Job Posting: Brown University - Faculty Position in Phonetics/Phonology

BROWN

Faculty Position in Phonetics/Phonology, Brown University

Open Rank Level

The Department of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences and the Department of Psychology announce that we will seek to fill four positions in language and linguistics over the next three years. Here we invited applications for an open-rank position in Phonetics/Phonology beginning July 1, 2010. Research focus is open, but we especially value programs of research that cross traditional boundaries of topics and methodology, including theoretical approaches. Interests in cross-linguistic and/or developmental research are highly desirable. The individual filling this position must be able to teach an introductory phonology course as well as a course in experimental phonetics. Additional positions that we will be hiring include a current search in (a) syntactic/semantic/pragmatic language processing, and two others tentatively in the areas of (b) lexical representation and processing, morphology, and/or word formation; and (c) computational modeling, cognitive neuroscience, and/or biology of language. Successful candidates are expected to have (1) a track record of excellence in research, (2) a well –specified research plan, and (3) a readiness to contribute to undergraduate and graduate teaching and mentoring. Brown has a highly interdisciplinary an integrated Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences, effective July 2010. Plans to house the department in a newly renovated state-of-the-art building in the heart of campus are well under way. Curriculum vitae, reprints and preprints of publications, statements of research and teaching interests (one page each), and three letters of reference (for junior applicants) or names of five references ( for senior applicants) should be submitted as PDFs to

PhoneticsPhonologySearch@brown.edu, or else mail to Phonetics/Phonology Search Committee, Departments of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences, Box 1978, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912 USA. Applications received by January 5^th, 2010 are assured full review. All Ph.D. requirements must be completed before July 1^st, 2010.