Assistant Professor of Anthropology
- Employer
- St. Mary's College of Maryland, Department of Anthropology
- Location
- Saint Mary, Missouri
- Closing date
- Jan 1, 2022
Job Details
Title of Position: Assistant Professor of Anthropology
St. Mary’s College of Maryland is accepting applications for a tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor of Anthropology to begin in the Fall of 2022. St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Department of Anthropology seeks a tenure-track assistant professor in sociocultural or biocultural anthropology grounded in contemporary cultural anthropological theories and qualitative ethnographic research to teach three courses per semester, six courses per academic year. The department considers teaching as an important form of anthropological practice, and the successful applicant will be expected to teach both introductory (four-field) and upper-level courses in sociocultural anthropology that contribute to our sociocultural anthropology course offerings for the major and minor. The position would also share departmental faculty’s responsibility in regularly teaching methods courses appropriate to their subdiscipline and the department’s core requirements for the major in addition to elective courses in their area of expertise. All professors at St. Mary’s are expected to contribute to the college-wide core curriculum. Areas of interest include but are not limited to: race and/or ethnicity; gender and/or sexualities; environmental and/or climate justice; medical anthropology and/or global public health. Geographic region is open; we prefer areas that will contribute to the Atlantic World focus of the department. Ph.D. required by August 2022 and evidence of teaching excellence is required. An interest in attracting and retaining students from underrepresented groups is desirable.
Applications are being accepted online at: apply.interfolio.com/99424. Questions may be directed to William C. Roberts, Chair; wcroberts@smcm.edu.
Review of applications will begin immediately with initial interviews beginning in January, 2022 and continue until the position is filled. Employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check and proof of COVID-19 vaccination, medical and religious exemptions may be considered. St. Mary’s College of Maryland is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.
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Company
St. Mary's College of Maryland is a public liberal arts college in St. Mary's City, Maryland. Established in 1840, St. Mary's College of Maryland is an honors college.
St. Mary’s Anthropology Department faculty focus on the history and contemporary dimensions of the Atlantic World but combine wide-ranging faculty expertise with the college’s historic location, research throughout the broader Chesapeake and in West Africa in order to provide students with a varied and unique educational experience.
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