Assistant Teaching Professor of Korean Language
Department overview
The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is the intellectual hub of the University of Oregon, serving nearly two-thirds of all students. Home to more than 800 faculty across 50+ departments and programs in the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences, CAS is a dynamic and interdisciplinary academic community. The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures (EALL), within the Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages, offers programs and courses related to the languages, literatures, and cultures of China, Japan, and Korea. The department has majors and minors in Japanese and Chinese and a minor in Korean, as well as graduate programs across all three regions.
About the role
The department invites applications for a funding-contingent Assistant Teaching Professor of Korean Language, supported by external funding from the Korea Foundation. The position will support advanced-level instruction, proficiency-driven assessment, technology-enabled learning, and related grant deliverables associated with Korea Foundation support. We seek a highly qualified instructional faculty member with the ability to lead program development guided by proficiency-oriented curriculum design. This position will also be responsible for producing and maintaining annual reports for submission to the Korea Foundation. The successful candidate will contribute to program stewardship responsibilities, including curriculum development and coordination of courses from beginning to advanced levels, assessment, advising support, supervision of Graduate Employees, student communication, and administration and development of placement testing. The position is also expected to collaborate with Korea-related initiatives and colleagues across campus in support of the program’s instructional and academic goals, including contributing to the development of the Korean major in the future. The Assistant Teaching Professor will have a base course load of eight courses per academic year, teaching beginning through advanced levels of Korean language, including courses across the KRN 101–103, 201–203, and 301–303 sequence. They may also serve on department committees and will be expected to demonstrate commitment to ongoing professional development.
Responsibilities
- Teach eight courses per academic year across beginning, intermediate, and advanced Korean language sequences (KRN 101–103, 201–203, 301–303)
- Lead program development guided by proficiency-oriented curriculum design
- Produce and maintain annual reports for submission to the Korea Foundation
- Coordinate curriculum and courses from beginning through advanced levels
- Conduct proficiency-driven assessment and advising support
- Supervise Graduate Employees
- Administer and develop placement testing
- Collaborate with Korea-related initiatives and colleagues across campus
- Contribute to the development of a future Korean major
- Serve on department committees as needed
- Engage in ongoing professional development
Requirements
- M.A. degree in applied linguistics or a related field (e.g., second language acquisition, language pedagogy) with emphasis on Korean
- Experience teaching Korean language at the university/college level
- Leadership experience developing Korean language programs, including proficiency-oriented curriculum design
- Native or equivalent fluency in Korean
- Fluency in English
Professional competencies
- Knowledge of proficiency-oriented, communicative language teaching methodologies
- Knowledge of teaching materials development and curriculum design
- Ability to design, write, and edit complex grant documents including reporting requirements
- Knowledge of language-program development
- Ability to work effectively with faculty, staff, and students from diverse backgrounds
- Ability to train and supervise Graduate Employees
- Ability to teach effectively both independently and in a team environment at a variety of levels
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with program coordination and assessment
- Experience implementing language-learning technology
- Expertise in communicative language teaching
- Experience coordinating or directing a language program
- Trained and certified to administer ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interviews (OPI)
- Experience with Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) and ability to train students for the test
- Subject-matter expertise in one or more areas such as Korean literature, culture studies, history, media studies, or cinema studies, with ability to support content-based instruction and collaboration with Korea studies faculty and initiatives
Schedule
This is an in-person, full-time, nine-month-basis Career Faculty