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Description

Applications are invited for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor in General or Applied Linguistics effective July 1/18. The appointment will initially be in the Dept. of Linguistics and Religious Studies, currently under transformation to a dept. focusing on Linguistics.

Qualifications-PhD in a relevant area (at time of appointment) with research & teaching specialization in any of the following: Computational Linguistics, Speech/Text processing, CALL, Corpus Linguistics and/or language-related aspects of Artificial Intelligence. Demonstrated excellence in teaching and a record of peer-reviewed academic articles published in reputable journals are required.
The responsibilities involve teaching 4 classes/year of undergraduate and graduate Linguistics courses, as well as the development of new courses.

Salary bands:  Assistant Professor:  $93,293 to $112,109; Associate Professor: $112,109 to $130,925; Full Professor: $130,925 to $152,877. Appointment is expected to be at the Assistant Professor rank.

This position includes a comprehensive benefits package which includes a dental, health and extended vision care plan; pension plan, life insurance (compulsory and voluntary), academic long term disability, sick leave, travel insurance, death benefits, an employee assistance program, a professional expense allowance, and a flexible health and wellness spending program.

Application review will begin Jan. 25/18; however, applications will be evaluated until position is filled.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority.

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