Wiki page for Academic Jobs in Linguistics advertised during the 2020-2021 hiring season.
Instructions
Please add jobs in the following format and order them alphabetically by institution.
- Example University (State/Province, Country). Position Title. Specializations. Deadline. TT/NT. FT/PT. Link to Job ad(s). Updates:
TT/NT: Tenure-track or Non-tenure track.
FT/PT: Full-Time or Part-Time
For the sake of user-friendliness, please do not add more detailed content of the job ad on this page. (This is a departure from previous years, when these pages tended to become difficult to navigate. The new guidelines are modeled on more user-friendly Academic Wiki pages serving other disciplines.)
Add updates to the end of each entry as they come in: Additional materials requested, video interview scheduled, campus visit scheduled, offer extended, offer accepted, rejection received.
Please post "Have you heard?" questions above, under Word on the Street.
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See also Humanities and Social Sciences Postdocs 2020-2021 .
Jobs with 2020 Application Deadlines
Boston University (BU). Assistant Professor of Linguistics (Computational Linguistics). Tenure-track, Full time. Application deadline: 1 December 2020. Job ad on Linguist List. Updates:
University of Bayreuth (DEU:Bay). Junior Professor (Asst. Prof. equivalent). African Languages and the Construction of Knowledge. Deadline: 30 September 2020. Job ad on university website Updates:
University of Toronto Mississauga. Assistant Professor (First Language Acquisition). Deadline: 16 December 2020. Job ad on Linguist List Updates:
McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. Assistant Professor in Linguistics with Specialization in Syntax. Tenure-track. Application deadline: 15 December 2020. Job ad on Linguist List. Updates: Rejection email 26 January 2021.
Jobs with 2021 Application Deadlines
Al Akhawayn University (Morocco): Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Arabic Literature and Rhetoric
- The School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) of Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane (AUI) invites applications from qualified, enthusiastic candidates for one position in Arabic literature and rhetoric as of Fall 2021; Candidates should hold an M.A. degree or Ph.D. in Arabic literature and language or other relevant area, including second-language acquisition, linguistics, and language pedagogy
- For more information and to apply, see: http://www.aui.ma/images/SHSS_ARA-Fall2021.pdf
- DEADLINE: Feb. 28, 2021
California State University, Long Beach (CSULB). Assistant Professor of Linguistics (ASL Linguistics and Deaf Cultures) Tenure- Track, Full time, APPLICATION DEADLINE: Review of applications to begin on November 20, 2020. Position opened until filled (or recruitment canceled). Job application . Updates:
Boğaziçi University, Istanbul (BOUN). Full Professor of Linguistics (Language Acquisition, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics). Deadline: 15 February 2021. Job ad on university webpage. Updates:
Occidental College. Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science. Tenure Track. Review of application begins March 1, 2021. JUpdates:
University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany. Junior Professorship for English Linguistics and Teaching English as a Foreign Language (Asst. Prof. equivalent). Deadline: 12 January 2021. Updates:
University of Nevada, Reno (UNR): Assistant Professor of Linguistic Anthropology (Ethnographic approach to the study of language and culture). Tenure-Track. Application Deadline: January 24, 2021. Job ad on university webpage. Updates:
- 2/10 Rejection received.
University of Oklahoma: Assistant Professor of Linguistics (General Linguistics; Morphology; Semantics; Syntax; Theoretical Linguistics). Tenure-track. Application deadline: January 15, 2021. Job ad on Linguist List. Updates:
University of Toronto: Assistant/Associate Professor in French Experimental Linguistics (French Linguistics, Experimental and Quantitative Methods). Tenure-track. Application deadline: January 4, 2021. Job ad on Linguist List. Updates:
University of Toronto: Assistant Professor in Psycholinguistics (Psycholinguistics, Quantitative Methods). Contractually limited term appointment. Application deadline: February 15, 2021. Job ad on university webpage. Updates:
University of Toronto: Assistant Professor in Language Variation and Change. Contractually limited term appointment. Application deadline: February 15, 2021. Job ad on university webpage. Updates:
University of York, York, UK. Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in English Language and Linguistics. Language change, language use, or language variation, with a special focus on varieties of English. Application deadline: February 18, 2021. Tenure-track (open contract), full-time. Job ad on university webpage.
University of York, York, UK. Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Sociolinguistics. Language variation and change, sociolinguistics, or varieties of English. Application deadline: February 14, 2021. Tenure-track (open contract), full-time. Job ad on university webpage.
York University, Toronto, Canada. Assistant Professor. Tenure-track. Language Acquisition; Morphology; Semantics; Sociolinguistics; Syntax; Bilingualism. Application deadline: January 15, 2021. Job ad on Linguist List.
University of Colorado, Boulder. Assistant Professor. Tenure-Track. Native American/Indigenous Linguistics. Application deadline: January 22, 2021. Job ad on university webpage
Word on the Street
Has anyone heard if interview requests have gone out for the phonetics/phonology jobs from UC Santa Cruz, UW, or Concordia?
Interviewed via Zoom for UC Santa Cruz and then got a rejection letter
I have received a rejection letter from UC Santa Cruz. x4
I've gotten an interview request from UW - 1/15 x2
Also waiting to hear anything at all from Concordia - Feb 2
~ at this point it's unlikely they haven't made decisions yet.
Has anyone heard about interview requests from UC Irvine (Language Science) or USC (Psycholinguistics)?
-- I've heard that Irvine has scheduled job talks and USC has started interviews.
-- UCI sent official rejections 2/6 x 2
Has anyone heard about interview requests from any of the syntax/semantic/morphology jobs? (Oklahoma, McMaster, YorkU)
--Just got a rejection email from McMaster x 2
Has anyone heard about interview requests from the University of Toronto Mississauga (First Language Acquisition)? no
I've had an interview with BU - 1/21
Does anyone know if USC has scheduled job talks yet?
-- yes, it has
Has anyone heard about interview requests from UNR or Boulder?
- Just received a request for recommendation letters from Boulder (2/10).
did the request come to the applicant or the recommender?
- Both the applicant and the recommenders.
2/10: rejection from UNR.
- Any word from YorkU or Oklahoma?