LINGUIST List 17.3431
Tue Nov 21 2006
Jobs: Arabic & Language Description: Scientist, U of Maryland, CASL
Editor for this issue: Svetlana Aksenova
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1. Sherrita
Rose,
Arabic, Standard & Language Description: Assistant/Associate/Senior Research Scientist, University of Maryland, CASL, MD, USA
Message 1: Arabic, Standard & Language Description: Assistant/Associate/Senior Research Scientist, University of Maryland, CASL, MD, USA
Date: 20-Nov-2006
From: Sherrita Rose <srosecasl.umd.edu>
Subject: Arabic, Standard & Language Description: Assistant/Associate/Senior Research Scientist, University of Maryland, CASL, MD, USA
University or Organization: University of Maryland, CASL Department: Center for Advanced Study of Language Job Rank: Assistant/Associate/Senior Research Scientist Specialty Areas: Language Description Required Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb)
Description:
The Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL), a university-affiliated research center located at the University of Maryland, was established in 2003 under a renewable five-year contract. Its mission is to conduct state-of-the-art research in areas that result in improved performance on language tasks relevant to the work of government language professionals. Work done at the center focuses on improving knowledge of less commonly taught languages, enhancing the acquisition and maintenance of foreign language capability by government professionals (especially at the advanced levels), advancing the capacity to use foreign language skills in a wide variety of government professions and situations, and improving the quality of human language technology.
CASL seeks a linguist with specialization in an area of Arabic linguistic analysis. Domains of interest include structure of Arabic (standard Arabic, or an Arabic dialect), Arabic dialectology, anthropological linguistics, sociolinguistics or corpus linguistics. The candidate will develop and participate in research projects that enable government employees - especially foreign language professionals - to improve their performance on the job, or will conduct research which helps develop improved language training techniques for Arabic.
Candidates must have an earned Ph.D. in Linguistics with a focus on Arabic, a linguistically-related Arabic studies discipline, or a related field, possess a record of individual research achievement in at least one of the areas specified above, a strong record of publication, and the ability to establish an interdisciplinary research program across areas related to the study of language and analysis. Candidates are preferred whose research and publications show evidence of ability to tackle complex, interdisciplinary research and to work collaboratively with a range of institutions and researchers. Senior candidates may also be interested in applying for the position of Area Director for Less Commonly Taught Languages and should consult that advertisement. Candidates must hold U.S. citizenship and be willing to obtain a security clearance. For information on U.S. government security clearances, please see http://www.opm.gov/extra/investigate/security-clearance.asp
*CASL will be interviewing at the Annual LSA Conference in January 2007. Interested applicants who plan on attending the conference and would like to be interviewed, should submit application materials by December 10, 2006.
TO APPLY: go to https://careers.casl.umd.edu, click on "Employment Opportunities" and follow directions for applying.
UM is an EOE/AA. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
For best consideration, apply by January 15, 2007.
Questions about this position should be sent by e-mail to jobquestionscasl.umd.edu Phone: 301-226-8835
Apply on-line at: https://careers.casl.umd.edu
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