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Ph.D. studentships / Graduate
Research Assistantships (GRA) The Departments of Linguistics and Anthropology at the University of Kansas invite applications for two half-time Graduate Research Assistantships (20 hours/week), to begin June 1, 2002, or Aug 22, 2002, pending approval of funding. The position is offered for one year, but may be renewed for up to three more years. The successful candidate will work towards a graduate degree in Linguistics or Anthropology, and the research performed as a GRA will be a basis for his/her doctoral research. Apart from engaging in his or her own dissertation research, he/she will contribute to fieldwork and data analysis in the documentation of endangered Altaic languages in Inner Asia. Candidates with competence in relevant languages (Amdo Tibetan, Turkic or Mongolic languages, or Northern Chinese), fieldwork technology, and/or computational linguistics are particularly encouraged to apply. Candidates are requested to
send (1) an initial statement of research interests, (2) a CV,
(3) three Prof. Dr. Arienne M. Dwyer Review of applications begins March 15, 2002, and continues until the positions are filled. Applicants will be notified by a letter describing their status (selected, alternate, or not selected), and successful applicants who are not current graduate students at the University of Kansas will be sent a graduate application packet from the Department of Anthropology or Department of Linguistics. The University of Kansas is
an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. Our policies
prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, disability,
veteran status, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual
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