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Assistant Professor. Computer-Assisted ESL Instruction

The Program in English Language/Linguistics in the Department of
English, University of Arizona, invites applications for a full-time
tenure-track position of Assistant Professor in the field of
computer-assisted English as a Second Language instruction, to begin
August 2008. The selected candidate will teach courses in the MA/ESL
degree program and in the interdisciplinary PhD program in Second
Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT), as well as at the
undergraduate level as appropriate. (All EL/L faculty also serve in
the SLAT program.) The individual selected will be expected to
conduct an active program of professional research and publication,
and contribute to the Department's commitment to University and
community service.

Given the strongly multicultural and multilingual nature of our
program, we hope to attract candidates with experience and interest
in working with diverse students, colleagues, and communities. We
particularly encourage applications from women and underrepresented
minorities. The Department is located within the College of
Humanities, which also includes Africana Studies and East Asian
Studies, as well as other language departments. The University of
Arizona aims to be a Hispanic-serving institution, and the English
Department and the EL/L program seek to expand our work with
underrepresented cultures and underserved constituencies.

Additional Minimum Qualifications:
         Evidence of effective, innovative, and theoretically
informed teaching
         Demonstration of a highly promising trajectory in research
and publication
Expertise in current and emerging technologies (e.g. Web 2.0, Second
Life, CAVE, Statistical
      NLP) and best practices in the field of computer-assisted
instruction in ESL/EFL education
Experience in the ESL/EFL field
         PhD by August 2008

Preferred qualifications:
Familiarity with gaming and virtual reality technologies as
applicable to ESL/EFL education
Familiarity with computer-based language analysis tools for use in
research and teaching
Familiarity with computer-assisted instruction (local and/or remote)
as applied to other
      second or foreign languages
Ability to teach a graduate course in language assessment and testing
Proficiency in a second language
International experience

For full details and the online application form, see the posting at
https://www.uacareertrack.com (cite job #39324). Include letter of
application, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy, and
a representative writing/publication sample in the online
application. Please send three letters of reference and a transcript
of graduate coursework directly to: Professor Rudolph Troike, Chair,
EL/L Search Committee, Department of English, P.O. Box 210067,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0067

Review of completed applications will begin November 1, 2007 and
continue until the position is filled.  Interviews with finalists
will be by telephone. For more information on the English Department
and the EL/L and SLAT programs, go to http://english.arizona.edu/.

The University of Arizona is an EEO/AA Employer M/W/D/V.


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