Career & Professional Development Resources
The Linguistic Society of America has provided a forum for a number of presentations, workshops, and resource sessions at both the Annual Meeting and the Summer Linguistic Institute. Below are a number of presentations and handouts on the subject of professional development as well as other non-LSA resources, both divided by stage of career.
The Job Market
General/All Sectors
- LSA Job Listing (browse vacancies posted by employers)
- Annual Report on the State of Linguistics in Higher Education (includes data on career paths of linguists)
- AAAS Career Basics Booklet, 2015 Edition
- AAAS Careers in Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences - Index of Articles
Jobs Outside of Academia
- Linguistics Career Launch (event from the Linguistics Beyond Academia special interest group with dozens of informative sessions on careers in linguistics)
- Linguistics Career Launch Youtube Channel
- Linguists and Linguistics in Tech (linguistic subfields in demand and the sometimes surprising ways linguists use their training in tech)
- Working in Tech - It's Not Just for Computational Linguists Webinar (see how other linguists have used their skills in the tech industry)
- Linguistics as a Profession (read more on where your degree in linguistics can be applied)
- Opportunities for Linguists in Industry (view a list of LSA opportunities for linguists in industry)
- Whither Linguistics - Oh, the Places You'll Go! (PDF) (presented by Anna Marie Trester, Frameworks)
- "Professional Paths for Linguists: Preparing For What's Next" (presented by Anna Marie Trester & Anastasia Nylund at the LSA 2015 Summer Institute)
Academia
- Jobs and Interviewing in Linguistics (written by Christopher Manning, Stanford U & Bonnie McElhinny, U Toronto)
Graduate School
- Directory of Linguistics Departments and Programs (search degree-granting programs in Linguistics)
- How to Be a Successful Grad School Applicant Webinar (professors on admissions committees and a recent applicant discuss their experiences)
Research
- Fieldwork Challenges (PDF) (by Claire Bowern, Yale U)
- Funding for Dissertation Research (PDF) (presented by Beth Levin at the 2012 LSA Annual Meeting)
- Grants & Fellowships (search a listing of grants & fellowships for students conducting linguistics research)
Professional Development Resources
- Speech Pathology Cheat Sheet for Linguists (from the AMP2017 panel ""Career opportunities for students of linguistics: Communication sciences and disorders")
- Building a Web Presence (presented by Colin Phillips at the LSA 2015 Summer Institute)
- Imposter Syndrome (presented by Penny Eckert & Monica Macaulay at the LSA 2015 Summer Institute)
- CV Design (viewable to LSA Members only; presented by Beth Levin at the LSA 2015 Summer Institute)
- LSA Member Spotlight (get a closer look at linguists in & outside of academia)
Toward Tenure
- 2015 LSA Special Session on the Publishing Process (with advice & information from the editors of 20+ linguistics journals; view slides from the 2015 Summer Institute here)
Other Resources for Linguists