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<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I am excited to announce the following linguistic anthropology position.
Note that it is one of THREE new tenure-lines in a new, exciting and growing
anthropology department. Also, although rank is open, we are NOT
necessarily looking for a senior anthropologist—we are looking for the
best possible person of any rank to come into our four field program and excite
students about linguistic anthropology. Please circulate this widely!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Mark<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Mark Allen Peterson<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Associate Professor </span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Anthropology Department & International Studies
Program<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>164 Upham Hall<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=3
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Miami</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Arial'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=3
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Oxford</span></font></st1:City><font
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Arial'> <st1:State w:st="on">OH</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">45056</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>petersm2@muohio.edu<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>(513) 529-5018<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>(513) 529-8396<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font
size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Miami</span></font></st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-US> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></span></st1:place><span
lang=EN-US>: The Department of Anthropology invites applications for a
tenure-track position in one or more of the following: cultural anthropology, <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>linguistic anthropology</span></b>, and biological
anthropology beginning in August 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Candidates
for the cultural position should have regional expertise in <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Russia</st1:country-region> or <st1:place w:st="on">Eurasia</st1:place>,
with ongoing research in economic, political, or urban anthropology preferred.
Rank open. </span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>For
appointment as associate professor, require demonstrated excellence in teaching
and established record of scholarly research. For appointment as tenured,
full professor, require established record of teaching, research and service
appropriate for appointment to the rank of full professor with tenure at <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Miami</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>See <a
href="http://casnov1.cas.muohio.edu/havighurstcenter/">http://casnov1.cas.muohio.edu/havighurstcenter/</a>,
the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Havighurst</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> for Russian and Post-Soviet
Studies, for resources outside the Department of Anthropology. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt'> Candidates
for the linguistic position should have field experience working in one or more
languages other than English; regional expertise in Asia, Oceania, or the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Americas</st1:country-region></st1:place>
preferred. Rank open. For appointment as associate professor, require
demonstrated excellence in teaching and established record of scholarly
research. For appointment as tenured, full professor, require established
record of teaching, research and service appropriate for appointment to the
rank of full professor with tenure at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Miami</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Candidates for the biological position
should build on the department’s existing strengths in primatology. Field
experience preferred in the Neotropics or <st1:place w:st="on">Asia</st1:place>.
Candidates will also be expected to offer and develop new courses in one or
more of the following: paleo-anthropology, comparative functional morphology,
or human variation. Rank - Assistant Professor. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>The successful candidate will teach
introductory and upper division undergraduate courses; maintain an active
research program and involve undergraduates in research; seek external funding;
and provide service to the university and the profession. Ph.D. in anthropology
required by time of appointment. Required qualities include: excellence in
teaching, ability to contribute to a four-field department, and ongoing
research. The Anthropology program has existed at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Miami</st1:City></st1:place> for over fifty years, and became an
independent department in 2002. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>See <a
href="http://www.units.muohio.edu/anthropology/">http://www.units.muohio.edu/anthropology/</a>
for more information about the department. Our mission is to generate, transmit
and disseminate the cultural and evolutionary knowledge developed in
anthropology’s four fields. The department has 8 F.T.E. faculty members and
four full-time Visiting Assistant Professors. Several faculty have joint appointments
with other departments or programs including the Center for American and World
Cultures <a href="http://www.cawc.muohio.edu/">http://www.cawc.muohio.edu/</a>,
the International Studies Program <a href="http://www.cas.muohio.edu/itsweb/">http://www.cas.muohio.edu/itsweb/</a>,
the Latin American Studies Program <a href="http://www.cas.muohio.edu/lasweb/">http://www.cas.muohio.edu/lasweb/</a>,
the Institute of Environmental Studies, the Department of Sociology and
Gerontology, and the Department of Zoology. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in'><font size=3
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Applicants should
send a cover letter detailing teaching and research, curriculum vitae, a writing
sample, summary evidence of teaching excellence, and the names and contact
information, including e-mail addresses, for three references to: Cultural,
Linguistic and Biological Anthropology Searches c/o Dr. Linda F. Marchant,
Chair, Department of Anthropology, Miami University, 164 Upham Hall, Oxford, OH
45056; 513-529-8399; <st1:PersonName w:st="on">marchalf@muohio.edu</st1:PersonName>.
The deadline for the Cultural position is Friday, October 26, 2007; the
deadline for the Linguistic position is November 16, 2007; the deadline for the
Biological position is December 10, 2007. Screening of applications will begin October
15, 2007. Candidates whose applications are received by November 1, 2007, may
be contacted for prearranged interviews at the AAA meetings in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">D.C.</st1:State></st1:place>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Miami</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> is among the nation’s premier
public institutions, widely recognized for the strengths of its academic
programs and vibrant co-curricular programming. <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Miami</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> ranked 27<sup>th</sup>
among the top public universities in the nation, in the August 2007 <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><i><span style='font-style:italic'>U.S.</span></i></st1:country-region></st1:place><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> News and World Report</span></i>. The main,
residential campus in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Oxford</st1:City></st1:place>
enrolls over 15,000 students. The community of <st1:City w:st="on">Oxford</st1:City>,
with a population of 12,000, is in southwest <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State>,
45 minutes from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cincinnati</st1:City></st1:place>.
See <a href="http://www.miami.muohio.edu/">http://www.miami.muohio.edu/</a> for
more information about the university. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in'><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Miami</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> is an EOE/AA employer. Campus Crime
and Safely Report – <a href="http://www.muohio.edu.righttoknow/">www.muohio.edu.righttoknow</a>
Hard copy upon request. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Miami</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> prohibits
discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation/preference and gender identity/expression
and offers same-sex domestic partner benefits. Women and minorities are
encouraged to apply. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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