Assistant Professor of Linguistics

About This Role

This tenure-track Assistant Professor position focuses on computational linguistics within the Department of Linguistics and Asian/Middle Eastern Languages. The role involves developing an independent research program, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses, and engaging in campus and professional service. The department particularly welcomes candidates whose research involves multilingual language technology, computational approaches to speech, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, language variation, processing, or learning, and language technology for under-resourced languages.

Responsibilities

• Develop a vigorous and independent program of research, scholarship, or creative activity
• Teach graduate and undergraduate courses relevant to computational linguistics
• Engage in both campus and professional service activities

Requirements

• Record of original research, scholarly, or creative accomplishments and demonstrated capacity to develop a vigorous and independent program of research, scholarship, or creative activity
• Demonstrated capacity to teach graduate and undergraduate courses relevant to computational linguistics
• Demonstrated capacity to engage in both campus and professional service activities
• PhD in linguistics or a relevant field, with all degree requirements met

Nice to have:

• Demonstrated expertise in the discipline and its methodologies
• Record of publications, presentations, and/or funding
• Demonstrated proficiency in interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches
• Potential for securing extramural funding
• University-level teaching and mentorship experience, including teaching students from diverse backgrounds
• Ability to direct advanced undergraduate and/or graduate student research

Benefits

• Rich benefits package that constitutes a major portion of total compensation

Important Details

• Application deadline: October 23, 2026

Application Process

• Apply via Page Up

About the Company

San Diego State University offers an undergraduate major and minor in Linguistics and a Master's degree in Linguistics with specializations in general and applied linguistics. The department supports a broad range of research and teaching in theoretical, experimental, computational, and applied linguistics, and also offers certificates in Computational Linguistics and Text Analytics, among other subjects, and contributes to the new undergraduate major in Artificial Intelligence and Human Responsibility.