Physical Anthropology 08-09

Postings in Physical Anthropology 09-10

Has been updated to reflect the 2009-10 job search. If you are still checking on the status of 08-09 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.

 == Last Edited 05/28/10 -- Please remember to UPDATE!

realphabetized the list and added the year to make the application 'due dates' stand out.

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Ball State University: 2 Contract Anthropologists

4/23: Has anyone heard anything?

4/24: Rejection letter received; "a" position has been filled.

Boston University (due December 1, 2009): biology and evolutionary genetics of humans and other primates

11/27: Application Received (email)

11/29: Application sent (email); acknowledged in the sense that I received a follow-up email re: affirmative action questionnaire

12/21: received request for references and publications (email) (x3)

01/25: on campus interview invitation (1)

02/02: received rejection letter by snail mail (2)

03/23: offer accepted

03/29: Is there anywhere to learn who accepted?

Brooklyn College (due December 1, 2009; pers. comm. with department): Some aspect of human biology

10/23: Application Received (email) (1)

11/18: Application Received (email) (1)

11/29: Application sent (email) (1)

I sent my app in October and never got confirmation of receipt- anyone else have this issue? Me too. I sent mine in early November and still no conformation. -Likewise, I sent in my app over a month ago, but never received a reply. -Yep, sent it a week ago and no reply.

12/15: Received e-mail requesting letters of reference (x3) So last week this listing very briefly said that 2 people were invited for campus visits, then the posting was taken down- what gives? Sorry, copy and pasted from another section. Pasted under Brooklyn College - the wrong section. Did not realize until later. Did not apply or hear from Brooklyn College. I'm really sorry. -Cool, thanks for letting us know! (1/21)

--- has anyone heard from them since the letter request? --- nope, not a word as of Feb. 10 2/11/10 - Brooklyn College has scheduled interviews of five candidates during February and early March.

- Five, interesting.

03/13/10 - Any word? Heard there was a meeting last week.

03/15/2010 Offer was made

4/5/10- Rejection letter, search closed

5/13/10 - Offer accepted

Cincinnati, University of (Review starts December 15, 2009): Human genetics and genomics

12/10 Heard from a colleague that they haven't had many applications yet 1/20 - Letters requested

2/3 - Campus interview scheduled

Colorado College (Due March 1, 2010): 1-year teaching position. 4/19- Rejection email (x2); position filled

CSU-Chico (March 15, 2010): Asst. Prof Bio/Phys with forensic anthropology research and/or applications

I submitted an application via email on 3/8 and never got a confirmation email. Has anyone else applied and been notified that their application was received? Answer: yes - by snail mail and it took a few weeks. Thanks!

3-12: application received (snail mail)

3-26: Letters of reference requested (1)

5-19: Anyone heard anything since March?

Dartmouth College (due November 1, 2009): paleoanthropology or human biology 11/3: Application Received (4); 10/28: Application Received - notified by email.

10/16: Application Received (email) (1)

11/20: Recieved e-mail requesting writing samples, syllabi, and letters of reference (x3)

12/18: On campus interview invitation

2/8: pdf rejection letter (x6)

I had additional materials requested, but didn't receive a campus invite-- but I didn't get the PDF rejection letter-??? Maybe they're sending them out in batches?

Perhaps, since they are still interviewing and haven't chosen a winner yet, then there is still a reserve pool of candidates (in case of disaster). Or maybe it's batches.

I second-- letters requested, but no interview and no rejection letter (I've actually had this happen before-- the "maybe" category appears to be limbo land).

3/17--has anyone heard anything more about this one? I was under the impression that interviews were finished in early February...

3/18 - I had a campus interview, and I haven't heard anything yet.

4/22 - They're still in negotiations with a candidate.

5/1 - Position filled

DePauw University (due 11/01/09): 3-year VAP in Biological Anthropology

11/30: The AAA website notes that DePauw has withdrawn their conference interviews. Does anyone know if the search has been canceled, or just delayed?

I have heard that they're doing phone interviews, instead.

Q: Did anyone ever hear from these guys?

Arch website says they already scheduled campus visits

4/1: Position was filled

Duke University, 1-year visiting assistant professor (due January 15, 2010): primate behavior, anatomy, paleoanthropology, or evolutionary genetics

1/20: Application Received and Under Review (automated email) (x4)

3/2: Received rejection letter by email (x4)

Duke University, Post-doctoral position teaching anatomy Does anyone know if they have made a decision about this?

5/20 The position has not been filled.

Any more info about it?

5/21 I know they are supposed to make a decision soon, but "soon" seems to be rather relative.

Georgia State University, visiting lecturer w biological or archae background

Harvard University (due Nov 13, 2009): primate behavior:

11/04: Application received (email) (1)

11/25: Letters of Recommendation Requested (2)

01/05: On campus interview invitation (4)

02/23: rejection letter received

03/26: Formal offer made & accepted.

Harvard University (due March 31, 2010): Preceptor in Human Evolutionary Biology

03/26: notification of receipt

04/12: Letters of recommendation requested for short-list (requested to be sent by 04/20)

05/13: Formal offer made and accepted.

Hunter College (due December 1, 2009): paleoanthropology, morphology, development, life history (etc.)

11/17: References requested (x2) - When did you submit your application? (I submitted mine around 11/2)

11/9: application sent by email, did not receive acknowledgement of receipt; 11/12: request for further information; week of 11/17: reference requested; received and returned affirmative action postcard

11/29: References requested.

12/1: References requested

1/2: Interviews being scheduled [Thanks for the update. How did they contact you? Phone or email?.....I was contacted with both an email and a phone call]

4/22 In negotiations with candidate (5 interviewed).

Lycoming College (due Nov 15, 2009): multi-field; sole anthropologist for combined anth/soc department

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology: leader of Max Planck Research Group on "Hominin Subsistence" (due May 15, 2010)

http://physanth.org/jobs/leader-of-a-max-planck-research-group-on-hominin-subsistence

5/21: Email acknowledging receipt of application

New York University (due November 15, 2009): Life history, ontogeny, developmental biology 11/16: Application Received (5)

Did you receive confirmation via e-mail? (1) From whom? (Chair 1/Sec.) I applied but never recieved anything...

Sent mine electronically and got confirmation from search committee chairman and again from dept. secretary this afternoon... I received a letter in the mail today (11/18) saying my application was received by their office (x2).

11/18: References requested (1)

12/11 Interviews being scheduled (1)

4/11: received rejection letter stating that the position has been filled (x2)

Penn State (due Jan 15, 2010): 1 year VAP Lecturer in Biological Anthropology

-2/16 and 2/25 have two candidates doing campus visits

-Position filled

Santa Clara University Lecturer Position: 2-years (due April 15, 2010)

4/15 Applications sent (1)

Seton Hall University (due 2/28): physical/biological anthropology http://www.simplyhired.com/job-id/hd3bfatwaf/aaa-assistant-jobs/ -This link doesn't seem to work, and my search online came up with nothing regarding a position at Seton Hall. Anyone have more info?

-It appears that they accidentally posted the position under cultural anthropology on the AAA website even though it was a Phys Anth position- however, when you search on Seton Hall's online application site, there's no anthro job- so I would imagine that it's expired already or the job was pulled?

- I think the application was due by 2/19

- The application was originally due 2/19 but the deadline was extended to 2/28. Seton Hall is on Spring Break from 3/6-3/14.

5-19: Anyone have an update?

5-25: search has been suspended due to "circumstances beyond our control" per email from human resources

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (due November 1, 2009): bioarchaeology/forensic anthropology

11/5: App received (letter)

11/17: References requested (1)

4/22: Position filled

'''SUNY Stony Brook (due October 2, 2009): paleoanthropology and human anatomy. '''

11/9: Received rejection email (6)

Interviews scheduled for late Nov. / early Dec.

Texas State University at San Marcos (due Nov. 2, 2009):'forensics

11/11: Application received (email)

4/1: Anybody know anything about this job? Did the funding get pulled?

4/1: Interviews scheduled

4/22: Position filled

5/3: position actually not filled this year; hoping to search again next year (email from search committee chair)

University of Arizona (due Dec. 15, 2009): Effects of ecological variation and environmental shifts on human and non-human primate biology

12/22: Letters of recommendation requested (3)

01/11: Phone interview scheduled (2)

01/15: Rejection letter (with no mention of rejection) (x2) --> was this an actual "rejection letter," or was it a letter (in the mail) acknowledging the receipt of your application? Answer: I assumed it was a way-too-nice rejection letter, since I was not asked for letters and was not invited for a phone interview and it is dated Jan. 11, the same date that they scheduled phone interviews (see above).

01/18: I received the same letter - to me it looked more like a notification that the position was still being searched. After last year's carnage, I took it to mean "Don't panic - the administration didn't enact a mid-year hiring freeze again. We're still working on it."

01/20: On campus interview invitation

4/22 - position filled

University of Auckland, New Zealand: Lecturer in Biological Anthropology (due November 21, 2009)

Has anyone heard anything regarding this position?

I applied for this too. I am thinking it was an internal hire--the deadline was like two weeks after the posting and the start date was in February.

They advertised for the same (or a very similar) post last year around the same time, and I applied and never heard anything at all- it was like my application went into a black hole. 01/19: Interviewed for position via Skype (clearly not internal!). Position last year was filled by someone doing aDNA work.

University of California Santa Barbara: 1 year lecturer/researcher position (due April 30th, 2010)

4/22: applications sent (1)

University College London: Lecturer in Evolutionary Anthropology (due April 30th, 2010)
4/23: Automatic email acknowledgement of receipt

5/6: Interviews being scheduled

5/28: Offer made to top candidate

University of Memphis: Instructor in Anthropology (July 1, 2010): teaching experience in biological anthropology, human paleontology, quantitative and qualitative anthropological data analysis, and nutritional anthropology

University of Michigan (due October 26, 2009): human biology, infectious disease, evolutionary genetics

11/19: Received confirmation via email that they received my application.

11/28: Does anyone have any information about this? Any contact? Is there a short list?

12/17: Has anyone heard anything? It's been almost 2 months since the job closed.

12/17: Interviews being scheduled (1).

3/29: Has an offer been made?

4/12: An offer was made.

University of Missouri, Columbia (due Nov. 15, 2009): Human skeletal biology

11/23: References requested (3)

1/25: Interviews being scheduled (1)

3/10: Offer made and accepted

University of Missouri, Columbia (was due Jan. 15, 2010): Medical school anatomy 3-year lecturer position

- I know this is not strictly anthro, but there are a lot of anthropologists teaching anatomy at Mizzou, so figured I'd post (1/21)

1/14: application received confirmation email (1)

University of New England, Australia (due March 1, 2010): Palaeo/biological anthropologist, or archaeologist, with an active research program in the Asian, Australasian or Pacific regions

University of North Carolina, Greensboro (due November 15, 2009): paleoanthropology, human biology, and/or skeletal biology

11/24: Receipt of application by snail mail

1/12: Meeting the week of 1/18 to review applications Warning: Rampant postmodernism in this program--actually sat through a dinner with some of these geniuses as they blamed all the problems in the third world on biological anthropology.

2/15 this week they hosted a job talk by an internal candidate. inside source in different dept told me they had no other talks announced (only one internal candidate for the on-campus?)

2/25 Are you sure? The archaeology wiki states that a short list (multiple candidates ?) were made for both jobs

They offered it to someone within three weeks of that talk that was scheduled. Anyone else get an invite? Know how many were on the short list? Perhaps an inside job?--- The rejection letter actually named the hired person and, yes, inside job. No idea about your other questions. And, to add for fun, the letter also said that they made their selection after "interviewing a number of... applications." Super clever coded message or mistake? ;)

--This position went to an inside candidate. Be happy you missed this one. I interviewed there in 2008. The program is a joke (associate professor actually called the chair "lazy" while meeting with me) and filled with anti-evolution postmodernists.

3/8 Received rejection letter (x3)

3/27 My thoughts exactly! Had a phone interview and a few weeks later (3 or so) rejection letter. For sure there were no on-campus interviews...a JOKE

University of North Carolina, Wilmington (due December 20, 2009): primatology, paleopathology, human variation, etc.

12/2: Receipt of application (email) (2) 12/21 Application received (by email prompt)

12/09: Having serious trouble with the online application form - I've been trying to attach documents for two days, with nothing but error replies.

For some online apps, I discovered a browser issue was responsible for repeated uploading errors- maybe try another browser?

I will try that. Thanks!

1/06/10: References requested (7) 1/11/10: References requested (1)

Editorial Musing: Cattle call of young faculty much? Jeez.

My thoughts exactly. 1/21/10: Interviews being scheduled (1)

2-13-10: Any other interviews scheudled? Given the number of letter requests, I thought there would be more.

2/14/2010: I have had letters requested the last 2 years (last year they took the job away) and was NOT contacted for an interview. Maybe all the other interviewees aren't on the wiki page?!

2-14-10: I was the interviewee who posted up. The other two are senior people (compared to most of us), and probably not on here. The interviews are set, mostly finished, and decisions should be made this week.

2/23: Formal offer made and accepted. Good luck my brothers and sisters in arms!

--> I didn't get a job -- can I borrow a dollar, brother?

Rejection email 2/25

University of Toronto (due November 6, 2009): gross anatomy

called under an alias; reviewing applications December 11. surely this matters little to the non-Canadian among us.

University of Toronto-Scarborough (due January 4, 2010):

-1/21: anyone know anything about this one? Couldn't find it again on the physanth.org job site. Maybe it was taken down? Did they cancel the line? -

- Called the department - they are meeting this week to discuss and narrow down applicants. The line is "very much funded and open" according to the woman I spoke with. (2-3-2010)

Rejection email 2/25

-3/13/2010 - I did not recieve a rejection but I wasn't contact to send references or anything like that. Does anyone have an update regarding thier personal progress with this department?

-Yeah, I was wondering if maybe someone posted that "rejection email" note under the wrong section. I didn't get a rejection either, but nor was I contacted for further info. Anyone else?

-I wasn't the original poster, but I also got a rejection email around the same time.

-4/19 Heard that an offer was made. Can anyone confirm?

University of Utah (due Nov. 15, 2009): Open position, health-related issues.

12/24: References contacted for letters (2)

03/09: Letter of rejection received; states that they will not be able to offer a job to anyone this year; had an additional statement that if they re-open the job next year, they suggest I do not apply (is that legal?) (x2)

Editorial Musing: WOW

University of Victoria, BC (due Jan. 8, 2010): Senior Instructor in Anthropology

2/18: Letter of Rejection received

3/9: Asked for letters of recommendation about 1 month ago; haven't heard anything since.

University of West Georgia (posted Mar 15, open until filled): VAP in Biological Anthropology

3/21: notification of receipt

Editorial Note: a 5-4 teaching load? Yipes!

Washington State (due Dec. 1, 2009): Biological/evolutionary anthropologist

11/29: Application sent (email); 12/4: received biographical form (i.e., age, sex, ethnicity)

Application received (3) they sent biographical form

12/4: Applications not reviewed prior to AAA

12/22: Letters of Recommendation and Additional Information Requested (3)

1/11: Rejection letter (snail mail) received (9)

2/12: Has anyone that was on the long list heard *anything*? 2/19: I was on the long list and have heard nothing.

3/10: I heard they have invited two candidates for interviews (through an insider)

4/1: I heard through the grapevine that this position has been filled.

Western Washington University (due March 1, 2010): Human biological variation, anatomy teaching

3/17: Letters requested for long list; may try to have a short list by the end of the week (4/2). I was told that only 19 people applied for the position.

4/7: Has anyone heard anything yet? 4/7: I haven't heard anything either - Do you know if you made the long list (they just contacted the referees directly)? No idea, but I got a letter of rejection in the mail this afternoon - looks like I spoke too soon earlier.

4/20: Any word yet?

4/22: They narrowed the search to two individuals who will be invited for interviews.