UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK.
Position Number 104612

The Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences (CAA-accredited) invites applicants for a tenure track position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level, beginning August 2011. This is a position for a tenure-track faculty member at the Assistant or Associate Professor level in the area of Speech- Language Pathology. Responsibilities include establishing an independent research program, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, mentoring graduate students, and participating in departmental and university activities.

Required qualifications include earned doctorate (Ph.D) in speech-language pathology, speech science, or related area. Expertise in voice/resonance, swallowing, neuromotor, or oral facial disorders, and/or speech production/physiology is a primary consideration. But other areas of expertise may be considered. Applicants should demonstrate a publication record, teaching experience, and history of
external funding commensurate with level of appointment. Preferred qualifications: expertise in voice/resonance, dysphagia, neuromotor, oral facial disorders, and/or speech production/physiology are preferred but other areas may be considered; Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) in Speech- Language Pathology.

The successful candidate must provide evidence of research productivity, and demonstrate the potential to establish an independent research program capable of attracting external support. Responsibilities include conducting research, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, mentoring graduate students, and participating in departmental and university activities.

Salary is negotiable, depending upon qualifications and experience.

The department offers B.A., M.A., Au.D., and Ph.D. degrees and is one of the largest Hearing and Speech programs in the mid-Atlantic region (web page: http://www.hesp.umd.edu). It enjoys campus-wide research ties with the Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (NACS) Program and the Departments of Linguistics, Special Education, Human Development, and Psychology. The campus is home to the Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing (C-CEBH) and inter-disciplinary programs in Language Sciences as well as a new NACS-MD neuroimaging center. The College Park campus is located in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area in close proximity to numerous world-renowned medical institutions and research facilities including the NIH, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Please complete the online application at https://jobs.umd.edu (job position #104612). Required application materials include a letter of application, curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests, a statement of teaching interests, minimum of one and maximum of three selected reprints (uploaded as supplemental documents); names and email addresses of three references who may be asked for letter of recommendation.

For questions about the position, please contact Dr. Yasmeen Faroqi-Shah (301-405-4229; yfshah@umd.edu).

The University of Maryland, College Park, actively subscribes to a policy of equal employment opportunity, and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, age, sex, color, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry or national origin, marital status, genetic information, or political affiliation. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.