Fw: term faculty lines open in ANTH at American University

[William Leap]

 Please see the attached job announcement reproduced below.    The 
announcement doesn?t say this, but there are two (2) open  lines to fill. 

Courses in language and culture studies at several levels  (General 
Education, the ANTH department's required course for the undergrad major) 
could also fall into this mix, were the candidate suitably qualified. 
 
?Non-renewable? means that the contracts runs for one year. However, 
should all go well (teaching performance, dept service etc) ,   and 
assuming funding for the line is renewed, the contract is subject to 
renewal.  Please share with anyone you think might be interested.
 
I am happy to provide any information that might be helpful to applicants. 
No longer being dept chair and not being on the search committee, I have 
some liberty to be candid. 
 
Best wishes,
 
Wlm L. Leap
Professor, Department of Anthropology, American University, Washington DC 
20016 
Co-editor, Journal of Language and Sexuality   
http://www.benjamins.com/#catalog/journals/jls

"It is not very hard to silence us, but that is not because we cannot 
speak."    --  a Bengali villager once remarked to Nobel prize winning 
economist  Amartya Sen  (The Argumentative Indian, Picador Books, 2005: 
xiii) 

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 The Department of Anthropology, American University, seeks a 
social-cultural anthropologist to fill a one-year, non-renewable, term 
faculty appointment at the rank of professorial lecturer, beginning Fall 
2013. The teaching assignment may include: Culture and Human Experience, 
Roots of Racism , Anthropology of U.S. Life, and related courses in the 
university?s General Education Program; and upper level undergraduate or 
graduate-level courses in cultural/social anthropology and public 
anthropology. PhD by September 1, 2013 required. Previous teaching 
experience as instructor of record is required. Other responsibilities 
include assisting with student advising, particularly the mentoring of 
women and minority students, and participating in other department service 
activities. 
Electronic applications are preferred: please put ?Term Faculty? in the 
by-line and send to anthro at american.edu. Send hard copies to: Department 
Chair Search Committee, Department of Anthropology, Hamilton Hall ? 8003, 
American University, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20016. 
Send C.V., description of teaching experience and discussion of research 
interests as they relate to the job description, and names of three 
references. Minorities and women are strongly urged to apply. Review of 
applications begins June 3, 2013 and will continue until the position is 
filled. AA/EEO. This employer offers employee benefits to same-sex 
domestic partners of employees and prohibits discrimination on the basis 
of sexual orientation/preference and gender identity/expression.