Michael Becker, who has just finished a year teaching at Reed College, is now headed to Harvard, where he will be a College Fellow. Congratulations, Michael!
Amy Rose Deal has accepted a tenure-track offer in Linguistics at Harvard, starting this fall. Congratulations, Amy Rose!
Anna Verbuk (2007 UMass Amherst PhD) has accepted a position as Research Specialist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It's a one-year postdoc in the Department of Speech and Hearing Science. Anna will, among other things, teach an introductory undergraduate class Children, Communication and Language Ability.
Congratulations, Anna!
UMass Amherst Linguistics BA Kyle Rawlins has accepted a tenure-track job in the Cognitive Science Department at Johns Hopkins, where he is currently a visiting professor. Kyle earned his BA from UMass Amherst in 2003 (along with an BS in computer science), then headed to UC Santa Cruz for his doctoral work, graduating in 2008. Congratulations, Kyle!
[Thanks WHASC!]
Florian Schwarz has accepted a tenure-track position in Linguistics at Penn and will join the department this fall. Congratulations, Florian!
Cherlon Ussery has accepted a one-year position at Carleton College as a Consortium for Faculty Diversity in Liberal Arts Colleges Fellow. Her time will be equally split between teaching and research. Congratulations, Cherlon!
Angela Carpenter (2006 UMass Amherst Linguistics PhD) has accepted a position as Assistant Professor in the program in Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences at Wellesley College. She is taking up this academic position after spending the last few years as Class Dean and Director of Harambee House at Wellesley.
[Thanks Joe!]
Yurie Hara (2006-2007 UMass Amherst Linguistics visitor) has accepted an Assistant Professor position at the City University of Hong Kong. Congratulations, Yurie!
Ilaria Frana has accepted, and begun, a post-doc at Georg-August University in Göttingen, working with Magdalena Schwager. Congratulations, Ilaria!
Paula Menéndez-Benito, 2007-8 Visiting Assistant Professor here in UMass Amherst Linguistics, has accepted, and begun, a post-doc at Georg-August University in Göttingen, working with Regine Eckardt. Congratulations, Paula!
Keir Moulton has accepted a Visiting Professor position in the Linguistics Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Congratulations, Keir!
Jan Anderssen has accepted a Visiting Professor position in the Linguistics Department at Michigan State University. Congratulations, Jan!
Helen Stickney has accepted a Visiting Professor position in the Linguistics Department at the University of Pittsburgh. Congratulations, Helen!
Michael Becker has accepted a Visiting Assistant Professorship at Reed College. Congratulations, Michael!
Matt Wolf has accepted a Visiting Assistant Professorship at Georgetown. Congratulations, Matt!
Kathryn Flack (2007 UMass Amherst Linguistics PhD), currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Hampshire, will continue on at Hampshire next year. She will teach and advise in Cognitive Science half time, and she will work in Institutional Research half time. Congratulations, Kathryn!
Shigeto Kawahara (2007 UMass Amherst Linguistics PhD, presently tenure-track at the University of Georgia) has accepted a tenure-track offer from Rutgers University in New Brunswick. Congratulations, Shigeto!
Amalia Gnanadesikan (1997 UMass Amherst Linguistics PhD) has accepted a permanent faculty position at Holy Family University in northeast Philadelphia. She'll be teaching writing. Amalia has been a regular contributor to The Vocabula Review. Her popular book The Writing Revolution: Cuneiform to the Internet is in press at Blackwell.
[Thanks John!]
Shigeto Kawahara (2007 UMass Amherst PhD, now Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia writes to inform us that the Linguistics Program has announced a tenure-track position in syntax. Here's the full announcement:
The Linguistics Program at the University of Georgia now invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor in syntax. Due to the nature of late call, we accept electrical submission. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask Shigeto Kawahara.
Assistant Professor of Linguistics (Syntax)
The Linguistics Program at the University of Georgia invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level, to begin August 18, 2008. Applicants should have a primary research and teaching interest in syntax. A secondary area of specialization that complements the existing areas of the program is desirable. The ideal candidate will be someone with documented evidence of excellence in research and teaching who is eager to engage with students and faculty in our interdisciplinary program. Responsibilities include teaching two courses per semester at either the undergraduate or the graduate level, maintaining an active research program, and mentoring graduate student research. Ph.D. in Linguistics required at the time of appointment.Send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, writing sample, three current letters of recommendation, and graduate transcripts (unofficial transcripts are acceptable) to:
Search Committee
Program in Linguistics
University of Georgia
142 Gilbert HallElectronic submissions accepted. Please email all documents as attachments to:
Anna Verbuk has filed her dissertation, Acquisition of Scalar Implicatures, and begun a McGill post-doc with Thomas Shultz, of the McGill Department of Psychology. She will be part of the Center for Research on Language, Mind and Brain at McGill. Her project is on the acquisition of relevance implicatures.
Congratulations, Anna!
Liane Jeschull has accepted a permanent teaching position at Harvard University as a preceptor in the Institute for English Language. Congratulations, Liane!
Kathryn Flack will be Visiting Assistant Professor at Hampshire for the 2007-8 academic year. She'll be teaching in the school of cognitive science.
Shai Cohen has accepted a visiting assistant professorship in Linguistics at UC Santa Cruz.
Valentine Hacquard has accepted a tenure-track offer from the Department of Linguistics at the University of Maryland.
Gaja Jarosz has accepted a tenure-track offer from the Department of Linguistics at Yale.
Shigeto Kawahara has accepted a tenure-track offer in Linguistics at the University of Georgia.
Youri Zabbal has accepted a visiting assistant professorship in Linguistics at Boston University.
Angela Carpenter has accepted a permanent position as Class Dean and Director of Harambee House at Wellesley College. Congratulations, Angela!
[Thanks Joe!]
Maria Gouskova has accepted the offer of a tenure-track position in Linguistics at NYU.
Marcin Morzycki has accepted the offer of a tenure-track position in Linguistics at Michigan State University.
Anne-Michelle Tessier has accepted the offer of a tenure-track position in Linguistics at University of Alberta, in Edmonton.
Gennaro Chierchia (1984 UMass Amherst PhD) has accepted a position in the Linguistics Department at Harvard. It will be wonderful for us to have him so close by.
