Job Description

How to Apply

Applicants must apply and submit material through https://careers.umich.edu/. Please, include the following in a single PDF document:
1)    A cover letter addressing interest and qualifications for the course(s) and the hours of availability for discussion sections as listed here.
2)    A resume or curriculum vita
3)    Unofficial graduate and undergraduate transcripts of relevant course work 
4)    Previous UM teaching evaluations or teaching history, as applicable
 

Job Summary

The Linguistics Department is looking to hire up to 1 GSI in the Winter 2025 term to lead discussion sections of the following class:
LING 137: Epic Grammar Fails, 3 sections (anticipated enrollment: 75 students)
 

Course Description

Do you ever feel like correcting things you read or hear: signs, menus, emails, web pages, song lyrics, fortune cookies?

Or have you been the target of someone who acts like the 'Grammar Police'?

This course traces protests over English usage, such as the non-literal use of 'literally' and when to use an apostrophe in "its" vs "it's". We will look at these common issues and what underlies them. We will also look at detractors and defenders of language changes, slang, and dialects. Finally, we will discuss what merits such complaints might have, as well as what problems they might pose. In so doing, we will be asking a fundamental question: Who decides what is 'right' and 'wrong' about language?

As a fundamentally interdisciplinary course, we touch on some classically "humanistic" concerns, such as how meaning works and the nature of written and spoken language; some classically 'natural science' concerns, such as the biological foundations of cognition and the physical properties of language; and some classically 'social scientific' concerns, such as observing, interpreting, and analyzing social behavior.
 

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Modes of Work

Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.

Contact Information

?    For questions about how to apply for the position, please contact [email protected]

Decision Making Process

The Linguistics Department Graduate team will make decisions about teaching assignments with the approval of the course instructor.

Selection Process

Applications are reviewed, and decisions made, based on each applicants knowledge, experience, and past teaching record. Preferential consideration will be given to applicants with relevant academic preparation for teaching the course material.

GEO Contract Information

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This position, as posted, is subject to a collective bargaining agreement between the Regents of the University of Michigan and the Graduate Employees' Organization, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO 3550.

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