LINGUIST List 11.1994

Wed Sep 20 2000

Jobs: Applied Ling: Assist Prof, Georgia Southern U

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1. Dr.Michael Pemberton, Applied Ling: Assist Prof at Georgia Southern U, GA USA

Rank of Job: Assistant Professor
Areas Required: Applied linguistics
Other Desired Areas: see listing
University or Organization: Georgia Southern University
Department: Writing & Linguistics
State or Province: GA
Country: USA
Final Date of Application: 11/30/00
Contact: Dr. Michael Pemberton michaelpgasou.edu

Address for Applications:
Professors Mary Hadley and Michael Pemberton, Co-Chairs, Search
Committee # 41781 , Department of Writing and Linguistics, P.O. Box
8026, Georgia Southern University
Statesboro
GA 30460
USA

Linguistics. The Department of Writing and Linguistics at Georgia
Southern University ( http://www2.gasou.edu/writling ) seeks 
applications for two tenure-track assistant professors in linguistics.
Ph.D. in Linguistics or Applied Linguistics required by starting date
of the position, Aug. 1, 2001. 

Preference may be given to candidates with a minimum of two years of 
college teaching experience and experience working with a diverse 
student population. Salary dependent upon qualifications. 

We seek candidates who have broad interests that complement a 
department responsible for programs in creative writing, first-year 
composition, technical and professional writing, teacher education, 
and ESL. Successful candidates will also have expertise in such areas 
as language acquisition, syntactic theory, applied linguistics, 
applied phonology, non-Indo-European languages, Language and Society, 
sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, modern grammar, and the history 
of the English language. 

Applicants should value inter-departmental cooperation and be willing 
to work with such departments as Communication Arts, Foreign Languages, 
Psychology, Sociology and Anthropology, and the Center for Africana 
Studies. 

Responsibilities include teaching undergraduate and graduate
courses in the Department of Writing and Linguistics, possibly 
including freshman composition. 

Initial screening of applicants may occur at the Modern Language 
Association Conference in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 27-30, 2000. 
Send letter of application, curriculum vitae, evidence of excellent 
teaching, and the names, addresses, email addresses, and telephone 
numbers of three references to:

Professors Mary Hadley and Michael Pemberton, Co-Chairs, Search 
Committee # 41781 , Department of Writing and Linguistics, P.O. Box 
8026, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460 8026. 

Postmark deadline: Nov. 30, 2000. Additional materials may be 
requested at a later date. 

Georgia Southern University, a member of the University System of 
Georgia, is the largest and leading center of higher education in the 
southern half of Georgia and is third in student enrollment among 
public universities, serving over 14,000 students. As a 
comprehensive, residential university, its mission is strongly 
centered on the education of undergraduate students. The university 
offers 130 degree programs at the baccalaureate, master's, and 
doctoral levels through six colleges. Founded in 1906, Georgia 
Southern became a regional university in 1990. The 634-acre 
campus is located in Statesboro, a community of approximately 30,000 
residents, 50 miles northwest of historic Savannah and 200 miles 
southeast of Atlanta. 

Georgia Southern is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution. 
Individuals who need reasonable accommodations under the Americans 
with Disabilities Act in order to participate in the search process 
should notify the search chair. Georgia is an open records state.