Deadline: 12:00pm Tuesday, February 28th
Are you looking for an exciting Teaching Assistantship and be part of an innovative, university-wide course? Team-taught by Dr. Mark Turin (Anthropology & First Nations and Endangered Languages, UBC-V) and Dr. Elena Nicoladis (Psychology, UBC-O), Living Language: Science and Society is an interdisciplinary ‘transition out’ course in which 3rd and 4th year students at UBC-V and UBC-O examine, integrate and apply their subject-specific knowledge through the lens of language and the framework of the language sciences, with a focus on themes of real-world importance. The course will be offered fully online.
Living Language is capped at 40 students drawn from all faculties at UBC-V and UBC-O, and will be taught in the 2024 Winter I session (September to December 2023). The class is structured around online lectures by Professors Turin, Nicoladis, and invited language leaders drawn from across both campuses and the wider community, together with student-led reflections and presentations.
Through the course, students will lead their own exploration of language as it applies to all domains of human life, from the creation and acquisition of spoken language to writing systems, texts of all kinds, arts, culture, science, and technology. Student reflections include both individual written and oral work, small group discussions and constructive critique of one another’s work, as well as assignments in which students work in interdisciplinary groups to address specific questions of problems.
We are looking for a senior graduate student (preferably a Ph.D. student) with excellent organizational skills and experience working with students and in leading discussion groups. The teaching assistant will work closely with the instructors to fine-tune the classes and with students on online assignments, including providing feedback on written and oral work as well as holding office virtual hours. The teaching assistant is also responsible for organizing and maintaining a log of student participation, assignments, and other class-related activities. Living Language is a unique class with university-wide visibility, offering a compelling opportunity for a graduate student passionate about language.
Hours per week: 12
Duration: September 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023
Deadline: 12:00pm Tuesday, February 28th
Send résumé (including teaching and professional experience), the names and contact information of two references, and a cover letter to:
Ella Fund-Reznicek
Coordinator, Language Sciences Institute
language.sciences@ubc.ca
For more information on the course, visit http://languagesciences.ubc.ca/course.