Physical Anthropology 08-09

Postings in Physical Anthropology 10-11

Has been updated to reflect the 2010-11 job search. If you are still checking on the status of 09-10 jobs, you were not hired.

Let's try to keep things under each corresponding school instead of listed by progress. Listings should be alphabetical by university.

It would be great to see more people using this page so if you can pass the URL to any friends in the field it would help us all!

Also, as the season wraps up it would be great if people returned to post that an offer had been made and accepted or rejected.

-Editorial note 8/06: Out of politeness to your job-hunting colleagues, if you are offered a position, but reject it, it would be best to keep that information to yourself. No one wants to go into a new job knowing that they were the "second pick".

- Considering the job market, I would be happy to be the "second pick" as long as I got the job! :)

- 8/08. IMHO, much better to learn here first (about being second choice), rather than during a faculty meeting flap. Please don't be censored, people!

-8/10: It is also a good courtesy to provide your colleague with some, however small, leverage in negotiations.

-8/11: Ok then, ethnographic data on phys-anth job seekers indicate I'm wrong. Hypothesis falsified. Request retracted.

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Appalachian State University (review begins September 15) Biological Anthropologist - geographic area and topical specialization are open but preference will be given to candidates with a strong background in evolutionary theory and experience teaching courses in human evolution and prehistory. This is a one semester, full-time appointment (replacement position) so ABD's are welcome to apply (editorial note: good luck to us ABDs in a market like this...bet even this goes to a phd)

ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences

The School of Archaeology and Anthropology in the is seeking a biological anthropologist to complement its research and teaching program, commencing in February 2011. We seek to appoint a lecturer or senior lecturer with a long term commitment to research in at least one subfield of biological anthropology, who is able to translate that research interest into lively and engaging courses taught at the undergraduate level and above, and to attract and supervise postgraduate research students. You will have a strong record of teaching, research and publication, and of securing external grants. No specific subfield within biological anthropology is required. The School’s aim will be to develop and strengthen its biological anthropology program, broadly within its current conception of the discipline. It will be seeking an appointee whose interests and expertise complement those of existing staff. Subfields suitable for this kind of complementary integration into the existing team could include: behavioural and cognitive primatology; primate molecular ecology and phylogeny, primate and human genetics; population health; child growth; bioarchaeology; forensic anthropology. The main classroom teaching responsibilities will be at second/third year undergraduate level and above. Enquiries: Dr Patrick Guinness, T: 6125 4775, E: patrick.guinness@anu.edu.au

California State University at Northridge (no date listed) Ecological anthropologist, landscape geography, ecotourism

College of the Holy Cross (October 15) Vertebrate Biologist, any group.

Its not a physical anthropology hire, but primates are vertebrates! Looks like you need to be able to teach human anatomy to undergrads.

Duke University (January 15) Visiting Assistant Professorships in any one or combination of the following areas: 1) primate behavior, ecology and conservation and 2) primate and human anatomy (must be able to teach a cadaver based anatomy course), 3) primate and human paleoanthropology, 4) human/primate evolutionary development or genetics/genomics

Kansas State University (October 15) Physical/biological anthropologist- "Preference will be given to candidates who can effectively educate students in all aspects of human biological diversity and its evolution from a broad anthropological perspective". Whatever that means.

-email confirming application received (10/12) (x5)

- request for letters, teaching portfolio, pubs (10/22) (x3)

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (November 30) Postdoc in research Group on "Plant Foods and Hominin Dietary Ecology" (starts January 2011)

New Mexico State University (November 15) Medical anthropologist

New York University (November 15) Biological anthropology specializing in, skeletal biology, functional anatomy, ontogeny or life history studies and/or quantitative approaches to morphology

7/23 User question: Does anyone know if NYU is going to be looking AGAIN? Will it be for an ontogeny/development person or will they change their focus?

-- I heard no. They decided to wait, after several failed searches. I heard this year they will be looking for a primate person to replace Cliff Jolly.

8/13 The job has been officially posted both on AAAnet and CHE and apparently they are hoping third time's the charm: http://careercenter.aaanet.org/jobs#/detail/3468194

New York University (November 15) Primate behavioral ecology.

-I assume (and hope) that this is a different job from the one posted above and not a revised posting.

- This is a second posting/line. Word on the street is that it's to replace Cliff Jolly. - Or maybe Tony DiFiore who left for UT? >>>>>Tennessee or Texas?? He's going to UT Austin (Texas)

The Ohio State University (November 1) cultural, social, and biocultural approaches to infectious disease

Purdue (November 15) Biological anthropology (past or present non-human primates or humans) 10/29: Position no longer on HR websites - anyone know if they closed the search early, or if they are no longer hiring?

Rutgers (October 1) Primate behavioral ecologist

- letters of rec. requested (9/24)

- Ditto letters of rec (9/26). Word on the street is that this hire will be done quickly. Shortlisted candidates should expect to visit campus around late Oct-Nov! I'm not sure about the rationale/logic behind conducting the search really early in the season.

- Early hiring is probably because they're afraid they'll lose the funding if they don't lock someone in quickly.

- Prof. told me that they like to do that so that they have the biggest pool to choose from.

- Requested additional materials (10/12): ''was this in addition to publications and letters of rec? Oops, no, just asked for pubs.''

- Phone interview requested (10/19)

- So are they doing a round of phone interviews before inviting candidates for campus interviews? (10/25) yes, they should be completed by the end of this week and then they will make a short list 

Southern Methodist University (senior hire, no date listed) Bioarchaeology, paleopathology, skeletal biology, stable isotope analysis, maybe paleoanthropology

Stanford University (November 15) Medical Anthropologist

State University of New York (SUNY) Buffalo (November 1) Tenure-track assistant biological anthropologist 10/28: Page 1 of their HR website says letters of recommendations must be submitted by Nov 1, which seems a bit early. Several pages through the online application process it provides a date of Nov 26. And of course, their anthropology website notes that letters should be submitted when requested (seems most reasonable to me). Anyone know when these letters are really needed?



University of Arkansas at Little Rock (begin review immediately) Forensic anthro

10/11: request for additional materials (x2)

University of Auckland (October 8) Biological Anthropologist (evolutionary focus)

10/14: asking referees for letters

University of Central Florida (November 1) Bioarchaeology, paleopathology, skeletal biology

University of Chicago (November 30) Vertebrate paleontology

University of Cincinnati (October 30) Pleistocene paleoecology, joint position with Geology

- I've heard through the grapevine that they're more open to researchers with anthropology degrees than the job ad might suggest (9/29)

University of Delaware (October 15) Asst/Assoc Prof, Biological/Cultural specializing in Medical Anthropology

-e-mail confirmation of receipt of application 10/15

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (October 15) Postdoc in biological anthropology (1 year, renewable for 3). Teaching duties split between medical gross anatomy and anthro.

University of Kentucky (October 1) Skeletal biology of New World populations 9-15: A posting for a lecturer in biological anthropology just went up on the AAA site. Does anyone know if this is a separate posting or if the tenure track position was downgraded to lecturer? 9-17: Per one of the professors there that I know - these are two separate positions.

Short-listed (assuming means long-short), references requested (10/12) (x4)

University of Kentucky (December 1) Lecturer (non-TT) in archaeology and biological anthropology

University of Oregon (October 15) Biological anthropologist

University of Pennsylvania (November 1) Skeletal biology, life history, evolution (associate level specified)

Associate level is specified but I heard from a good source that they may open it to the assistant level depending on the pool of candidates...so apply!!!

University of Rhode Island (posted Aug. 6, begin review immediately) Physical anthropologist. Appears to be to replace their paleoanth/primate person who retired.

20/10/10--Position is no longer up on HR website (i.e. applications no longer accepted?)

10/20/10 - Anyone who applied heard anything back from these folks?

-Haven't heard anything. Given that they were starting review "immediately" that may mean they already had someone in mind for the job and didn't bother with the rest of us. That, or they lost the funds.

10/21/10 Correspondence with URI said "the review process is now underway." No notification or request for materials yet (at least for me!).

University of South Carolina (November 1) Paleoepidemiology, bioarchaeology

University of Tennessee-Knoxville (senior hire; October 15) Forensic anthropologist to direct Forensic Anthropology Center

University of Vermont (priority to applications submitted by November 1) Asst Prof TT, Sub-field and geographical focus entirely open. A broadly trained anthropologist who will contribute both to the department and to the UVM trans-disciplinary Spire of Excellence in Food Systems (http://www.uvm.edu/~tri/?Page=foodsys.php; this stipulation is very broadly conceived by the department to include anything from production to consumption, and virtually anything in between; for example, someone with a focus on human biology and nutrition or paleodiet would fit our definition). Apply online at www.uvmjobs.com. Search for the position using department name (Anthropology) only.

University of Washington (July 26, 2010) Asst Prof: Global Health demography, measure of mortality in developing countries http://www.washington.edu/admin/acadpers/ads/aa2559.html

University of West Georgia (December 31) Broadly trained physical anthropologist with "an active research agenda which includes an understanding and appreciation of culture".

University of Wisconsin - Madison (October 1) Department of Psychology, Primate behavior

University of the Witwatersrand (August 6, 2010) physical anthropology (teaching osteology, human biology and palaeoanthropology)

Washington University (December 1) human physiology (energetics, nutrition, endocrinology, development and related areas) in a comparative primatological and evolutionary context. 

Wayne State University (October 15) specialties in one or more of bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology, osteology, human health, and disease highly desired

-08/18 Changed to a temporary 2 year lecturer position - offer made

Wildlife Conservation Society: New York: Gorilla Coordinator (September 15) WCS seeks a Gorilla Coordinator to help develop and implement an overall strategy for conserving all four taxa of gorillas in the wild. More information may be obtained from Carolyn Gibson, hr@wcs.org. Apply online at http://www.wcs.org/about-us/careers.aspx/ (I saw this posting on SICBs website: http://www.sicb.org/jobdetails.php3?id=2182).

Yale University (December 1): tenure track position in human evolutionary demography. demographic assessment of modern human populations, including foragers, horticulturalists, and other non-western populations, as well as non-human primate populations. http://www.physanth.org/jobs/yale-university-tenure-track-position-in-human-evolutionary-demography

Yale University (January 15 2011) postdoc in Geology and Geophysics- linking research in geosciences with anthro, biology, etc.

-note for those applying - I had a hard time getting any response from anyone in the Geology dept. last year (despite repeated attempts), and I have heard that other applicants had the same experience. So good luck.