Department of Modern Languages Carnegie Mellon (Pittsburgh, PA)

he Department of Modern Languages invites applications for an open-rank tenure track position in Second Language Acquisition beginning in August 2012. Of particular interest are candidates whose research focuses on one or more of the following areas: cognitive dimensions of second language learning, language assessment, technology and second language acquisition, multilingual literacy development, contexts of second language learning. Successful candidates must have an earned Ph.D., strong evidence of research productivity, excellence in teaching, strong interest in graduate student mentoring and research supervision, potential for securing extramural funding, high level of proficiency in one or more of the languages offered in the Department(Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish), and interest in teaching courses both in the graduate programs in SLA and in one of the language and cultural studies areas of the Department. Teaching load is 2+2.

Applicants should send a letter of application (indicating, among other things, any professional conferences they plan to attend between November 2011 and January 2012, (including the ACTFL meeting in Denver and the MLA meeting in Seattle), resume, statements of teaching, research, and curricular interests, and three (3) letters of recommendation (which may be included with the packet or sent directly by referees). Representative publications, not to be returned, may also be included.

The materials should be sent to: Chair, SLA Search Committee, Department of Modern Languages, Baker Hall 160, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890; and should arrive not later than October 31, 2011. Carnegie Mellon University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

About Department of Modern Languages Carnegie Mellon

The Department of Modern Languages currently has 23 full-time faculty members and three emeritus professors. In 2010 our faculty published four books, 69 papers and presented at 45 conferences. The Department offers undergraduate majors and minors in Chinese Studies, French and Francophone Studies, German Studies, Hispanic Studies, Japanese Studies, Russian Studies, and European Studies, and courses in Arabic and Italian through the advanced level, a Masters in Applied Second Language Acquisit.