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.
Graduate School
- Linguistic Academic Depository (view & download teaching materials for linguistics courses)
- 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)
The Job Market
- Annual Report on the State of Linguistics in Higher Education (view the LSA Annual Reports from 2013 through 2016)
- Jobs and Interviewing in Linguistics (written by Christopher Manning, Stanford U & Bonnie McElhinny, U Toronto)
- LSA Job Listing (browse vacancies posted by employers)
- AAAS Career Basics Booklet, 2015 Edition
- AAAS Careers in Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences - Index of Articles
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)
Jobs Outside of Academia
- 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 you 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)
Women in the Field
Other Resources for Linguists
Also consider joining a number of LSA committees and special interest groups relating to professional development in Linguistics, such as the Ethics Committee, the Committee on Student Issue and Concerns (COSIAC), or the Linguistics Beyond Academia Special Interest Group.