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Job no: 559899
Work type: Faculty/Academic Staff
Major Administrative Unit / College: College Of Arts And Letters
Department: Linguistics,Germ,Slavic,Asian,Afr Lang 10004543
Salary: Salary Commensurate with Experience
Location: East Lansing
Categories: Full Time (90-100%), Fixed Term Faculty, Education/Training
Position Summary

The Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages at Michigan State University invites applications for a nine-month fixed-term position in Hindi at the rank of Assistant Professor. The position will begin August 16, 2019 on a three-year contract, and is renewable. Salary and rank are commensurate with qualifications.

Duties will involve teaching three Hindi/Urdu language courses each semester during the academic year. It is also expected that the successful candidate will contribute to the overall educational and intellectual environment in the Indian and South Asian Studies Program, and in general will contribute to outreach and co-curricular activities as well as the development of experiential learning activities.

Required Degree

Doctorate -Second Language Acquisition

Minimum Requirements

Native or near-native fluency in Hindi and Urdu, undergraduate Hindi and Urdu teaching experience, and a PhD in Second Language Acquisition or a related field at the time of appointment.

Required Application Materials

Qualified applicants should submit:

a cover letter,

an updated CV,

a statement of teaching philosophy that highlights your alignment with some of our desired qualifications,

a summary of your experience with diversity in the classroom and/or in your past or planned research endeavors, any experience mentoring diverse students or faculty, community outreach initiatives, and an explanation of how you will advance our goals of inclusive excellence,

and the names and email addresses of 3 potential referees who will be sent an e-mail request for their letter of recommendation.

Special Instructions

Applications must be submitted electronically via the MSU Human Resources website, http://careers.msu.edu/

Review of applications will begin March 11, 2019. For more information, contact the search committee chair, Dr. Sean Pue (pue@msu.edu), Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages, 619 Red Cedar Road, B-369 Wells Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1027.

Persons with disabilities have the right to request and receive reasonable accommodation.

Review of Applications Begins On

03/11/2019

Website

http://linglang.msu.edu

Department Statement

The Department has a strong institutional commitment to diversity in all areas and encourages candidates from underrepresented groups. We favor candidates who can contribute to the College of Arts & Letters’ distinctive educational objectives, which promote interdisciplinary perspectives, intercultural understanding, and values diversity and inclusion as essential to achieving excellence.

The College of Arts & Letters promotes an academic and organizational culture which actively seeks out and strengthens diverse voices and perspectives among its members in order to achieve true excellence. The College of Arts & Letters is interested in candidates of all backgrounds who are committed to the principle that intellectual leadership is achieved through open access and pro-active inclusion.

MSU Statement

Michigan State University has been advancing the common good with uncommon will for more than 160 years. One of the top research universities in the world, MSU pushes the boundaries of discovery and forges enduring partnerships to solve the most pressing global challenges while providing life-changing opportunities to a diverse and inclusive academic community through more than 200 programs of study in 17 degree-granting colleges.

Advertised: Feb 19, 2019 Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: Mar 21, 2019 Eastern Daylight Time