Post-Baccalaureate Associate, Linguistics

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Description The Department of Linguistics is seeking to hire a post-baccalaureate associate for academic year 2024-2025, to work with Prof. Claire Bowern on linguistics research and outreach. The job is full time and includes benefits. Activities will include research in language documentation and language change, managing the historical linguistics lab, and designing and implementing outreach and community-oriented materials. The position is for one year, potentially renewable for a second year. The position begins in August or early September, 2024. Qualifications: This position would be ideal for someone who is planning on going to graduate school in linguistics. An undergraduate degree (BA/BSc or equivalent) is required by the start date. Students who have already begun a PhD program are not eligible. I am particularly looking for students with some experience in phonetics, computational linguistics, or the tech side of language documentation (e.g. computational tools for language documentation or under-resourced languages), as the projects the lab is currently working on focus on those areas. Application Instructions: Application materials: For full consideration, please submi...