Ling 640G, Section 1 - Professional Issues in Linguistics

Fall 2005: MWF 1:30 - 2:20, Moore 203

This course will provide an overview of many professional issues in linguistics, including responsible conduct in research, presenting work at conferences, writing and publishing, and conducting an academic job search.  Participants will be expected to prepare materials such as a conference abstract, a conference handout, and a c.v. as part of the course, and present their work to the class.  Consent of the instructor is required for enrollment.
 

Who is this course for?

Graduate students in Linguistics who have completed a seminar paper based on independent research, completed a thesis in linguistics, or completed some other linguistics research project of similar size.  Not sure whether it's for you or not?  Email the instructor.
 

Will this course be offered again in the near future?

Not necessarily.  It depends on faculty availability and other teaching needs.


Class materials (keep checking back for updates)

Syllabus (subject to change)


Class-related links (keep checking back for updates)

General information

The Chronicle of Higher Education
Council of Graduate Schools - Resources for Students
Linguistic Society of America
The LINGUIST List
Dissertation Abstracts Database (electronic access to full text of many recent dissertations in linguistics)
Re-envisioning the Ph.D.
Goldsmith et al: The Chicago Guide to Your Academic Career
 

Selected resources on campus

UH Center for Teaching Excellence
UH Asian Studies Program Scholarships
UH Graduate Division
UH Research Relations Page   (Includes a list of funding sources.)
 

Professional societies (partial listing; send suggestions for additions to the instructor )

The Acoustical Society of America
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Society (APS)
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Cognitive Science Society
Council of Academic Programs In Communication Sciences and Disorders
Linguistic Society of America
Psychonomic Society
 

Professional ethics

University of Hawaii Institutional Review Board (Human subjects)
University of Hawaii Graduate Division
UH Graduate Division
UH Executive Policy on Sexual Harassment (includes what to do in cases of consensual relationships between students and faculty)
 

Job listings

The Chronicle of Higher Education
Linguistic Enterprises
The Linguistic Society of America  (See job opportunities in the LSA Bulletin)
The LINGUIST List
See also listings done by professional societies.
 

Funding sources and information (please report corrections or additions)

American Association of University Women   (Includes dissertation year fellowships and fellowships for international students)
Community of Science
Cornell University Grants and Fellowships Database
Educational Testing Service Fellowships
Endangered Language Fund
English as a Second Language Research
Ford Foundation: Predoctoral, Dissertation, and Postdoctoral Fellowships for Minorities
Ford Foundation International Fellowship Program  (For non-U.S. citizens from an eligible IFP country)
Foundation for Endangered Languages
Founder Region Fellowship (For women; funding for last year of Ph.D.)
Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program
Korean-American Scholarship Foundation   (Undergraduate and Graduate support)
Lucent Technologies (Bell Labs Innovations): Cooperative Research Fellowship Program
Mellon Fellowships
National Institutes of Health (NIH)    (Especially NRSA Postdoctoral Awards)
NRC Research Associateship Programs
NSF  - Linguistics  (See especially doctoral dissertation improvement grants, which are open to non-U.S. citizens enrolled at a U.S. institution.)
Spencer Foundation   (A range of support for scholarship on education, broadly conceived.)
UH Asian Studies Program Scholarships
UH Research Relations Page   (Includes a list of funding sources.)

Questions?  Email the instructor.


Department of Linguistics course evaluation, in form-fillable pdf.


Last updated: August 23, 2005