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LLC News
May 14, 2012
Hannah M. Mugambi
Hannah M. Mugambi (Assistant Professor, School of Arts and Sciences, American University of Nigeria) will be in Yale this summer working as curriculum counsellor for Exploration Schools, and starting a new project in Yola. Their university's vision is to become a development university, so all students are working with community projects to solve local problems. She is teaching the Freshman seminar, and giving a lecture on women and development once a semester. She has also developed a project on health and violence against women in which students work with abused women to train them in IT or entrepreneurship.
May 9, 2012
GRC Oral Presentations - Congratulations to Heidi Faust!
LLC & GSA would like to congratulate the following oral & poster presentation winners of 2012!
Session I:
Oral Presentations:
Tory Williams (Biological Sciences)
Steven J. Manning (Chemistry/Biochemistry)
Hessam Majd (Mechanical Engineering)
Jared Dixon (Computer Science and Electrical Engineering )
Heidi Faust (Language, Literacy, & Culture)
Congratulations Heidi!
May 8, 2012
Juanita Ashby Bey
Juanita Ashby Bey, Ph.D., is an educator who has been an advent follower of spiritual teachers such as Iyanla Vanzant, Wayne Dyer, Rhonda Byrne, and many others. She has presented in many national forums, including at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as at conferences in Chicago, Illinois and North Carolina. Juanita Ashby Bey began using her knowledge of cognitive development and pedagogy to develop empowering activities to help women transform their lives and create authentic happiness, joy, and progress. Juanita Ashby Bey facilitates workshops and seminars to bridge cognitive processing with the work and research of prominent spiritual leaders to help women connect to and embrace their spiritual essence, support them in their process of spiritual development, encourage them to rely on their individual inner ability to persevere, assist them in recreating themselves, and advocate for the expression of their individuality. She has recently become a writer for examiner.com writing about women's issues.
Prof. Fred L. Pincus to Retire
LLC thanks Dr. Fred Pincus for his wonderful teaching and mentoring of students!
Fred L. Pincus, Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, will retire at the end of the semester after spending 44 years at UMBC. He came to Baltimore from UCLA as a 26-year-old instructor in 1968, the third year of UMBC’s existence. In addition to all the committee work needed to build the department and the university, Pincus taught courses in race relations, social psychology and introductory sociology. He also became very involved in the movement against the war in Vietnam and promoted campus policies to increase the number of African American students on campus. He was an early supporter of Black Studies and Women’s Studies.
In 1972, Pincus visited the People’s Republic of China. He was excited to see a non-capitalist country and for the next dozen years he learned all he could about China. He developed a course called “Social Organization in the People’s Republic of China,” wrote several articles about Chinese education and served on the editorial committee of New China, a magazine published by the US-China Friendship Association. He also became the China writer and later the education writer for The Guardian, an independent radical newsweekly published in New York.
In the late 1990s, Pincus joined the steering committee of UMBC’s (then) new Language, Literacy and Culture (LLC) doctoral program. He became interested in diversity in the United States in terms of race, class, gender and sexual orientation. He took over the graduate seminar “Constructing Race, Gender and Class” and developed the undergraduate course “Diversity and Pluralism: An Interdisciplinary Perspective.”
Over the years, Pincus published four books and monographs and several dozen scholarly articles on a wide range of topics including the role of community colleges in higher education, race relations, affirmative action, conservative education policy and diversity. Over the course of his career, he has taught between 6,000 and 7,000 undergraduates and several hundred graduate students in applied sociology, LLC, public policy and intercultural communication.
For the past several years, he has also been working on a memoir and has taken creative writing classes through the Gotham Writers Workshop based in New York City.
UMBC thanks Fred L. Pincus for his tremendous service to our community and to the field of higher education over the past 44 years. (see original post - HERE)
May 4, 2012
Invitation to celebrate with LLC's upcoming graduates
Join us in congratulating the following Language, Literacy and Culture students who will be receiving their Ph.D. diplomas during the graduation and hooding ceremony on May 18th at 10 a.m. in the Retriever Activities Center:
Dana Polson
Mentor: Dr. Christine Mallinson
Thesis: Longing for Theory: Performance Debate Practice in Baltimore
Danika Rockett
Mentor: Dr. Amy Froide
Thesis: Single Women in Borders: Religion and Philanthropy as Paths to Social Action in Victorian Britain
Laura Strickling
Mentor: Dr. Christine Mallinson
Thesis: A Linguistic Journey: Teachers Talk about Integrating Southern and African American English into their Teaching Practices, and the Process of Changing their Beliefs about Language
Corine Toomer
Mentor: Dr. William Rothstein
Thesis: The Breast Health of Church Going African American Women: Do Culture and Religiosity Play Important Roles in Achieving Optimal Breast Health Decisions?
After the ceremony, you are invited to join us in the LLC Conference Room 422 to celebrate with our new graduates and their families. Light refreshments will be served.
May 1, 2012
LLC Open House - May 10, 2012
PLEASE RSVP to llc@umbc.edu.
Thursday, May 10, 2012 5-8 pm
ACIV A Wing, 4th Floor
April 27, 2012
Positions at AU - Academic English
1. Program Manager, English Language Transition Program
Department: School of Professional and Extended Studies
Salary Range: Commensurate with experience.
Position Type: Full-time Staff
Description: This position is responsible for managing all aspects of AU’s English Language Transition Program (ELTP) including creative curriculum instruction, program staffing, program promotion and development, student advising, registration, orientation, counseling, assessment of learning outcomes, and matriculation into main-campus undergraduate or graduate programs. The incumbent develops the ELTP marketing and recruitment plans to ensure enrollment targets are achieved. The program manager helps resolve faculty and student issues and ensures that consistency in academic standards is maintained across ELTP courses.
Educational Requirements: The incumbent must have a Master's degree in TESOL, Applied Linguistics, or a related field with certification in TESOL. A PhD is preferred.
Minimum Requirements:
- Knowledge of current ESL practices and policies in higher education
- At least 5 years of ESL teaching experience and academic program management, administration and assessment, and/or curriculum development required, preferably in ESL
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience with recruitment and student advising
- Excellent people skills and relationship building
- Demonstrated ability to set priorities, handles multiple tasks, and work with diplomacy and efficiency in a fast paced environment with minimal or no supervision
- Outstanding organizational ability as well as the ability to manage deadlines Preferred Requirements: - Multilingual qualifications
- Working knowledge of current technology in the field
For more information and to apply: https://jobs.american.edu/JobPosting.aspx?JPID=1947
2. Adjunct Faculty - Academic English (2 positions)
The International Gateway Program in the School of Professional and Extended Studies at American University invites applications for two part-time adjunct faculty positions to teach in the Fall 2012, subject to budgetary approval.
Responsibilities include teaching courses in academic English listening/speaking and academic English reading/writing to conditionally admitted undergraduate students enrolled in the AU International Gateway Program. Position Appointees will teach one or two 3-credit academic preparation English language courses in the International Gateway Program during the Fall 2012 semester. Appointment is for one semester with potential to be renewed. IGP faculty are expected to attend and be active in program orientation and other program functions; provide guidance to students; and have additional program-related responsibilities such as materials development, mentoring, and test administration. Position Appointees will work under the supervision of the IGP Program Director/Manager. Applicants must have Master’s in TESOL, Applied Linguistics or related field; at least three years of ESL teaching experience at a university level; experience teaching academic English language courses; near-native proficiency in English; strong interpersonal skills with evidence of a high level of cultural sensitivity. Experience in developing ESL curriculum, international experience and knowledge of another language preferred. Salary commensurate with professional experience and qualifications.
Submit a letter of application including a description of how your experience, qualifications, and professional interests have prepared you for this position, along with your curriculum vitae/resume,
and the names and contact information for three professional references to Polina Vinogradova, TESOL Program Director, at vinograd@american.edu, or mail to Department of Language and Foreign Studies,
American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20016-8045. Application review will begin on May 15 and will continue until positions are filled.
Appointments will be effective August 2012.
American University is an AA/EEO University committed to a diverse faculty, staff, and student body. Minority and women candidates are encouraged to apply.
Training Institute in Multilingualism Research
Date: June 18-22, 2012
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Contact: Oliver Engelhardt
Contact Email: training@linee.info
Meeting URL: http://linee.info/linee/events/training-institutes.html
Meeting Description
Following the success of the LINEE project's Training Institutes in
Brussels (2007), Bolzano (2008) and Prague (2009, 2010 and 2011),
doctoral students researching various aspects of multilingualism in
Europe will once again meet for the exchange of ideas and training.
They will be provided with the opportunity for interaction with
renowned resource persons, both local and from abroad, in a number of
different settings (lecture and seminar settings, poster sessions,
informal encounters, meals). Prague, a city known in particular for
its aesthetic value, has been a symbol of intellectual and cultural
engagement and language studies for decades. Since 1989, it has been
gradually developing into a site of emerging multilingualism, the
experience of which participants in the Training Institute are invited
to share.
Thematic Areas
- Language, Culture and Identity
- Language Policy and Planning
- Multilingualism and Education
- Language and Economy
Resource persons
- Galina Bolden, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA
- Rita Franceschini, Freie Universitaet Bozen / Libera Universita di
Bolzano, Italy
- Patrick Studer, Zuercher Hochschule fuer Angewandte Wissenschaften,
Zuerich, Switzerland
- Iwar Werlen, Universitaet Bern, Switzerland
Students will also have the opportunity to interact with local experts
in the areas of multilingualism in the Czech Republic.
Applying
Qualified applicants will be students working on a Ph.D. degree. All
participants are expected to present a poster. The subject of the
posters may be the participant's doctoral research or other projects
in which the participant is involved. Acceptable topics are those
which relate to the four thematic areas. To apply, please send
abstracts of approximately 250 words to Oliver Engelhardt at
training@linee.info by May 20, 2012.
Costs
There is no fee for participation. However, participants cover their
own travel, accommodation and meal costs.
Venue
The Training Institute will take place at the Faculty of Arts, Charles
University, located in the historical heart of Prague. From the
faculty, there are exquisite views of the Prague Castle and Vltava
River. Participants will have access to the internet and the faculty
library. In the vicinity of the faculty, there are a number of
restaurants where the participants can have lunches and dinners.
Accommodation
Participants are free to arrange their accommodation, choosing from a
broad range of options, either in the historical center of Prague, or
in its surroundings. There will also be the option of ordering
university-affiliated accommodation.
Organizing Institution
Faculty of Arts
Charles University in Prague
nam. Jana Palacha 2
116 38 Praha 1
Czech Republic
www.ff.cuni.cz
Organizing Committee
Jiri Nekvapil (chair)
Oliver Engelhardt (contact person)
Vitek Dovalil
Tamah Sherman
Marian Sloboda
Ivo Vasiljev
April 19, 2012
Visiting Assistant Professor: TESL/Applied Linguistics - English Department
The English Department at Northern Arizona University seeks a Visiting Assistant Professor for AY 2012-13 (mid-August 2012—early May 2013) to teach various undergraduate and graduate courses in areas related to applied linguistics , TESL and English. This is a one-year only, full-time, benefit eligible, non-tenure-track faculty appointment.
Duties will include teaching 6 courses per year, three courses per semester, in areas such as introduction to linguistics, English structure, varieties of English in the U.S., ESL methods, CALL, and others dictated by the needs of the undergraduate program and and the graduate TESL certificate, the master’s degree in Teaching English as a Second Language (MA/TESL), and PhD in applied linguistics. (See additional program information: http://nau.edu/CAL/English/Degrees-Programs/Undergraduate; and also http://nau.edu/CAL/English/Degrees-Programs/Graduate/, then look at listings for the TESL Certificate, MA-TESL, and PhD in applied linguistics)
Minimum qualifications
Minimum qualifications include PhD in TESL/applied linguistics or related field in hand by time of appointment and demonstrated success in university teaching. Preference will be given to individuals who have successfully taught undergraduate and graduate courses in linguistics, applied linguistics, or TESL, and who have experience supervising teaching assistants. Successful candidates will also also have demonstrated experience working with diverse student populations.
Interested individuals should submit the following materials all together:
--Current curriculum vitae
--Statement of interest
--Evidence of effective university teaching, as shown in course materials and student evaluations
--Copies of all graduate transcripts
--Contact information (including telephone numbers and e-mail addresses) for three professional referees
--Sample publications (if available) (submit in hard copy or .pdf form)
Review of applications begins May 2, 2012
Materials submitted by mail can be sent to:
Prof. Mary McGroarty, English Department, 700 S. Humphreys, CDR , Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff AZ 86011)
E-mailed materials can be sent to Beverly.Cleland@nau.edu
April 15, 2012
Two Positions - WVU
The Institute for Labor Studies and Research at West Virginia University is searching for two open positions:
Extension Assistant Professor – Labor and Industrial Relations, and
Extension Assistant/Associate Professor – Public Policy and Political Education
Both are full-time, tenure track positions with West Virginia University Extension Service, in Morgantown, WV.
For full job descriptions and application information, see the Job Board at the new UALE website <uale.org>.
(Click on the “Resources” tab and then on the “Job Board” link)
Recent Posts
- Hannah M. Mugambi
- GRC Oral Presentations - Congratulations to Heidi Faust!
- Juanita Ashby Bey
- Prof. Fred L. Pincus to Retire
- Invitation to celebrate with LLC's upcoming graduates
- LLC Open House - May 10, 2012
- Positions at AU - Academic English
- Training Institute in Multilingualism Research
- Visiting Assistant Professor: TESL/Applied Linguistics - English Department
- Two Positions - WVU
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