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Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships , Language Acquisition; Various Languages: Post Doc, Carnegie Mellon University, PA, USA Message 1: Language Acquisition; Various Languages: Post Doc, Carnegie Mellon University, PA, USA Date: 15-Sep-2011 From: Administrator, A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships <hssdeanandrew.cmu.edu> Subject: Language Acquisition; Various Languages: Post Doc, Carnegie Mellon University, PA, USA E-mail this message to a friend University or Organization: Carnegie Mellon University Department: Modern Languages Job Location: Pennsylvania, USA Web Address: http://ml.hss.cmu.edu/ml/ Job Rank: Post Doc Specialty Areas: Language Acquisition; Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish Description: Carnegie Mellon University, with the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is pleased to accept applications for two A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities for the 2012-2014 academic years. These fellowships are designed to foster the academic careers of scholars who have recently received their Ph.D. degrees by permitting them to pursue their research while gaining mentored experience as teachers and members of one of Carnegie Mellon's four humanities departments (English, History, Modern Languages, and Philosophy) in which they will be housed. The Department of Modern Languages is particularly interested in candidates whose research focuses on an area of Second Language Acquisition (e.g. literacy development, social or cognitive dimensions of second language learning, contexts of second language learning, cultural dimensions of language acquisition, technology-enhanced learning, language assessment) and has native or near-native proficiency in one or more of the areas of language and cultural studies offered in the Department (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish). Terms of Appointment: Fellows will teach two courses in their home department(s) in each year of their residency. They will have the opportunity to teach in their existing areas of expertise to prepare themselves for a competitive academic job market. Fellows will be encouraged to take part in the many cross-departmental colloquia, conferences, or seminars though the university's Humanities Center, the Center for the Arts in Society, and the undergraduate Humanities Scholars Program. A 2012-2014 Fellow will receive an annual stipend of $50,000 plus benefits, an annual research allowance of $2,500, and, for the first year of the appointment, three summer months salary. Application and Selection Process: Applicants for the 2012-2014 fellowships must have completed a Ph.D. no earlier than January 1, 2010. Candidates who do not yet hold a Ph.D. but expect to by June 30, 2012 should supply a letter from their home institution corroborating such a schedule. Applications for the 2012-2014 fellowships must be received in the Administrator's office by November 15, 2011. Incomplete dossiers will not be reviewed. Candidates should submit a cover letter, CV, personal statement (of no longer than 2000 words) outlining their complete research (including dissertation), work in progress, professional goals and plans for publication, proposed major field(s) of teaching, and the Carnegie Mellon department in which you would want to be based, and three letters of reference. (Note: reference letters may be sent with the candidate's application materials in sealed signed envelopes or directly by the referees.) Fellowship applications and departmental requests to house a fellow will be evaluated by Carnegie Mellon's Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship Advisory Committee, in consultation with the Dean and Associate Dean of the Dietrich College of Humanities & Social Sciences. Strong fellowship applications will be circulated to relevant departments. Should you have questions, please direct them to the contact email address below. All application materials and other correspondence should be addressed to the application address below. Application Deadline: 15-Nov-2011 Mailing Address for Applications: Administrator, A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences Office of the Dean, Carnegie Mellon University Baker Hall 154 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA Contact Information: Administrator, A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships Email: hssdeanandrew.cmu.edu Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 16-Sep-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.