Assistant Professor in Bilingualism in Heritage...

About The University of Texas at El Paso:

UTEP is a Carnegie R1 and Community Engaged research university at the heart of the U.S.-México border region whose mission is that of increasing access to excellent higher education. UTEP is America's leading Hispanic-serving university.

Located at the westernmost tip of Texas, where three states and two countries converge along the Rio Grande, we advance discovery of public value and positively impact the health, culture, education, and economy of the community we serve. Eighty-four percent of our students are Hispanic, and half of our undergraduates are the first in their families to go to college. Deeply woven into the University's character are the distinctive strengths of the people whom we serve. At UTEP, our 24,000 students have access to 169 bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs. Located in the second-most educated city in Texas, UTEP is recognized as one of the best research universities in the country for connecting students with the community around them. El Paso County is a highly livable, bi-cultural community of 800,000 people, which offers affordable homes and attractive neighborhoods.

The University's rapidly growing research portfolio in the sciences, engineering, health fields, and other areas ranks UTEP fourth in federal research expenditures among the public universities in Texas. UTEP will facilitate the success of new faculty members by providing a strong network of neuroscience faculty, excellent resources for student trainees, and excellent facilities for conducting behavioral neuroscience research. UTEP has a collaborative network of 14 neuroscience faculty. The UTEP Border Biomedical Research Center (BBRC), supported by the National Institutes of Health Research Centers in Minority Institutions (NIH RCMI) Program, provides analytical, experimental, and infrastructural support through state-of-the-art core facilities to UTEP biomedical researchers. Importantly, UTEP has aggressively expanded biomedical research opportunities in recent years through the development of a new building focused on interdisciplinary research, a new NIH-funded Imaging and Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory, development of a Center for Integrative and Translational Research that supports the integration of basic and clinical research initiatives, and enhanced research collaborations with Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso.

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT:  The newly established Department of Latin-US and Linguistics offers BA programs in Chicano Studies, Spanish, and Linguistics; and MA programs in Spanish and Linguistics (https://www.utep.edu/liberalarts/latin-us-linguistics/ ). Faculty in Linguistics are part of a vibrant campus-wide interdisciplinary research community with shared interests and collaborative research in bilingualism and language acquisition (www.utep.edu/csrb/ ), and can supervise PhD students within an interdisciplinary doctoral program with a concentration in Bilingualism, Language, and Cognition offered by the Psychology department.

Job Description:

The Department of Latin-US and Linguistics at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level, with a research specialization in Bilingualism in Heritage Speakers of Spanish in the US. This position targets, but is not limited to, applicants with expertise in language acquisition, Hispanic linguistics, teaching Spanish for heritage speakers and/or Spanish for the professions. We particularly encourage applications from researchers with experience teaching phonology and/or syntax. The position will begin in the Fall 2024 semester.

Requirements:

A Ph.D. in Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, Hispanic Linguistics, or related field, published research, potential to attract external funding, and the ability to teach and direct research.

Additional Information:

Hiring decisions are based upon budget approval.

In keeping with its access, excellence, and impact mission, The University of Texas at El Paso is committed to an open, diverse, and inclusive learning and working environment that honors the talents, respects the differences, and nurtures the growth and development of all. We seek to attract faculty and staff who share our commitment.

The University of Texas at El Paso is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. The University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity in employment or the provision of services in accordance with state and federal law. Discrimination on the basis of sex includes an employee's or prospective employee's right to be free from sexual harassment under Title IX of the Higher Education Amendments of 1972. Inquiries-including the filing of a Formal Complaint or reporting an incident-about the application of Title IX may be referred to the Title IX Coordinator, who can be reached by phone at (915) 747-8358, by email at [email protected] , or by mail at 500 W. University Ave., El Paso, TX, Kelly Hall, Room 312.

For accommodation information for employees and applicants with disabilities, please contact UTEP's Equal Opportunity Office at [email protected] .

Application Instructions:

Review of applications will begin on December 1st and continue until the position is filled. 

Applicants must submit:

If you have any questions, you may contact Dr. Carla Contemori, Search Committee Chair, at [email protected] .