Position Announcement

Tue Oct 9 20:19:56 UTC 2007

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/, 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 professor, 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 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 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 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 http://www.cawc.muohio.edu/, the International Studies Program http://www.cas.muohio.edu/itsweb/, the Latin American Studies Program http://www.cas.muohio.edu/lasweb/, 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: 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; marchalf at muohio.edu. 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 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-curricular programming. Miami University ranked 27th among the top public universities in the nation, in the August 2007 U.S. News and 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 from 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 - www.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 domestic partner benefits. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

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