University or Organization: The University of Texas at Austin
Department: French and Italian
Job Location: Texas, USA
Web Address: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/frenchitalian/
Job Title: Visiting Assistant Professor - French
Job Rank: Visiting Assistant Professor

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Dialectal/sociolectal variation in Romance languages, familiarity with current teaching methodologies/technologies and experience teaching French in a U.S. institution of higher education

Required Language(s): French (fra)
Romance

Description:

The Department of French & Italian at The University of Texas at Austin seeks to hire a one-year, non-renewable position as Visiting Assistant Professor in French Linguistics (research specialization is open). Primary duties include teaching undergraduate French linguistics courses such as Introduction to French Linguistics, French Phonetics, and French Sociolinguistics. In addition, we seek a scholar adept at creating and teaching interdisciplinary upper division undergraduate courses and a graduate seminar that would integrate linguistics with other disciplines (e.g., literary, media, and/or cultural studies) with a goal of appealing to a diverse cohort of French Studies students.

Applicants must hold a PhD in French and native or near-native fluency in French. Preferred qualifications include demonstrated excellence in research and teaching, skills to create interdisciplinary French courses, a record of work on a wide variety of linguistic sources (e.g., literary, conversational, social media texts) and interests in dialectal/sociolectal variation in Romance languages. Additionally, we seek applicants familiar with current teaching methodologies/technologies and experience teaching French in a U.S. institution of higher education.

Application Deadline: 15-Mar-2024
Mailing Address for Applications:

Web Address for Applications: http://apply.interfolio.com/140878
Contact Information:
Professor Cinzia Russi
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 1-(512)-785-5434