 1/15)
 * University of Delaware - Skype interview request (1/29) x2
 * UCLA (syntax/fieldwork) - Skype interview requests have been sent (2/2)

Arizona State University (Deadline: 22 Oct. 2017)

 * Field(s): Theoretical Linguistics with a specialty in semantics and Native American linguistics and a secondary focus in syntax
 * Rank: TT Asst. Professor
 * Department: English
 * URL: Chronicle
 * Notes:

Bennington College (Deadline: 1 Nov. 2017)

 * Field(s): Sociolinguistics
 * Rank: Full-Time Faculty Position
 * Department: Isabelle Kaplan Ctr for Langs & Cultures
 * URL: https://apply.interfolio.com/46184
 * Notes:
 * NOTE: Bennington does not have a tenure system.

California State University, Fresno (Deadline: 20 Oct. 2017)

 * Field(s): Semantics
 * Rank: TT Assistant Professor
 * Department:
 * URL:
 * Notes:

California State University, Fullerton (Deadline: 1 Oct. 2017)

 * Field(s): Historical linguistics. Desirable secondary specializations include morphology, Native American languages, and the ability to teach and work in different linguistic traditions, particularly formal linguistics and language typology.
 * Rank: TT Assistant Professor
 * Department: English
 * URL: Chronicle
 * Notes:
 * Notified via email that position has been filled. (12/22)

California State University, Northridge (Deadline: 15 Dec. 2017 for best consideration)

 * Field(s): f ocus in Semantics and Pragmatics ( Highly desirable qualifications: Knowledge of or scholarly work within the framework of cognitive linguistics)
 * Rank: TT Assistant Professor
 * Department: Linguistics/TESL
 * URL:
 * Notes: Skype interview request (1/12) x2

Carleton College (Deadline: 15 Oct. 2017)

 * Field(s): Phonology
 * Rank: Visiting Assistant Professor
 * Department: Linguistics
 * URL: https://jobs.carleton.edu/postings/3377
 * Notes:

Macalester College (Deadline: 15 October 2017)

 * Field(s): Open
 * Rank: TT Asst. Professor
 * Department: Linguistics
 * URL: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/9208
 * Notes: The candidate must be able to teach one or more courses in syntax and computational linguistics.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Deadline: 15 December 2017)

 * Field(s): Language Acquisition or Experimental/Computational Linguistics
 * Rank: TT Asst. Professor
 * Department: Linguistics & Philosophy
 * URL: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/10337
 * Notes: Invitation for skype interview received; Rejection letter received 1/15; short list selected 2/2

McGill University (Deadline: 6 November 2017)

 * Field(s): Semantics/Syntax
 * Rank: TT Asst. Professor
 * Department: Linguistics
 * URL:
 * Notes: Rejection notice; short list selected (Dec. 15th)

Montclair State University (Deadline: open until filled)

 * Field(s): Theoretical Linguistics/Second Language Acquisition
 * Rank: TT Asst. Professor
 * Department: Linguistics
 * URL: https://app1.montclair.edu/xf/hr_jobpostings/details.php?id=1301
 * Notes: Applicants studying any aspect of SLA are encouraged to apply, although candidates with a research program that includes corpus-based and/or experimentally-informed approaches would be an especially good fit with current faculty.
 * NOTE: I thought this was already listed on here but now I don't see it, so I reposted.
 * Has anyone heard anything about this position since submitting materials? A: Nope, nothing. Submitted in October.

New York University (Deadline: 1 Nov. 2017)

 * Field(s): Syntax
 * Department: Linguistics
 * Rank: TT Asst. Professor
 * URL: Chronicle
 * Notes:

Northwestern University (Deadline: 1 Dec. 2017)

 * Field: Semantics
 * Department: Linguistics
 * Rank: TT Asst. Professor
 * URL: http://www.linguistics.northwestern.edu/about/news/faculty-search.html
 * Notes: We are looking for candidates with research and teaching interests in meaning, broadly construed. We are particularly interested in candidates whose research program includes cognitive, computational, and/or social approaches.
 * Any news on this position?
 * Looks like 1 candidate's job talk is listed on the department events calendar.

Rochester Institute of Technology (Deadline: 25 Nov. 2017)

 * Field(s): One or more of the following
 * Deep learning for natural language understanding
 * Speech and speech technology
 * Multimodal and linguistic sensors
 * Human-computer interaction
 * Linguistic narrative analytics


 * Department: English
 * Rank: Visiting Asst. Professor
 * URL: https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGWEbHost/jobdetails.aspx?partnerid=25483&siteid=5291&AReq=3499BR
 * NOTES:
 * The applicant should demonstrate a fit with our commitment to collaborate with colleagues across the university on initiatives in artificial intelligence and in digital humanities and social sciences. The position has the possibility of extension beyond Spring 2018.
 * Also posted at New Media and Digital Humanities 2018

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (Deadline: 30 Nov. 2017)

 * Field(s): Semantics
 * Department: Linguistics
 * Rank: TT Assistant Professor or beginning Associate Professor
 * URL: Interfolio
 * Notes:
 * Skype interviews conducted by invitation second half of December
 * Invitations extended to short list candidates for campus visits

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (Deadline: 1 Dec. 2017)

 * Field(s): Open
 * Department: Linguistics
 * Rank: Associate Professor or Full Professor
 * URL: Interfolio
 * Notes:
 * Invitations extended to short list for campus visits (Dec. 2017)
 * Rejection email (1/8)

Saarland University (Deadline: 5 Jan. 2018)

 * Field(s): Computational Linguistics; Phonetics; Psycholinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics; Translation
 * Department: Language Science and Technology
 * Rank: Tenure-Track Junior Professor
 * URL: https://linguistlist.org/issues/28/28-5083.html
 * Notes: Letter confirming receipt of application (1/28)

University of Alabama (Deadline: 1 Oct review begins)

 * Field(s): Applied Linguistics (Linguistics/TESOL)
 * Department: English
 * Rank: TT Asst. professor
 * URL: http://facultyjobs.ua.edu/
 * Notes:
 * Skype Interviews first week of November

University of British Columbia (Deadline: 08 Dec. 2017)

 * Field(s): Speech/Phonetics and Cognitive Systems
 * Rank: Assistant Professor
 * Department: Linguistics
 * URL: https://linguistlist.org/issues/28/28-4543.html
 * Notes: Any updates on this position? Not for me (x2). They went straight to short list (1/31)

University of California Berkeley (Deadline: 17 Nov. 2017)

 * Field(s): Historical Linguistics or Language in Social Context
 * Department: Linguistics
 * Rank: TT Asst. professor
 * URL: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF01499
 * Notes:
 * Also posted at Linguistic Anthropology 2017-2018
 * Rejection email: 15 out of 188 applicants will be pursued further. (12/21)

University of California Los Angeles (Deadline: 10 January 2018)

 * Field(s): Formal Syntax or Field Linguistics
 * Rank: TT Assistant or Associate Professor
 * Department: Linguistics
 * URL: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/apply/JPF03409
 * Notes: Skype interview requests (field linguistics) received, 2018/01/27.

University of California Santa Barbara (Deadline: 4 Nov. 2017)

 * Field(s): First language acquisition
 * Department: Linguistics
 * Rank: TT Assistant Professor
 * URL: https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/apply/JPF01039
 * Notes:
 * The ideal candidate will have primary expertise in first language acquisition grounded in empirical linguistic research on any language(s). The specific area of specialization is open. The ability to contextualize the process of first language acquisition with respect to the discourse functional theoretical orientation of the department is an important priority. We especially encourage applicants with expertise in multiple methodologies, which may include longitudinal, experimental, field and/or ethnographic approaches, and the ability to contribute to important departmental foci, such as corpus linguistics, understudied languages, and/or language socialization.

University of Delaware (Deadline: 01 Dec. 2017)

 * Field(s): Phonetics / Laboratory Phonology
 * Rank: Assistant Professor
 * Department: Linguistics and Cognitive Science
 * URL: https://linguistlist.org/issues/28/28-4108.html
 * Notes: Any updates on this position? Skype interview request (1/29)

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (Deadline: Continuous - application review begins 16 Nov. 2017)

 * Field: Syntax
 * Rank: Assistant Professor
 * URL: http://workatuh.hawaii.edu/Jobs/Nadvert/27707
 * Notes:
 * Applicants are expected to have expertise in formal syntactic theory, and evidence of an active research program. Desirable qualifications include a suitable combination of the following: expertise in semantics, morphology or a language or languages of Asia or the Pacific (especially Austronesian languages).

University of Illinois (Deadline: 15 Nov. 2017)

 * Field(s): Syntax and Syntactic Theory
 * Rank: Assistant Professor
 * Department: Linguistics
 * URL: https://jobs.illinois.edu/faculty-positions/
 * Notes:

===University of Massachusetts Amherst (Deadline: 28 Nov. 2017)  ===
 * Field(s): Semantics
 * Rank: Assistant Professor
 * Department: Linguistics
 * URL: https://linguistlist.org/issues/28/28-4455.html
 * Notes:  Any information about this position? (there is already a shortlist; 2/2)

University of Oregon (Deadline: 1 Dec. 2017)

 * Field(s): Fieldwork and Language Description
 * Rank: Assistant Professor
 * Department: Linguistics
 * URL: http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/lingtyp/2017-September/005768.html
 * Notes: Any information about this position?
 * Not for me. (1/27) me neither! (1/28) same here, nothing (2/1)

Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) (Deadline: 16 Feb. 2018)

 * Field: First Langauge Acquisition
 * Department: Linguistics
 * Rank: Assistant Professor
 * URL: https://www.rhu.uqam.ca/AffichageProfs/21407179.pdf
 * Notes: Must have a strong command of French.

Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) (Deadline: 16 Feb. 2018)

 * Field: Semantics
 * Department: Linguistics
 * Rank: Assistant Professor
 * URL: https://www.rhu.uqam.ca/AffichageProfs/21407178.pdf
 * Notes: Must have a strong command of French.

University of Rochester (Deadline: 1 Dec. 2017)

 * Field: Semantics; Syntax
 * Department: Linguistics
 * Rank: Open
 * URL: http://www.sas.rochester.edu/lin/about/career-opportunities.html
 * Notes:  Has anyone heard anything about this position (LSA/Skype interviews)? (01/18); campus visit invitation (01/22)

University of Rhode Island (Deadline: Nov 15, Nov 30)

 * Field: Second Language Acquisition/Applied Linguistics: Proficiency Specialty
 * Department: Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures
 * Rank: Assistant Professor
 * URL: https://jobs.uri.edu/postings/2831
 * Notes:
 * Must be able to teach one of Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese or Spanish.

University of Southern California  (Deadline: 1 Dec. 2017)

 * Field(s): Semantics
 * Rank: Assistant Professor
 * Department: Linguistics
 * URL:  https://usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-angeles/assistant-professor-of-linguistics/1209/5252136
 * Notes:
 * (01/30) The search committee sent very nice rejection notes to the long-listed candidates who did not make it into the short list

University of Texas at San Antonio (Deadline: 20 Oct. 2017)

 * Field(s): TESOL/Applied Linguistics
 * Rank: Assistant Professor
 * Department: Bicultural BIlingual Studies
 * URL:   https://jobs.utsa.edu/postings/7471
 * Notes:

University of Washington (Deadline: 01 Dec. 2017)

 * Field(s): Phonology
 * Rank: Assistant Professor
 * Department: Linguistics
 * URL: http://bit.ly/2g5qkLs
 * Notes: Shortlist posted as colloquial talks on their website

Wellesley College (Deadline: 15 Dec. 2017)

 * Field(s): Sociolinguistics
 * Rank: Assistant Professor
 * Department: Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences
 * URL: https://career.wellesley.edu/postings/1862
 * Notes: We seek a candidate whose research program is in sociolinguistics and includes a cross-cultural component. Candidates will have a demonstrated commitment to teaching at the undergraduate level while maintaining a commitment to their research specialty. Applicants should be able to teach sociolinguistics, general linguistics and an upper level course in their area of specialization. Qualifications for the position include a Ph.D. in linguistics by the appointed start date of the position.

Yale University (Deadline: 01 Dec. 2017)

 * Field(s): Phonology
 * Rank: Assistant or untenured Associate Professor
 * URL: https://apply.interfolio.com/46455
 * Notes:
 * The ideal candidate will have an outstanding research record and promising research program addressing theoretical questions in Phonology, using data from original field work, and potentially making use of experimental methods and/or computational modeling. Candidates will need to be able to contribute to the Department’s undergraduate and graduate teaching in Phonology and more generally. Applications are especially welcome from candidates whose research is informed by the study of historical change or lesser studied languages.