Job Posting - Miami U (Ohio)

[Richard J Senghas]

[Forwarding; see contact information in announcement.  -RJS



POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT


Tenure Track Faculty Position

ANTHROPOLOGY



ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY


Miami University: The Department of Anthropology invites applications  
for a tenure-track assistant professor position in linguistic  
anthropology beginning in August 2007. Candidates must have field  
experience working in one or more languages other than English.  
Regional expertise in Asia, Oceania, or the Americas preferred. The  
successful candidate will teach introductory and upper division  
undergraduate courses in linguistic and cultural anthropology;  
maintain an active research program; 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 and ability to contribute to a four- 
field department.  The Anthropology program has existed at Miami for  
over fifty years, and became an independent department in 2002.
See http://www.units.muohio.edu/anthropology/ 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 11 F.T.E. faculty  
members and three full-time Visiting Assistant Professors. Several  
faculty have joint appointments with other departments or programs  
including the Center for American and World Cultures  http:// 
www.cawc.muohio.edu/, the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post- 
Soviet Studies http://casnov1.cas.muohio.edu/havighurstcenter/, the  
International Studies Program, the Latin American Studies Program,  
the Institute of Environmental Studies, the Department of Sociology  
and Gerontology, and the Department of Zoology.
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: Linguistic Anthropology  
Search c/o Dr. Linda F. Marchant, Chair, Department of Anthropology,  
Miami University, 164 Upham Hall, Oxford, OH 45056; 513-529-8399;  
marchalf at muohio.edu. Screening of applications will begin November 1  
and continue until the position is filled. Candidates whose  
applications are received by November 1, 2006, may be contacted for  
prearranged interviews at the AAA meetings in San Jose. Miami  
University is among the nation’s premier public institutions, widely  
recognized for the strength of its academic programs and vibrant co- 
curricular programming. Miami University ranked 21st among the top  
public universities in the nation, in the August 2006 U.S. News &  
World Report. The main, 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 drive from Cincinnati. See  
http://www.miami.muohio.edu/ for more information about the university.

Miami University is an EOE/AA employer. Campus Crime and Safety  
Report – www.muohio.edu.rightoknow Hard copy upon request. Miami  
University 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.


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