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The Linguistics department welcomes self-funded visiting scholars for short-term residency-based research activities at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ. The Department of LinguisticsÌýhas limited office space and resources and is not always able to accommodate all applicants. LinguisticsÌýVisiting Scholars conduct research in collaboration with aÌýLinguistics faculty host, and Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ serves as the visa sponsor if the visting scholar is international. All visiting scholar appointments must be approved by the chair of the Linguistics department, so approval by the faculty host does not guarantee a visiting scholar invitation. Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ grants the privilege of hosting a visting scholar only to actively employed (i.e. not retired), regularly appointed faculty members in the Linguistics department.

International and domestic scholarsÌýinterested in pursuing a visiting scholar appointment at the Department of LinguisticsÌýshould:

1. Identify and contact a potentialÌýfaculty hostÌýfrom the LinguisticsÌýfaculty list. Only regularly appointed, actively employed faculty members are eligible to serve as hosts of visiting scholars. Once the prospective faculty host agrees to host you, and to the term (start and end dates)Ìýof the visit, the potential facultyÌýhost will seek the approval of Linguistics department chair.ÌýFaculty hosts are expected to provide on-site support and introduce visiting scholars to appropriate campus contacts. TheÌýfaculty host mustÌýcomplete theÌý ²¹²Ô»åÌýJ-1 Exchange Visitor Proof of English Proficiency Form, to be provided by Linguistics in step 3 below.ÌýFor international visiting scholars please note that visa processes can require a minimum ofÌý2-3 months after step three (below) has been completed, so plan accordingly.
2. Once the visit (and dates of the visit) areÌýapproved by both potential faculty host and Linguistics chair, prepareÌýaÌýProject DescriptionÌýof no more than 2 pages indicating the project objectives, qualifications of the visiting scholar, timeline for completion of the project (including updatedÌýdates of residency at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ), and indication of the resources at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ needed to complete the project. Such resources may be library holdings, expertise of the Linguistics faculty, or other resources otherwise unavailable at the visiting scholar’s home institution. The Project Description should be submitted to Ethan McGinnis along with aÌýCVÌýand aÌýstatement of financial resources.
3. International visiting scholars, uponÌýreceiving approvalÌýfrom the Linguistics chair and the faculty host, must pay a processing fee of $200 to Linguistics. LinguisticsÌýwill provide information about necessary paperwork.
4. Visting scholars are welcome to attendÌýpublic departmental and campus events, including colloquia, and may sometimes be invited to give colloquia themselves. Upon invitation, visiting scholars may alsoÌýobserve departmental research group meetingsÌýand courses.Ìý

Requiring adherence to theseÌýprocedures helps the DepartmentÌýensureÌýthat all visiting scholars have a productive and safe visit to Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ that also contributes to the academic life of the Department.Ìý