The nation’s pioneer land-grant university and a member of the
Association of American Universities, Michigan State University
is a research-intensive institution with 17 degree-granting
colleges. With a student population of more than 50,000 from all
50 states and from more than 130 countries, including nearly
11,300 graduate and professional students, the university
community is multiethnic and multinational. The campus is
located in East Lansing, MI, a cosmopolitan university town of
50,000 adjacent to Lansing, the state capital.
Starting with the 2017-2018 academic year, CeLTA will be part of
the School of Language Sciences & Literary and Cultural
Studies, which is in the process of being formed from the merger
of the Department of Linguistics & Germanic, Slavic, Asian
and African Languages, the Department of Romance and Classical
Studies, and the Second Language Studies program. The School
brings together teachers and scholars of language learning and
teaching, world literatures and cultures, and linguistics to
investigate cultural production, local and global communities,
language learning, and cognition viewed through the lens of the
great variety and diversity of the world’s languages. The
School's collaborative environment,in which CeLTA will play a
crucial role, aims to promote a world-class research agenda,
innovative teaching, opportunities for outreach and community
service, and enhanced learning experiences for students. The
School will be housed in the College of Arts & Letters and
will join a vibrant arts and humanities community that has
benefited from university support evidenced by CeLTA, an
expanding Less Commonly Taught Language program, and
world-renowned education abroad initiatives. The CeLTA Director
will report to the School Director.
Responsibilities of the Director of CeLTA include:
For more information about CeLTA, visit: http://celta.msu.edu/.
Information about the current departments and SLS program can be
found at http://linglang.msu.edu/;
http://www.rcs.msu.edu/;and
http://sls.msu.edu/.
For more information, contact the search committee chair, Dr.
Xiaoshi Li, Department of Linguistics & Germanic, Slavic,
Asian and African Languages, [log in to unmask].
Persons with disabilities have the right to request and receive
reasonable accommodation.
Required Degree
Doctorate
Minimum Requirements
Required Application Materials
Qualified applicants should submit a) a letter expressing
interest in this position and describing qualifications and
experience, b) a current curriculum vitae, c) a one-page
philosophy statement on language teaching, technology, and the
role of the language center, d) the names and email addresses of
3 potential referees, and e) 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
community outreach initiatives, and an explanation of how you
will advance our goals of inclusive excellence.
Special Instructions
Review of applications will begin November 9, 2017 and will
continue until the position is filled. Applications must be
submitted electronically to the Michigan State University Human
Resources web site http://careers.msu.edu/.
http://careers.msu.edu/cw/en-us/job/497899/professortenure-system
Job posting 469758