Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics - German - Department of European and Eurasian Studies

Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics – German – Department
of European and Eurasian Studies

College/School/Unit: College of Liberal Arts

Department: Department of European and Eurasian
Studies

Posted: Oct 13, 2026

Apply By: Nov 23, 2026

Description

The Department of European and Eurasian Studies at The University
of Texas at Austin invites applications for a tenure-track
Assistant Professor to begin Fall of academic year 2027-2028. We
seek a specialist in German Applied Linguistics, with complementary
research and teaching in Second Language Acquisition,
Psycholinguistics, Digital Humanities, multilingualism, or language
contact in the European context, with the charge of overseeing
Germanic Studies graduate student professionalization and directing
the lower-division German language program. Duties will include
undergraduate teaching (including teaching the Core Curriculum),
graduate teaching, research, and service to the department,
college, university, and the field.

Qualifications

Applicants must have completed all the requirements for the Ph.D.
by time of appointment, or expect to obtain the Ph.D. within a year
of joining the faculty as Instructor. Near-native fluency in both
German and English is required.

Preferred qualifications include:

The ideal candidate will have an active, data-driven research
program in areas such as language acquisition (including lab-based,
classroom-based, and digital approaches to research), textual
analysis, reading/writing studies, learning theory, outcomes
assessment, corpus linguistics, or critical discourse analysis,
including research design in their fields; a track record of TA
training and supervision (potentially including those in languages
other than German, but with a principal focus on Germanic
languages); a demonstrated long-term commitment to making and
maintaining ties with language teaching on the level of national
professional organizations (e.g., AATG, AAUSC, ACTFL, and AAAL) as
well as locally (local AATG chapters; campus service in placement,
assessment, language events on campus); the ablity to contribute to
and offer courses for the Texas Language Center (TLC) Portfolio
Certificate in Language Teaching / Language Program
Coordination.

Application Instructions

To apply, upload a letter of interest, CV, names and contact
information for three recommenders, teaching portfolio (including
at least three sets of teaching evaluations, at least one of which
should be for a lower-division German course), and a writing
sample. Additional materials may be requested after the initial
review of applications.

Applications must be received no later than November 23,
2026.

Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and
qualifications. Position funding is subject to budget
availability.

For further information, please contact:

Marc Pierce, Search Committee Chair

mpierc@austin.utexas.edu

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal
opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all
applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and
affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of
equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the
basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex,
sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability,
religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and
activities, and admissions.

To apply, visit https://faculty.utexas.edu/career/194100

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