Position Summary

The Anthropology Program in the Department of Humans, Environments, and Climate at Hamline University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in biological anthropology to begin fall 2025. Our preferred candidate will be able to enhance our departmental strengths in applied anthropology, community-engaged research, and climate studies. We encourage applications from biological anthropologists whose work engages living communities, fieldwork in the global south, ongoing debates about repatriation of human remains, or negotiations of history, ethnicity and race. The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment as a scholar-educator to the liberal arts and interdisciplinary education, and will be able to help our students develop in completing public-facing research, learning to work across diverse communities and cultures, and engaging in knowledge-based advocacy.

Candidates must be familiar with biocultural approaches in anthropology and be willing to teach a wide variety of classes that are the hallmark of work in a small liberal arts college. Required courses include human osteology (with a lab), forensic anthropology, introduction to anthropology, and topics classes in biological anthropology.

We are excited about prospective colleagues who also:

• Are committed to teaching excellence
• Demonstrate record of supporting students from diverse backgrounds
• Engage in and mentor students through research and in internships
• Have an active and productive research agenda
• Are interested in engaging in shared governance and providing service to the college, university, and their community.

Tenure-track faculty typically teach six courses per academic year. Assistant faculty get one course reduction during the first year and a three-course release after a successful 3rd year review. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Anthropology or a closely related field ABD applicants with expected defense dates by August 30th 2025, will also be considered. 

To Apply

Please include the following documents with your application:

• A letter of interest and current curriculum vitae
• A teaching statement that outlines pedagogy in a multicultural/multiethnic campus environment with a substantial population of students who are among the first-generation of their family to attend college.
• Evidence of teaching effectiveness, for example sample assignments, copies of student evaluations, a list of courses previously taught and/or a list of courses that could be taught.
• Transcripts of graduate coursework (unofficial transcripts are sufficient)
• A research statement focusing on past work and future plans
• Names and contact information for three references
• References for finalists will be contacted to submit a confidential reference letter.

The review of applications will begin in mid-February and will continue until the position has been filled. The appointment is scheduled to commence on August 1, 2025. Questions may be addressed to Dr. Brian Hoffman, Department Chair at 651-523-2891 or bhoffman@hamline.edu.

About Hamline University

Hamline University is located midway between the downtowns of Minneapolis and Saint Paul in the cosmopolitan heart of the metropolitan area.  The Anthropology department is in Hamline’s College of Liberal Arts, which offers a strong and holistic foundation in the discipline. Department faculty are actively engaged in research that meaningfully connects to coursework and often offers opportunities for undergraduates to participate or collaborate. The College of Liberal Arts, together with Hamline’s School of Business, serves approximately 1,700 undergraduate students. The University’s mission is to create a diverse and collaborative community of learners dedicated to the development of students’ knowledge, values, and skills for successful lives of leadership, scholarship, and service.

Hamline University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and educator, and is especially interested in faculty candidates whose work will enrich a diversity of perspectives and inclusiveness on campus.