Miami University: The Department of Anthropology
invites applications for a tenure-track
position in one or more of the following: cultural anthropology,
linguistic anthropology, and biological anthropology
beginning in August 2008.
Candidates for the cultural position should have regional expertise in
Russia or Eurasia, with ongoing research in economic, political, or
urban anthropology preferred. Rank open. For appointment as associate
professor, require demonstrated excellence in teaching and established
record of scholarly research. For appointment as tenured, full
professor, require established record of teaching, research and service
appropriate for appointment to the rank of full professor with tenure at
Miami University. See
http://casnov1.cas.muohio.edu/havighurstcenter/, the Havighurst
Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies, for resources outside the
Department of Anthropology.
Candidates for the linguistic position should have field experience
working in one or more languages other than English; regional expertise
in Asia, Oceania, or the Americas preferred. Rank open. For appointment
as associate professor, require demonstrated excellence in teaching and
established record of scholarly research. For appointment as tenured,
full professor, require established record of teaching, research and
service appropriate for appointment to the rank of full professor with
tenure at Miami University.
Candidates for the biological position should
build on the department’s existing strengths in primatology. Field
experience preferred in the Neotropics or Asia. Candidates will also be
expected to offer and develop new courses in one or more of the
following: paleo-anthropology, comparative functional morphology, or
human variation. Rank - Assistant Professor.
The successful candidate will teach introductory and upper division
undergraduate courses; maintain an active research program and involve
undergraduates in research; seek external funding; and provide service
to the university and the profession. Ph.D. in anthropology required by
time of appointment. Required qualities include: excellence in teaching,
ability to contribute to a four-field department, and ongoing research.
The Anthropology program has existed at Miami for over fifty years, and
became an independent department in 2002.
See
http://www.units.muohio.edu/anthropology/
for more information about the department. Our mission is to generate,
transmit and disseminate the cultural and evolutionary knowledge
developed in anthropology’s four fields. The department has 8 F.T.E.
faculty members and four full-time Visiting Assistant Professors.
Several faculty have joint appointments with other departments or
programs including the Center for American and World Cultures
http://www.cawc.muohio.edu/,
the International Studies Program
http://www.cas.muohio.edu/itsweb/, the Latin American Studies
Program
http://www.cas.muohio.edu/lasweb/, the Institute of Environmental
Studies, the Department of Sociology and Gerontology, and the Department
of Zoology.
Applicants should send a cover letter detailing teaching and research,
curriculum vitae, a writing sample, summary evidence of teaching
excellence, and the names and contact information, including e-mail
addresses, for three references to:
Cultural, Linguistic and Biological Anthropology
Searches
c/o Dr. Linda F. Marchant, Chair
Department of Anthropology
Miami University
164 Upham Hall
Oxford, OH 45056
513-529-8399
marchalf@muohio.edu.
The deadline for the Cultural position is Friday,
October 26, 2007; the deadline for the Linguistic position is November
16, 2007; the deadline for the Biological position is December 10, 2007.
Screening of applications will begin October 15, 2007.
Candidates whose applications are received by November 1, 2007, may be
contacted for prearranged interviews at the AAA meetings in Washington,
D.C.
Miami University is among the nation’s premier public institutions,
widely recognized for the strengths of its academic programs and vibrant
co-curricular programming. Miami University ranked 27th among the top
public universities in the nation, in the August 2007 U.S. News and
World Report. The main, residential campus in Oxford enrolls over 15,000
students. The community of Oxford, with a population of 12,000, is in
southwest Ohio, 45 minutes from Cincinnati. See
http://www.miami.muohio.edu/
for more information about the university.
Miami University is an EOE/AA employer. Campus Crime and Safely Report –
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Hard copy upon request. Miami University prohibits discrimination
on the basis of sexual orientation/preference and gender
identity/expression and offers same-sex domestic partner benefits. Women
and minorities are encouraged to apply. |