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Japanese Language Lecturer in the East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies Department

Job #JPF02763
East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies / College of Letters & Science – Humanities and Fine Arts / UC Santa Barbara
Apply now: https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02763/apply
View this position online: https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02763

POSITION OVERVIEW
Salary range: See Table 15 for the salary range for this position. A reasonable estimated full-time rate for this position at 100% time is $66,259-$72,404.
Percent appointments may vary.
Percent time: 100%
Anticipated start: July 1, 2024

APPLICATION WINDOW
Open date: May 2, 2024
Next review date: Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Sunday, Jun 30, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

POSITION DESCRIPTION
The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara invites applications for a full-time Lecturer in Japanese Language. The successful candidate will be expected to teach Japanese language courses at all levels (elementary through advanced) and to work closely with the program coordinator to prepare course materials, to supervise teaching assistants, and to organize program-related events. This is a full-time, benefits-eligible appointment for the 2024-2025 academic year with possibility of renewal contingent upon satisfactory performance, availability of resources, and the needs of the program.

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.

The University is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through research, teaching,
and service as appropriate to the position

QUALIFICATIONS
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
– MA in Japanese language pedagogy, applied linguistics, linguistics, or a related field, at the time of application.

Additional qualifications (required at time of start)
– Two years of experience in higher education, preferably in the United States, teaching Japanese language courses (elementary through advanced levels),
and evidence of effective teaching.
– Native/near-native proficiency in both Japanese and English, as evidenced through application materials.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Document requirements
– Curriculum Vitae – Your most recently updated C.V.
– Cover Letter
– Statement of Teaching
– Statement of Teaching Effectiveness – Quantitative data and samples of qualitative data from teaching evaluations.
– Sample Syllabi – Sample syllabi for at least two different levels of language instruction.

– One Lesson Plan – One lesson plan for one unedited video of classroom language teaching or a recording of a class delivered by remote instruction.
Please upload the video to SNS such as YouTube and include a video link in the lesson plan.

Reference requirements
– 3 letters of reference required
Applicants should provide the names and contact information for 3 references and must request letters of reference within the system in order to complete
application requirements.

Apply link: https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02763
Help contact: rebeca_adam@ucsb.edu

ABOUT UC SANTA BARBARA
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4010393/PPSM-20. For the University of California’s Anti-Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination.

As a condition of employment, you will be required to comply with the University of California Policy on Vaccination Programs, as may be amended or revised from time to time. Federal, state, or local public health directives may impose additional requirements.

JOB LOCATION
Santa Barbara, CA

Korean Language Lecturer in the East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies Department

Job #JPF02668
East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies / College of Letters & Science – Humanities and Fine Arts / UC Santa Barbara
Apply now: https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02668/apply
View this position online: https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02668

POSITION OVERVIEW
Salary range: See Table 15 for the salary range for this position. A reasonable estimated full-time rate for this position at 100% time is $66,259-$72,404.
Percent appointments may vary.
Percent time: 55.55%
Anticipated start: July 1, 2024

APPLICATION WINDOW
Open date: April 25, 2024
Next review date: Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Sunday, Jun 30, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

POSITION DESCRIPTION
The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara invites applications for a part-time Lecturer in Korean Language. The successful candidate will be expected to teach Korean language courses at the elementary and intermediate levels and to work closely with the program coordinator to prepare course materials, develop course curriculum, and organize program-related events.

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.

The University is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through research, teaching,
and service as appropriate to the position.

QUALIFICATIONS
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
– Bachelor’s Degree at time of application.
Additional qualifications (required at time of start)
– Native or near-native proficiency in both Korean and English, as evidenced in application materials and the interview.
Preferred qualifications
– Experience teaching Korean in an English-speaking country.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Document requirements
– Curriculum Vitae – Your most recently updated CV. Please include a list of courses taught with dates and universities indicated.
– Cover Letter
– Teaching Statement
– One Lesson Plan – One lesson plan for one unedited video demonstration of Korean language teaching. Please upload the video to SNS such as YouTube
and include video link in the lesson plan.
Reference requirements
– 2 letters of reference required: Applicants should provide the names and contact information for 2 references and must request letters of reference within the system in order to complete application requirements.

Apply link: https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02668
Help contact: rebeca_adam@ucsb.edu

ABOUT UC SANTA BARBARA
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4010393/PPSM-20. For the University of California’s Anti-Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination.

As a condition of employment, you will be required to comply with the University of California Policy on Vaccination Programs, as may be amended or revised from time to time. Federal, state, or local public health directives may impose additional requirements.

JOB LOCATION
Santa Barbara, CA

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Yiming Ma receives AAS Grant for Dissertation Research

We are pleased to announce that EALCS graduate student Yiming Ma has recently received an AAS East and Inner Asia Council (EIAC) small grant to support a research trip for his dissertation, “In Search of Industrial Modernity: Working Cultures and Literature in Modern China, 1873-1953.” With this funding, Yiming will be conducting archival research in Shenyang, Fushun, and Harbin for a dissertation chapter focused on post-WWII workers’ factory-protection movements, internationalism, and literature in Northeastern China. Congratulations, Yiming!

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Chinese Popular Culture course offered in summer session B

 

This summer, in session B, EALCS is proud to offer the course, “CHIN 40: Chinese Popular Culture,” taught by Prof. Hangping Xu, meeting on Mondays and Wednesdays, 3:30–5:35pm.

As described on the poster:

YOU WON’T BE BORED IN THIS COURSE, as you watch Chinese films, TikTok videos, reality TV shows, and Boys’ Love dramas; listen to Taiwanese diva Teresa Teng’s sugary voice and rock star singer Cui Jian’s on-the-top-his-lungs singing; look at online streamers and social influencers. DO NOT BE FOOLED, however, by its entertaining content.

Students will learn to analyze popular culture intelligently and arrive at a theoretical account of global popular culture, including its political economy, changing infrastructure, aesthetic features, and cultural politics. We will undertake Popular Cultural Studies as a serious inquiry. As it is also a China-specific course, students will better understand Chinese history, society, and culture.

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Yiming Ma awarded UC-wide grant to lead “CARE: Collective for Archival Research of Embodiment”

We are pleased to announce that EALCS graduate student Yiming Ma has been awarded a University of California Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI) grant for a Multicampus Graduate Student Working Group over 2024-25. As the organizer of this group, titled “CARE: Collective for Archival Research of Embodiment,” Yiming will be organizing year-long workshop series on archival theories, embodied archiving practices, and community digital archives, working alongside faculty advisor Professor Hangping Xu and several other UCSB students, including Uudam Baoagudamu (Religion), Diandian Zeng (Music), and Tinghao Zhou (FAMST), as well as students from other UC campuses.

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UCSB students place high in statewide Mandarin Speech Contest

On April 13, the UCSB Chinese language students attending the 48th CLTAC Mandarin Speech Contest—Ethan Sayang, Hannah Ho and Athena Cruz Albrecht—won Third Place in his/her category in the 48th annual Chinese Language Teachers’ Association in California (CLTAC) Mandarin Speech Contest in the college level division. It was the first time that all the contestants delivered their speech in person after the pandemic.  293 students from K-16 participated in the speech contest and among them there were 142 contestants in the college level participated this year.

We are very proud of them since they were competing with the students from UC Berkeley, Stanford University, UC Davis, Defense Language Institute foreign language center at Monterey, and other prestigious universities.

Their achievements would not have been possible without the care and nourishment of all the Chinese language instructors along their learning journey.

Please join us in congratulating them!