Position announcement

Tue Oct 9 22:12:13 UTC 2007

Forwarded From: petersm2 at muohio.edu <petersm2 at muohio.edu>
Date: Oct 9, 2007 5:32 PM

Dear colleagues,

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!

Mark

Mark Allen Peterson

Associate Professor

Anthropology Department & International Studies Program

164 Upham Hall

Miami University

Oxford OH 45056

petersm2 at muohio.edu

(513) 529-5018

(513) 529-8396

Miami University: The Department of Anthropology invites applications for a
tenure-track position in one or more of the following: cultural
anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and biological anthropology beginning
in August 2008.

            Candidates for the cultural position should have regional
expertise in Russia or Eurasia, with ongoing research in economic,
political, or urban anthropology 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
Miami University.

See http://casnov1.cas..muohio.edu/havighurstcenter/<http://casnov1.cas.muohio.edu/havighurstcenter/>,
the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies, for resources
outside the Department of Anthropology.

            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 Americas preferred. Rank open. For
appointment as associate professor, require demonstrated excellence in
teaching and established record of scholarly research.  For appointment as
tenured, full pro= fessor, require established record of teaching, research
and service appropriate for appointment to the rank of full professor with
tenure at Miami University.

            Candidates for the biological position should build on the
department's existing strengths in primatology. Field experience preferred
in the Neotropics or Asia. 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.

The successful candidate will teach introductory and upper division undergr=
aduate courses; maintain an active research program and involve undergradua=
tes 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 progr= am has existed at Miami for over fifty years, and became
an independent dep= artment in 2002.

See http://www.units.muohio.edu/anthropology/ for more information about th=
e department. Our mission is to generate, transmit and disseminate the cult=
ural and evolutionary knowledge developed in anthropology's four fields. Th=
e department has 8 F.T.E. faculty members and four full-time Visiting Assis=
tant Professors. Several faculty have joint appointments with other departm=
ents or programs including the Center for American and World Cultures http:=
//www.cawc.muohio.edu/, the International Studies Program http://www.cas.mu=
ohio.edu/itsweb/, the Latin American Studies Program
http://www.cas.muohio.=edu/lasweb/, the Institute of Environmental
Studies, the Department of Soci=
ology and Gerontology, and the Department of Zoology.

Applicants should send a cover letter detailing teaching and research, curr=
iculum vitae, a writing sample, summary evidence of teaching excellence, an=
d 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 Universit=
y, 164 Upham Hall, Oxford, OH 45056; 513-529-8399; marchalf at muohio.edu.
The=  deadline for the Cultural position is Friday, October 26, 2007; the
deadli= ne for the Linguistic position is November 16, 2007; the deadline
for the B= iological position is December 10, 2007. Screening of
applications will beg= in October 15, 2007. Candidates whose applications
are received by November=  1, 2007, may be contacted for prearranged
interviews at the AAA meetings i= n Washington, D.C.

Miami University is among the nation's premier public institutions, widely =
recognized for the strengths of its academic programs and vibrant co-curric=
ular programming. Miami University ranked 27th among the top public univers=
ities in the nation, in the August 2007 U.S. News and World Report. The mai=
n, residential campus in Oxford enrolls over 15,000 students. The
community=  of Oxford, with a population of 12,000, is in southwest Ohio, 45
minutes f= rom Cincinnati. See http://www.miami.muohio.edu/ for more
information about=  the university.

Miami University is an EOE/AA employer. Campus Crime and Safely Report - ww=
w.muohio.edu.righttoknow<http://www.muohio.edu.righttoknow/> Hard copy
upon=  request. Miami University prohibits discrimination on the basis of
sexual = orientation/preference and gender identity/expression and offers
same-sex d= omestic partner benefits. Women and minorities are encouraged to
apply.

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