Physical Anthropology 2013-2014

Postings in Physical Anthropology 2013-14
Welcome! This page has been created to reflect the 2013-14 academic year job search.


 * NOTE: Please post only jobs that begin in 2014 on this page. Jobs with a start date in 2013 should be posted at last year's page: Physical Anthropology 2012-2013.


 * To view the aftermath of the 2010-11 season go here.


 * To view the aftermath of the 2011-12 season go here .


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Thanks! And good luck this season!

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Other relevant pages: Archaeology Jobs 2013-2014 and Cultural Anthropology 2013-2014

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2013-14 Open Searches: Full-Time / Tenure-Track Positions
===Boston University (Oct. 20 2013)=== Boston University invites applications from biological anthropologists for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Anthropology, starting in Fall 2014 (pending final budgetary approval). Applicants should have Ph.D. in hand, proven teaching ability, and a strong record of research and publications focusing on the biology of modern humans, with an emphasis on factors affecting adaptation and microevolution. Teaching assignments will include introductory biological anthropology as well as more specialized undergraduate and graduate courses.


 * Applications should be received before October 20, 2013 to ensure full consideration. Please submit a letter of application (including statement of research and teaching), vita, and names of three references to https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/2736 and address any queries to Prof. Cheryl Knott, Chair, Biological Anthropology Search Committee, Department of Anthropology, Boston University, at [mailto:bioanjob@bu.edu bioanjob@bu.edu]


 * -ABD candidates will be considered, but preference is for those who already hold the PhD

The job listing states explicitly now "do not apply through the HR website", heads up! https://bu.silkroad.com/epostings/index.cfm?fuseaction=app.dspjob&jobid=295037&company_id=15509&version=1&jobBoardId=1112

Duke University School of Medicine (Open Until Filled)
The Physician Assistant (PA) Program in the Department of Community and Family Medicine (CFM) at the Duke University School of Medicine invites applications for a full-time, 12-month non-tenure track anatomy teaching position to begin as early as January 2014 and no later than July 1, 2014. The PA program will review applications from individuals at the post-doctoral associate and assistant professor levels. Candidates are invited to join a team of anatomists and will have a primary role in teaching Physician Assistant anatomy with the expectation that they will also contribute to anatomy education in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program. The ideal candidate will have a Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree in anatomy or biomechanics or equivalent professional training and expertise teaching gross anatomy and cadaver dissection to graduate students. Individuals with prior teaching experience in health sciences education are strongly encouraged to apply. The successful candidate is also expected to be actively engaged in research. Salary and rank for this position will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.


 * Application:  Interested individuals should electronically submit a letter of interest detailing anatomy teaching experience and research interests, a current CV, and the names of three references to Dr. Andrea B. Taylor ([mailto:andrea.taylor@duke.edu andrea.taylor@duke.edu]).  Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

George Mason University (VA) - Bioarchaeology (Oct. 25)
The George Mason University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology announces a tenure-track opening for an Assistant Professor of Anthropology, specializing in bioarchaeology, beginning in the fall semester of the 2014-15 academic year. The teaching load for this position is 2/2.

Qualifications: The successful candidate must have Ph.D. in-hand at time of application, and teaching experience. We seek a bioarchaeologist with topical specialties and interests that compliment the interests and specializations of the department. The geographical area is open. Candidates are expected to demonstrate a successful research, publication and funding trajectory. We also seek a candidate with ongoing field/research projects who is able and/or has experience providing training to students in a lab setting.

Candidates must be outstanding in both large and small classroom settings. The successful candidate must be competent to teach introductory courses in archaeology and physical anthropology, as well as advanced courses in forensics/osteology; archaeological methods, theories, and issues; physical anthropology; and in the incumbent's specific area of interest. Ability to teach a large upper-division class aimed at nonmajors is preferred.


 * For full consideration, applicants must apply for position number F5351z at http://jobs.gmu.edu/; complete and submit the online application; and upload a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and the names of three persons whom we may contact for letters of reference. Any questions should be directed to Professor Andrew Bickford, Chair, Bioarchaeology Search Committee at: abickfo1@gmu.edu or 703-993-1424. Review of applications will begin on October 25, 2013.
 * Job posted to the Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/jobs/JS_JobSearchDetail?jobid=33742192&jobSummaryIndex=0&agentID=&xfeed=1&wpsrc=AG0002974

Idaho State University (Open Until Filled)
The Idaho State University Department of Anthropology invites applications for a tenure-track position in physical or biological anthropology at the assistant professor level. The position may start as early as January 2014, but will remain open until filled. We seek a dynamic physical anthropologist with a Ph.D. degree in Anthropology in hand at the time of appointment, evidence of superior teaching ability, and an active research program. Research specialty is open, but those working on modern humans are preferred (e.g., human adaptation, demography, nutrition, health and disease, or anthropological genetics). Candidates must be committed to both undergraduate and graduate education, display evidence of a developing research profile, and show the potential for interdisciplinary synergies.

Duties will include teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, research and scholarly publication, mentoring undergraduate and graduate students, and participating in department activities and governance. Teaching duties will include: introduction to biological anthropology, upper-division undergraduate/graduate courses in biological anthropology, and a biological anthropology graduate seminar. Experience in online instruction and a willingness to develop online courses in physical anthropology is also a requirement. Priority will be given to candidates whose scholarly and teaching interests complement current faculty expertise or advance the Department’s strategic mission (see departmental website at  http://www.isu.edu/anthro/people.shtml ).

About the University: Idaho State University is a Carnegie Research High Institution, situated in the picturesque Portneuf Valley of Southeastern Idaho. The University is home to over 12,000 undergraduate and 2,500 graduate students in 66 departments over 6 major colleges.

About the Department: The  Department of Anthropology  is housed in the College of Arts and Letters, the largest college on the campus. The Department aims to maintain its historical four-field approach and has strong ties to the  Idaho Museum of Natural History ,  Kasiska College of Health Professions ,  Molecular Research Core Facility  and the  Center for Archaeology, Materials and Applied Spectroscopy, all on the ISU Pocatello campus.
 * Special Instructions to Applicants: Please submit a cover letter, including a statement of interest with goals for both teaching and research, curriculum vitae, and three letters of reference. For full consideration, please apply through the Idaho State University - Human Resources website https://isujobs.net/. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Initial interviews will be conducted at the AAA meetings, Nov. 20th-24th in Chicago.

Kent State University (OH) Two TT Positions (October 15th, 2013)
Kent State University’s Department of Anthropology invites applications for two full-time, tenure-track positions: one in Biological Anthropology and one in Cultural Anthropology. The successful candidates will join a growing department with excellent research and educational programs. An additional hire in Archaeology is expected for the 2015-2016 academic year. These positions are part of an expansion of research-focused departmental faculty and the disciplinary focus of the individuals we seek will complement the research strengths of the current faculty. For the Biological Anthropology position, applicants with a specialization in primate or human paleontology, anatomy, or developmental biology are strongly encouraged to apply. For the Cultural Anthropology position, the area of theoretical specialization is open, but applicants with a focus in cultural ecology, medical anthropology, or culture and cognition will receive favorable attention.

Applicants should send their curriculum vitae, statements of research and teaching interests, and three letters of recommendation by email to bioanth@kent.edu for the Biological Anthropology position; to cultural@kent.edu for the Cultural Anthropology position; or by mail to:

Chair, Biological Anthropology Search Committee or Chair, Cultural Anthropology Search Committee Department of Anthropology Kent State University 750 Hilltop Dr., Rm. 226 Lowry Hall P.O. Box 5190 Kent, OH 44242-0001 Kent State University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from candidates who would enhance the diversity of the University’s faculty.

http://careercenter.aaanet.org/jobs/#/detail/5598371/1,false
 * Review of applications for both positions will begin October 15, 2013 and continue until the positions are filled.
 * Also posted at Cultural Anthropology 2013-2014

University of Auckland - Lecturer/Sr. Lecturer (applications close 01 September 2013)
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (tenure-track) in Biological Anthropology

Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts

The Department of Anthropology at The University of Auckland is seeking a tenure-track, Lecturer/Senior Lecturer position (equivalent to Assistant Professor) in biological anthropology. The appointment will begin either 01January or 01 July, 2014. Candidates must have a PhD in hand, or have their defence scheduled, at the time of application.

We are seeking a biological anthropologist with a research program that complements our existing strengths. Individuals with expertise in lab-based research skills and with interests in evolutionary theory, health, nutrition, reproduction, or migration in contemporary human populations are particularly encouraged to apply.

The successful applicant will be expected to contribute to undergraduate and graduate courses and labs in biological anthropology, undertake graduate supervision, carry out an active research program leading to peer-reviewed publications, and take on administrative responsibilities commensurate with their level.

The department has a strong program in multi-disciplinary anthropology with undergraduate degrees in both Anthropology (BA) and Anthropological Science (BSc) and graduate degrees in Anthropology (MA, PhD). There are opportunities for co-teaching and research cooperation within and between the subdisciplines.

The Department has links with the School of Biological Sciences and the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences and maintains laboratories and technicians. We are committed to the engagement of students in on-going research.

Further information about the position and the department may be obtained from Professor Peter Sheppard, Head of the Department of Anthropology (p.sheppard@auckland.ac.nz).

For further information go to http://www.auckland.ac.nz/opportunities.


 * Applications close 1 September 2013.

University at Buffalo - Bioarchaeology (October 15, 2013)
The Department of Anthropology invites applications for a position in Biological Anthropology with specialization in bioarchaeology at the Assistant Professor level (tenure-track) to begin Fall 2014.

We seek a bioarchaeologist who conducts research in human biological and evolutionary anthropology. He/She will primarily focus on the sub-discipline of Biological Anthropology, but also intersect with the sub-disciplines of Archaeology and Medical Anthropology and the Departments of Biological Sciences, Geology or the Medical School. This candidate will be at the core of the Department's new research cluster in environmental and climate change in relation to sustainability, health, culture and society in the past and present.

Candidates must have a Ph.D. in hand; active laboratory and/or field research, preferably in Europe, teaching experience; publications in standard or refereed journals; and demonstrated ability to obtain research funds. Faculty are expected to teach consistently at the undergraduate and graduate levels, mentor graduate students, provide service to the Department and/or University as a whole, and maintain an active research agenda.

Link to HigherEdJobs announcement


 * Send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, copies of representative publications, and contact information for three letters of recommendation by October 15, 2013. Applications must be submitted through UBJobs. For inquiries, please contact Professor Sarunas Milisauskas, Chair Search Committee, Department of Anthropology, University at Buffalo, SUNY, 380 MFAC, Buffalo, NY 14261-0026 via email [mailto:apy-facultysearch@buffalo.edu apy-facultysearch@buffalo.edu]. Applications for this position will only be accepted online. To apply, please visit: www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=56242


 * -When they say "Candidates must have a Ph.D. in hand", is this a way to require a postdoc without stating such? Who has a PhD in hand by October who is new to the job market? I will have defended by the time they bring people in for interviews, but October is quite soon.
 * PhD in hand generally means you are done/defended/graduated or graduating soon say August, before the deadline.
 * I wouldn't assume that it means that they're requiring a postdoc. Maybe your friends and colleagues have been lucky, but I know several anthropologists who had defended over the summer or in the fall semester without having a postdoc lined up. I think it's just the same standard "PhD in hand" as is seen in many ads, and they may or may not be entirely firm about it.
 * This typically means that you must have a PhD at time of application (or possibly a succesful defense done even if the dissertation deposit happens after the application is submitted.

University at California, San Diego (October 15, 2013)
Description: The Department of Anthropology within the Division of Social Sciences at the University of California, San Diego (http://www.anthro.ucsd.edu) is committed to academic excellence and diversity within the faculty, staff, and student body. We seek a Biological Anthropologist with research and teaching interests in human diversity. The successful candidate will contribute to our department's exploration of the multi-faceted origins and dimensions of human variability. We seek an anthropologist with a commitment to cross-disciplinary inquiry, including, when pertinent, co-teaching with departmental colleagues. Sample areas of interest to the department include (but are not limited to) anthropological dimensions of epigenetics, genomics, and the physiological bases of human variation.

Anthropologists with an evolutionary perspective that emphasizes the mutual interactions between human biology and factors (including construals of race and ethnicity) that produce social, cognitive, economic, or health disparities in human societies are particularly encouraged to apply. Successful candidates will be judged both on research accomplishments and potential for and demonstrated leadership in areas contributing to diversity. This appointment is a tenure-track assistant professor position beginning July 1, 2014.

Salary is commensurate with qualifications and based on University of California pay scales.


 * Closing Date: Application deadline is October 15, 2013. To Apply: Applications are accepted at: https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/apply/JPF00380. Please include electronic versions of: an application cover letter, research and teaching statements, a curriculum vitae, samples of written work, teaching evaluations, sample syllabi, and names and current contact information for three referees (do not send letter of recommendation and/or placement files). Additionally, applicants are required to submit a separate statement summarizing their past and/or potential contributions to diversity. (See http://facultyequity.ucsd.edu/Faculty-Applicant-C2D-Info.asp for further assistance regarding UCSD's diversity expectations). Please select the following recruitment: Assistant Professor (10-590) – Biological Anthropology. AA-EOE: UCSD is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer with a strong institutional commitment to excellence through diversity
 * Check out the 2012-2013 jobs page. Apparently this position was listed last year and after bringing candidates out, they decided not to hire anyone.

University of Hawaii- West Oaho (Application Review begins Sept 30th)
This position will be responsible for teaching upper and lower division courses in Physical Anthropology and Forensic Anthropology. Responsibilities include teaching some combination of existing courses--Humankind Emerging, Introduction to Physical Anthropology and Lab, Human Skeletal Biology, Human Ecological Adaptation, Forensic Anthropology, Advanced Techniques in Forensic Anthropology, and/or Senior Practicum--plus related courses in areas of the professor’s expertise. In addition to teaching within their disciplines, all faculty members at UHWO are expected to engage in scholarly activity, participate in curriculum development, provide service to the profession and broader community, teach courses using distance methods, participate in program assessment, advise students and supervise senior projects, practicum and readings courses, and participate in faculty governance. The person hired will also work closely with our partners for an undergraduate Certificate in Applied Forensic Anthropology with faculty at the nearby Leeward Community College and staff at the Joint Pacific Account Command/Central Identification Laboratory.

Submit cover letter indicating how you satisfy the minimum and desirable qualifications, curriculum vita, names and contact information of 3 professional references, and copies of official transcripts (official transcripts required at the time of hire) by email as a MS Word or PDF file attachments to: uhwoacad@hawaii.edu. Please be sure to include the position title and number in the subject line. Copies of selected publications and student evaluations summaries may be requested during the search process. If ABD, submit a letter from the committee chair attesting that all degree requirements will be met by August 1, 2014. Please redact out references to social security numbers and birth date on transcript copies. Incomplete applications will not be considered. All items become the property of the University of Hawaii-West O‘ahu and will not be returned. http://www.pers.hawaii.edu/wuh/Jobs/NAdvert/18010

Discussion, Rumors, and Speculation
- There were a number of positions posted in July, but now in August, it's dried up. Where are the biological anthropology jobs? (8/16/13)

-Ads do seem thin on the ground this year. Is there something systematic going on that I just haven't heard about? Or is my desperation coloring my perception? (8/18/13)

+No, it seems rather thin right now to me too. I assumed after all the years of no hiring coupled with student enrollment increases, plenty of places would be finally willing to hire. (8/19/13)

-I have been told that it is still very early in the season, and not to start worrying. We have enough to worry about as it is! (8/22/13)

-I agree--in the past you would rarely see anything before September so I was pretty happy to see so many already and good ones too (8/22/13)

-There will be more jobs posted in the near future. No reason to worry yet. I know of one TT job that won't be posted until probably Oct. (8/24/13)