The Department of Anthropology at Washington State University invites applications for a permanent, full-time, nine-month, tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor position in Pullman, WA with a specialty in evolutionary/biological anthropology. The successful candidate must be able to oversee our undergraduate major in Human Biology, and to offer undergraduate anthropology courses towards the Human Biology major. We seek applicants who have active research programs with a focus on living people, and who can make a strong contribution to graduate education in biological, medical, evolutionary, or cultural evolutionary anthropology.  The successful candidate will show clear articulation with one or more areas represented in our Cultural and Evolutionary Anthropology program including, but not limited to: behavioral ecology; environmental anthropology; ethnobiology; evolutionary medicine; evolutionary psychology; human development; livelihoods, craft, and global change; and/or medical anthropology.

It is anticipated that the successful candidate will begin the appointment on August 16, 2025. 

• Job Duties for all ranks: Our new colleague will be expected to teach in face-to-face or online programs, meaningfully contribute to enhancing the research reputation of the department, take an active role working with graduate students, and make service contributions to the department, college, university, and profession, commensurate with rank. This is a 9-month academic appointment teaching twelve to fourteen (12-14) credit hours per year (typically two three- or four-credit courses in each of the fall and spring semesters). The workload for this position is 40% teaching, 40% research, and 20% service.

Required Qualifications for All Candidates:

• Earned doctorate in anthropology or an appropriate, related discipline by the beginning of the appointment.
• An active research program in biological, medical, evolutionary, or cultural evolutionary anthropology that focuses on living people.
• Ability to oversee the Human Biology major, which is jointly directed by the Department of Anthropology and the School of Biological Sciences.
• Ability to teach Introduction to Biological Anthropology (Anth 260), and to offer courses toward the Human Biology and Anthropology majors.

Additional Required Qualifications for Candidates for Assistant Professor Rank: 

• Demonstrated record of or potential to achieve a record of research accomplishment.
• Demonstrated record of or potential to establish and maintain an externally funded research program.
• Demonstrated record of or potential to successfully teach and mentor students at the graduate and undergraduate levels.
• Demonstrated record of or potential for commitment to equitable and inclusive educational experiences as in alignment with WSU’s land grant mission

Additional Required Qualifications for Candidates for Associate Professor Rank: 

• Demonstrated record of research accomplishment.
• Demonstrated record of an externally funded research program.
• Demonstrated record of successfully teaching and mentoring students at the graduate and undergraduate levels.
• Demonstrated record of commitment to equitable and inclusive educational experiences as in alignment with WSU’s land grant mission.
• Record of accomplishments in teaching, research and service commensurate with school, college, and university standards for tenure at the level of associate professor.
  • WSU Faculty Manual: https://facsen.wsu.edu/documents/2022/08/faculty-manual-pdf.pdf/
  • CAS Promotion & Tenure Guidelines: https://cas.wsu.edu/faculty-staff/documents/2020/12/cas-tenure-and-promotion-policy.pdf/
  • Department of Anthropology Promotion & Tenure Guidelines: https://provost.wsu.edu/documents/2023/04/anthropology-promotion-and-tenure-guidelines.pdf

Salary/Benefits: Assistant Professor $70,000-80,000; Associate Professor $80,000-90,000

In accordance with RCW 49.58.110, the above salary reflects the full salary range for this position. Individual placement within the range is based on the candidate’s current experience, education, skills, and abilities related to the position or as mandated by a U.S. Department of Labor prevailing wage determination.  WSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes paid sick and vacation leave; paid holidays; medical, dental, life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents; retirement; deferred compensation and optional supplemental retirement accounts. For a more detailed summary of benefits offered by WSU for Faculty visit: https://hrs.wsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2024-Benefit-Overview-for-Faculty-and-AP.pdf.

Find total compensation information here: https://hrs.wsu.edu/managers/recruitment-toolkit/total-compensation/.

To Apply: Visit wsu.edu/jobs, select your appropriate employment status, and search for R-12564. Applicants must upload the following required documents to their online application. External candidates, please upload all documents in the “Resume/CV” section of your application. Internal candidates, please upload all documents in the “Resume/Cover Letter” section of your application.

• A cover letter addressing qualifications for this position as well as a response to the following prompt:
  • As a land-grant university, our university has a continuing commitment to ensuring equitable and meaningful inclusion in our classrooms, collaborations, and academic work. The successful candidate for this faculty position will have the experiences, knowledge, and skills to build their research/scholarship/creative practice, pedagogy, curriculum, and service in ways that reflect and enhance this commitment. Using the job announcement for this position, please list at least three areas of responsibility you see as directly related to fulfilling this promise, and explain, in each case, how your past education and teaching experiences, and resulting knowledge and skills, have prepared you to do this work.
• Curriculum vitae. 
• Names, addresses, and contact information of at least four references who can address your history of and potential for excellence in research, teaching, and service (letters and selected publications will be requested at a later time).

Inquiries should be directed to Professor Ed Hagen (edhagen@wsu.edu). 

Posting Close Date: Applicants must submit their completed application by December 2, 2024 at 12:00 a.m.

About WSU, Pullman, CAS, and the Department of Anthropology: Washington State University is a land grant, multiple-campus Research 1 institution. This position will serve on the Pullman campus, which has an enrollment of around 20,000 students and is located in Southeastern Washington on the homelands of the Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) Tribe and Palus people. Located 80 miles south of metropolitan Spokane, Pullman is also a quick drive away from the scenic Idaho panhandle and Moscow Mountain. The rolling hills of the Palouse offer a wide range of activities and a true four-season climate. The area provides ample opportunity to enjoy the cultural and academic hub of both Washington State University and the University of Idaho, in the neighboring town of Moscow, Idaho. For more information about the region, please see https://pullmanchamber.com.

Encompassing more than 30 departments, schools, and research institutes on five campuses statewide, the College of Arts & Sciences is the heart of WSU. Together our 730+ faculty and staff deliver more than 50% of WSU’s total undergraduate and graduate instruction, including the vast majority of WSU’s core curriculum. We also drive wide interdisciplinary research in public and community health, environmental change, equity and social justice, and data and technology at the boundaries. The College of Arts & Sciences seeks to lead a reimagining of WSU’s land-grant mission for the 21^st century, expanding the boundaries of creativity and discovery while simultaneously recognizing more completely our obligations to Native and Indigenous peoples.  For more about the College of Arts & Sciences at WSU, please see https://cas.wsu.edu.

The Department of Anthropology is an academic unit located in the College of Arts and Sciences. Anthropology’s eighteen faculty conduct research, support courses and mentorship, and provide service at WSU’s campuses in Pullman, Vancouver, and the Tri-Cities. The department offers the BA at WSU’s Pullman and Vancouver campuses, and to its Global campus, and teaches courses in support of a minor and certificate in American Indian Studies. Partnering with the School of Biological Sciences, we also offer a BA in Human Biology at Pullman and Vancouver. With faculty and specialties and graduate degree tracks in cultural anthropology, biological anthropology, and archaeology, the department offers the M.A. and Ph.D. in anthropology in each of these areas of emphasis, supporting a graduate program with approximately forty students. For more about the Department of Anthropology, its faculty, graduate students and programs, please see https://anthro.wsu.edu/.

WSU acknowledges that its locations statewide are on the homelands of Native American peoples, who have lived in this region and have been caretakers of the land from time immemorial. The Morrill Act of 1862 established our land-grant institution by providing public and federal lands that are traced back to the disposition of Indigenous lands, often taken by coercive and violent acts, and the disregard of treaties. For that, we extend our deepest apologies. We owe our deepest gratitude to the Native peoples of this region and maintain our commitment towards reconciliation. And as a land-grant institution, WSU is deeply committed to the land-grant mission, its Memorandums of Understanding with Native tribes in the region, and a tradition of service to society. To read the full WSU land acknowledgement, please see https://wsu.edu/about/wsu-land-acknowledgement/.

Washington State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Educator and Employer. Members of ethnic minorities, women, special disabled veterans, veterans of the Vietnam-era, recently separated veterans, and other protected veteran, persons of disability and/or persons age 40 and over are encouraged to apply.

WSU is committed to excellence through diversity and faculty-friendly policy action, including partner accommodation and NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation programs (http://www.advance.wsu.edu/). WSU employs only U.S. citizens and lawfully authorized non-U.S. citizens. All new employees must show employment eligibility verification as required by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

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