The Department of East Asian Studies in the School of International Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Arizona invites applications for a tenure eligible position beginning in August 2026 at the rank of Assistant Professor to serve as the Chinese Language Program Director, with a Ph.D. (in hand at time of appointment) in applied linguistics, second language acquisition, Chinese language pedagogy, East Asian Studies, or a closely related field.

We are especially interested in someone with both a scholarly and practical background who will bring a new dimension and expertise to our Chinese language program, as well as help us recruit and increase our number of undergraduate East Asian Studies (Chinese) majors.

The area of expertise is open, and we are particularly interested in candidates with successful experiences in grant application or grant supported programs/centers, and/or candidates with specialization in quantitative or computational/corpus approaches to second language learning. Successful candidates will have opportunities to collaborate with related initiatives across the University of Arizona campus.

Review of applications begins on November 15, 2025.

Please read the full description and apply at the following link:  https://arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/4/home/requisition/23630?c=arizona

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