Anthropology - Adjunct Faculty

The Virginia Commonwealth University College of Humanities and Sciences is recruiting adjunct faculty for the Fall 2021 semester within the Anthropology Program of the School of World Studies. The program is specifically looking for one or more instructors to teach three Fall 2021 Anthropology courses (see course descriptions below). The program may also need an Anthropology instructor for the Spring 2022 semester. Your application will remain active for a year; you may resubmit your application for subsequent years. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Position duties include: * Instruct students in four-field Anthropology and/or Biological Anthropology classes. * Meet all designated course instruction guidelines, including course preparation, assessments, grading, records management and submission of the course syllabus. * Grade assignments and exams in a timely manner based on instructions/rubric provided. * Respond to student inquiries within 24 hours. * Submit final grades according to College/Department policy. Course description: ANTH 103. Introduction to Anthropology. 3 Hours. 3 credits. A general survey of anthropology with emphasis on learning about and from global cultures, and on the four fields of anthropology. NOTE: For Fall 2021, this course is completely online and asynchronous. Course description: ANTH 210. Biological Anthropology. 3 Hours. 3 credits. Prerequisite: ANTH 103. Explores the disciplinary subfield of biological anthropology. Emphasis on the history and study of humans as biological organisms. Topics include genetic, social and ecological determinants of variation in human growth and biological diversity, as well as human adaptation and adaptability, disease, diet, and nutrition. NOTE: For Fall 2021, this course is completely online with synchronous lecture times TR 9:30 - 10:45. Course description: ANTH 301. Human Evolution. 3 lecture and 2 laboratory hours. 4 credits. Introduces the range of human diversity as well as a broad understanding of evolution and evolutionary biology, particularly as it applies to hominid evolution. Specific topics include basic genetics, primatology, paleontology and the hominin fossil record. Crosslisted as: BIOL 341. NOTE: For Fall 2021, this course is completely online with a synchronous lecture times TR 11:00 - 12:15 and four synchronous lab periods; T 2:00 - 3:50, W 10:00 - 11:50, W 12:00 - 1:50, W 2:00 - 3:50.

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