UCLA Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies
Application
Details
Posted: 08-Dec-22
Location: Los Angeles, California
Type: Full Time
Categories:
French
German
Italian
Specialty:
Higher Education
Administrator
Required Education:
Doctorate
Internal Number: JPF08084
Reporting to the Chair of the Department, the Director of Language Programs will work closely with the Chair and the Student Affairs Officer (SAO) to coordinate all aspects of language instruction in ELTS. This includes overseeing the language component of the majors and minors, hiring and appointing TAs, training and mentoring graduate teaching assistants, developing assessments for language pedagogy, coordinating course offerings, building collaborations with other campus units, expanding language curricular offerings through in-person and on-line programming, and serving as an ambassador to promote the language programs. The Director is expected to maintain an active research agenda and teach three (3) courses during the academic year (generally one per quarter).
The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in French, German, Italian, Foreign Language Education, or a closely related field at the time of hire, with native or near-native proficiency in French, German, and/or Italian. The individual must have experience coordinating or directing a language program, supervising and training graduate teaching assistants, and teaching undergraduate and graduate students, with a demonstrated record of excellence in curriculum development and expertise in the implementation of new technological approaches to second language acquisition. Additionally, the candidate should have demonstrated administrative skills and experience working with language instructors at various levels. Finally, the candidate should have demonstrated success meeting the needs of diverse student populations, working with diverse communities, and building inclusive classrooms.
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in French, German, Italian, Foreign Language Education, or a closely related field at the time of hire, with native or near-native proficiency in French, German, and/or Italian. The individual must have experience coordinating or directing a language program, supervising and training graduate teaching assistants, and teaching undergraduate and graduate students, with a demonstrated record of excellence in curriculum development and expertise in the implementation of new technological approaches to second language acquisition.
Additionally, the candidate should have demonstrated administrative skills and experience working with language instructors at various levels. Finally, the candidate should have demonstrated success meeting the needs of diverse student populations, working with diverse communities, and building inclusive classrooms.
Document requirements
Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
Cover Letter
Statement of Relevant Teaching Experience
Statement on Contributions to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion - An EDI Statement describes a faculty candidate’s past, present, and future (planned) contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion. To learn more about how UCLA thinks about contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion, please review our EDI Statement FAQ document.
About UCLA Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies
The Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies is a new and innovative program that was established in 2020 and that brings together the former departments of French and Francophone Studies, Germanic Languages, Italian, and Scandinavian. We are housed in UCLA’s landmark building, Royce Hall. UCLA is a major center for the study of these diverse cultural, historical, linguistic, political, and social traditions. Languages offered include Dutch, French, German, Italian, Swedish, and Yiddish, and our interdisciplinary humanistic focus includes literature, film, colonial history, postcolonial studies, philosophy, critical theory, media studies, Jewish Studies, gender and sexuality studies, but also the experimental humanities (digital, environmental, medical, and urban) in order to consider how these have altered our relationship to cultural analysis and production.
The term “transcultural” in our name emphasizes our shared European roots, and our expanded focus on the perspectives of filmmakers, writers, and theorists from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and elsewhere, allows for a more pointed, rigorous, and comprehensive understanding of hi...story and more accurate contextualization of the “European” experience in the world. This interdisciplinary and linguistic training aims to encourage us to think additionally about human rights, diversity, religious tolerance, while training students to think critically, to develop writing and research skills, and to understand the power of language to pursue advanced research in a challenging intellectual and globalized world.
Students have the opportunity to achieve a well-rounded education and to pursue advanced research in a challenging intellectual environment with superior research facilities. Many of these fields not only overlap with one another in intellectually exciting ways but also are central to the innovative research being done in the field as a whole. While we understand that students, like faculty, will have particular areas of interest, we consider it important to ensure that all students who receive degrees from this department have, in addition to a solid grounding in at least one of the languages offered, some knowledge of each of the areas that constitute our discipline and how these are in conversation with the broader study of the past and present and how they have flourished in the humanities over the centuries. The department will train students to think critically, to develop writing and research skills, and to understand the power of language to pursue advanced research in a challenging intellectual and globalized world. We will continue to prepare students for graduate school and careers in education, international law and business, NGOs, the arts, media and journalism, museology, international health organizations, advertising, management consultancy, diplomacy, and publishing.
