Asst/Assoc Curator of Archaeology & Asst/Assoc Prof of Anthropology

At the University of Kansas, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are an important part of our culture and university strategic plan. Applications from members of underrepresented groups are encouraged. The successful candidate must be eligible to work in the U.S. by the effective date of the appointment.

The College emphasizes interdisciplinary, experiential learning and global awareness, and has created strong affiliations with outstanding cross-disciplinary research centers. These relationships have brought a broad range of disciplines together to pursue and conduct sponsored research and education at the international, national, state, regional and local levels. College faculty and research staff are welcomed as members in all KU's designated research centers and institutes.

This position reports to the Director of the Biodiversity Institute and the Chair of the Department of Anthropology.

Duties and Responsibilities:

0.5 FTE Curator of Archeology in the Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum

20% Research and Student Mentoring

Research. Expected to maintain a productive, collections-based research program on our history and cultural diversity and to complement existing faculty-curator research. Such research includes publication in peer-reviewed scholarly publications, dissemination of results at professional meetings, and acquisition of extramural support for research activities.

Student Mentoring. Advise, train, and mentor undergraduate and graduate students, including in collections-based research in the Department of Anthropology and the Indigenous Studies and Museum Studies Programs. Further opportunities exist to mentor students at nearby Haskell Indian Nations University.

20% Administration and Collection Stewardship

Administration. The Curator supervises personnel, physical and fiscal resources of the Division of Archaeology. The Curator is responsible for coordinating the activities of the division in a collaborative way with the activities and goals of the BI/NHM.

Collection Stewardship. Primary responsibility is the acquisition, care, management and use of the division's collections and associated data for research, education, and public service. The Curator directs the strategic growth of collections. focused by research and tailored to resources. The Curator and the division collection manager must identify the physical, curatorial, and data-management needs of the division's collections and work to fulfill them and submit the appropriate proposals for extramural support. The Curator will keep and promote the highest standards of ethical behavior and will develop culturally appropriate protocols for collecting artifacts. The Curator supervises the collection manager in the maintenance of appropriate practices for: (1) accession, curation, and preventative conservation of artifacts; (2) management of loans of artifacts, requests for data, and use of artifacts by students and visiting scholars; (3) management and improvement of collection data; and (4) respect for ethical considerations.

The Curator is responsible for working collaboratively with Native American communities regarding research use, storage, and/or repatriation of materials in the Biodiversity Institute. The Curator will work in cooperation with KU's Repatriation Program Manager for repatriation efforts, and needs to have knowledge of relevant procedures. The Curator will be responsible for ensuring compliance with all appropriate legislation in regards to the collections.

10% Professional Service, Public Programs, and Outreach Activities

Professional Service. Is expected to provide service to the University community, the BI/NHM, their particular disciplines and other professional societies, and the national and international scientific and collections communities.

Public Programs and Outreach Activities. The Curator contributes to the educational and exhibits programs of the BI/NHM and the university. Service includes research and proposals that contribute to these programs. Public outreach includes publications in the popular press, lectures to public and school groups, activities with interest groups, media interviews and news releases, and responses to public inquiries.

0.5 FTE Faculty Member in the Department of Anthropology

20% Research. The successful candidate will maintain an active research program, publishing in appropriate peer-reviewed works, presenting at professional meetings, and acquiring extramural support for research. The research program should complement existing faculty research foci in human evolutionary genetics, environmental archaeology, geoarchaeology, lithic analysis, and the peopling of the Western Hemisphere. Temporal and geographic foci are open, but late-Holocene archaeology of the North American Plains is preferred. Area of topical specialty should also complement existing faculty (i.e., paleoethnobotany, GIS, spatial analysis, and landscape archaeology.) Faculty members are expected to develop and maintain a research program of national and international stature. The candidate is expected to maintain and foster dynamic links with scholars in the Indigenous Studies (see https://Indigenous.ku.edu/) and Odyssey Archaeological Research Programs (see https://www.kgs.ku.edu/Odyssey/about.html). The candidate is also expected to demonstrate an enduring commitment to research ethics and advancing diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.

20% Teaching/Advising

In addition to courses in general archaeology, the new faculty member will also offer specialized courses in areas of interest and expertise. The teaching expectation for this 0.5 FTE Anthropology faculty position is two courses per academic year. One class in any given year may be replaced by a summer archaeological field school. All teaching faculty are expected to:

• Prepare for and attend all class meetings. provide feedback to students, assign grades and hold regular office hours.
• Mentor undergraduate and graduate students in research
• Supervise graduate teaching assistants, as assigned.
• Serve on graduate student committees that supervise and evaluate progress toward degree completion.

10% Service

Faculty members are expected to participate in professional activities, such as attending faculty meetings, carrying out committee assignments, attending national and international conferences, serving the College and KU as appropriate, and serving the profession.

Required Qualifications

• Ph.D. in anthropology, archaeology or related discipline.

For the Assistant Rank, also needed:

• Evidence a collections-based research program in archaeology.
• Demonstrate commitment to excellence in research.
• Demonstrate commitment to excellence in teaching.
• Demonstrate commitment to collections stewardship.
• Demonstrate commitment to enhancing and promoting diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.

For the Associate Rank, also needed:

• Evidence an established, nationally recognized research program.
• Demonstrate an established publication and external funding record.
• Demonstrate a record of effective teaching and mentoring of students.
• Demonstrate expertise in working with collections and collections data as well as supervising staff in collections activities and students in collections-based research.
• Demonstrate a record of activities that enhance and promote diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.